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Mutyasira, VineHoag, DanaPendell, Dustin L.Manning, Dale T.[Is sustainable intensification possible? Evidence from Ethiopia]Is sustainable intensification possible? Evidence from Ethiopia

Forage-based livestock production plays a key role in national and regional economies, for food security and poverty alleviation, but is considered a major contributor to agricultural GHG emissions. While demand for livestock products is predicted to increase, there is political and societal pres...


Peters, MichaelHerrero, Mario T.Fisher, M.Erb, KarlheinzRao, Idupulapati M.Subbaraoa, Guntur V.Castro, A.Arango, JacoboChara, J.Murgueitio, E.Hoek, Rein van derLäderach, PeterHyman, GlennTapasco, JeimarStrassburg, B.Paul, Birthe K.Rincón, A.Schultze-Kraft, RainerFonte, Steven J.Searchinger, T.[Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions]Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

Water management strategies and allocation policies that support agricultural intensification across agro-ecological zones and hydrologic basins are required for building resilient agrarian communities in sub-Saharan Africa.We provide an overview of the research and investments needed to enhance ...


Cofie, Olufunke O.Amede, Tilahun[Water management for sustainable agricultural intensification and smallholder resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa]Water management for sustainable agricultural intensification and smallholder resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ayantunde, Augustine A.Duncan, Alan J.Wijk, Mark T. vanThorne, Peter J.[Review: Role of herbivores in sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa]Review: Role of herbivores in sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa

Ghana, as the second largest global producer of cocoa, is strategically positioned on the world market. Consumer concerns over ethical and environmental issues associated with cocoa production are a potential threat to its position. These concerns have given rise to certification. Certification d...


Gockowski, J.Afari-Sefa, VictorSarpong, D.B.Osei-Asare, Y.B.Agyeman, N.F.[Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?]Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: what role for certification?

Globally, 38% of the land area is agricultural land, of which 45% are located on drylands, mainly in Africa and Asia, constituting the basis for about 60% of the world’s food production. Of all farms worldwide, 83% are smallholder farm systems, whose livelihoods depend on effective land managemen...


Michalscheck, MirjaGroot, Jeroen C.J.Fischer, GundulaTittonell, Pablo A.[Land use decisions: By whom and to whose benefit? A serious game to uncover dynamics in farm land allocation at household level in northern Ghana]Land use decisions: By whom and to whose benefit? A serious game to uncover dynamics in farm land allocation at household level in northern Ghana

This paper estimates the welfare impacts of adoption of maize-soybean rotation in eastern Zambia using data from on-farm trials and household survey data collected from over 800 households. The on-farm trials were conducted from 2012 to 2015 while the household survey was conducted in 2012. The s...


Manda, J.Alene, Arega D.Mukuma, C.Chikoye, D.[Ex-ante welfare impacts of adopting maize-soybean rotation in eastern Zambia]Ex-ante welfare impacts of adopting maize-soybean rotation in eastern Zambia

This article proposes strategy for agricultural technology development for semi-arid West Africa. The strategy evaluation consists of two aspects: a) a review of the successes in the region; and b) analysis with mathematical programming of the potential impacts and constraints to various new tech...


Sanders, J.H.Shapiro, Barry I.Ramaswamy, S.[A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa]A strategy for technology development for semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural production in the semi-arid agro-ecosystems of the Sahel centres on cereal staple crops and pastoralism with increasing crop-livestock integration. Animals mobilize soil fertility through manure production, graze crop by-products, and transfer nutrients from distant pastures to crop...


Rovere, R. LaHiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Keulen, H. vanSchiere, J.B.Szonyi, J.A.[Co-evolutionary scenarios of intensification and privatization of resource use in rural communities of south-western Niger]Co-evolutionary scenarios of intensification and privatization of resource use in rural communities of south-western Niger

Swidden agriculture in tropical Asia is a diverse practice, making it difficult to draw general conclusions on trends of the development of swidden fallow secondary forests (SFSF). There is, however, sufficient evidence to recognise trends of a gradual intensification often through the incorporat...


Jong, W. deChokkalingam, U.Perera, G.A.D.[The evolution of swidden fallow secondary forests in Asia]The evolution of swidden fallow secondary forests in Asia

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