This report outlines a business model approach to assessing the feasibility and for encouraging investment in smallholder solar pump irrigation. It also proposes a new methodology for mapping the suitability of solar energy-based irrigation pumps. The proposed business model framework and the met...
Otoo, Miriam
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Lefore, Nicole
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Schmitter, Petra
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Barron, Jennie
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Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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[Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders]
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Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders
As calls for bolstering environmental services on croplands have grown more insistent during the past two decades, the search for ways to foster sustainable, reduced input agriculture has become more urgent. In this context we re-examine by means of a meta-analysis the argument, first proposed by...
In the Dry Zone of Myanmar, improved access to water is widely acknowledged as being vital for livelihood enhancement and the general well-being of around 10 million people, most of whom depend on agriculture. Thus, expanding the sustainable use of groundwater is of great importance for socioecon...
Pavelic, Paul
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Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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Johnston, Robyn M.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Sotoukee, Touleelor
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Lacombe, Guillaume
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Douangsavanh, Somphasith
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Joffre, Olivier M.
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Latt, K.
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Zan, A.K.
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Thein, K.
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Myint, A.
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Cho, C.
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Htut, Y.T.
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[Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar]
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Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Peters, Michael
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Schmidt, A
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Martens, S
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Polanía Perdomo, José A.
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Mena Urbina, Martin A.
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Binder, Claudia R.
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Scholl, R
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Quintero, M.
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Kreuzer, M.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Farm-scale tradeoffs between legume use as forage versus green manure: the case of Canavalia Brasiliensis]
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Farm-scale tradeoffs between legume use as forage versus green manure: the case of Canavalia Brasiliensis
Maina, K.W.
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Ritho, C.N.
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Rao, E.J.O.
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[Do farmers benefit financially from adopting improved planted forages: Evidence from adoption of Brachiaria grass among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya]
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Do farmers benefit financially from adopting improved planted forages: Evidence from adoption of Brachiaria grass among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya
IITA Rwanda implemented N2Africa project from 2010-2017. The project aimed at enabling smallholder farmers to benefit from nitrogen fixation by legume crops in Rwanda. This short video explains some of the commendable outcomes of project, such as new varieties of soybeans introduced and are very ...
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Child undernutrition is persistently high in the central Andes of Peru, and numerous smallholder households fail to meet their basic needs of energy, iron and zinc. Food-based approaches assume household-level nutrition can be improved following agricultural interventions. This study ...
Arce Indacochea, A.
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Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary M.
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Scurrah, M.
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Ccanto, Raul I.
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Olivera, Edgar
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Burra, Dharani Dhar
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Haan, Stefan de
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[The challenge of achieving basal energy, iron and zinc provision for home consumption through family farming in the Andes: a comparison of coverage through contemporary production systems and selected agricultural interventions]
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The challenge of achieving basal energy, iron and zinc provision for home consumption through family farming in the Andes: a comparison of coverage through contemporary production systems and selected agricultural interventions
Conservation agriculture (CA) is increasingly promoted in Africa as an alternative for coping with the need to increase food production on the basis of more sustainable farming practices. Success with adopting CA on farms in Africa has been limited, despite more than two decades of research and d...
Corbeels, Marc
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Graaff, Jan de
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Hycenth Ndah, Tim
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Penot, Eric
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Baudron, Frédéric
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Naudin, Krishna
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Andrieu, Nadine
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Chirat, Guillaume
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Schuler, Johannes
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Nyagumbo, Isaiah
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Rusinamhodzi, Leonard
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Traoré, Karim
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Dulla Mzoba, Hamisi
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Solomon Adolwa, Ivan
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[Understanding the impact and adoption of conservation agriculture in Africa: a multi-scale analysis]
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Understanding the impact and adoption of conservation agriculture in Africa: a multi-scale analysis
Using household survey data from rural Ethiopia, this study explores the role of mobile telephony in smallholder farmers' price expectation formations. The empirical findings suggest that farmers who own mobile phones and who reside closer to markets make smaller price forecasting errors. The ben...
Haile, M.G.
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Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Kalkuhl, M.
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[Access to information, price expectations and welfare: the role of mobile phone adoption in Ethiopia]
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Access to information, price expectations and welfare: the role of mobile phone adoption in Ethiopia
Rudel, Thomas K.
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Paul, Birthe K.
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White, D.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Castro, A.
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Boval, Maryline
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Lerner, A.
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Schneider, L.
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Peters, Michael
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[LivestockPlus: forages, sustainable intensification, and food security in the tropics]
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LivestockPlus: forages, sustainable intensification, and food security in the tropics