Theories of agrarian change in Africa normally treat agricultural intensification as a linear unidirectional process that gradually engulfs entire agrarian systems as human population increases. Focusing on soil management practices, this paper disputes the alleged uniformity of intensification a...
Crowley, E.L.
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Carter, Simon E.
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[Agrarian change and the changing relationships between toil and soil in Maragoli, Western Kenya (1900-1994)]
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Agrarian change and the changing relationships between toil and soil in Maragoli, Western Kenya (1900-1994)
Canavalia brasiliensis (canavalia), a drought tolerant legume, was introduced into the smallholder traditional crop-livestock production system of the Nicaraguan hillsides as green manure to improve soil fertility or as forage during the dry season for improving milk production. Since nitrogen (N...
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Humbert, FL
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Mena Urbina, Martin A.
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Bernasconi, S
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Schmidt, A
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Oberson, Astrid
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[Nitrogen balances in farmers fields under alternative uses of a cover crop legume: a case study from Nicaragua]
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Nitrogen balances in farmers fields under alternative uses of a cover crop legume: a case study from Nicaragua
Background
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
Pauli, Natasha
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Barrios, Edmundo
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Conacher, A.J.
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Oberthür, Thomas
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[Farmer knowledge of the relationships among soil macrofauna, soil quality and tree species in a smallholder agroforestry system of western Honduras]
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Farmer knowledge of the relationships among soil macrofauna, soil quality and tree species in a smallholder agroforestry system of western Honduras
Ashby, J.A.
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Sperling, L.
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[Institutionalizing participatory, client-driven research and technology development in agriculture]
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Institutionalizing participatory, client-driven research and technology development in agriculture
Clark, L.
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[Building farmers´ capacities for networking (part II): strengthening agricultural supply chains in Bolivia using network analysis]
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Building farmers´ capacities for networking (part II): strengthening agricultural supply chains in Bolivia using network analysis
Some of the differences and similarities between the extension service agronomists and those of technical assistance were compared. Important differences in percent of time dedicated to weed control, sources of information and the importance that the farmers of each group assign to weed control w...
Doll, Jerry D.
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[La extensión agrícola y la asistencia técnica en el control de malezas en Colombia]
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La extensión agrícola y la asistencia técnica en el control de malezas en Colombia
Common bean is the most widely grown and consumed grain legume in Kenya. However, its contribution to nutrition and income has not been fully felt by smallholder farmers in western Kenya due to low yields. Good quality seed, if used with complementary practices can increase bean productivity. Thi...
Odhiambo, Wilfred
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Ngigi, Margaret
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Lagat, Job
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Binswanger, Hans P.
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Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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[Analysis of quality control in the informal seed sector: case of smallholder bean farmers in Bondo Sub-County, Kenya]
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Analysis of quality control in the informal seed sector: case of smallholder bean farmers in Bondo Sub-County, Kenya
We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries across contrasted agroecologies in sub-
Saharan Africa (>13,000 farm households) and analyzed the drivers of variations in food availability. Crop production was the major source of energy, contributing...
We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries across contrasted agroecologies in sub-
Saharan Africa (>13,000 farm households) and analyzed the drivers of variations in food availability. Crop production was the major source of energy, contributing...
Frelat, Romain
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López Ridaura, Santiago
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Giller, Ken E.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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Kassie, Menale
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Rigolot, Cyrille
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Ritzema, Randall S.
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Rodríguez, Daniel
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms]
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Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms
Though soil quality (SQ) degradation is a serious challenge to national food security, little information is available that evaluate farmer SQ knowledge vis-à-vis scientific knowledge at catchment scale in Ethiopia. Scientific soil analysis is not an effective approach for SQ assessment in develo...
Brhane Tesfahunegn, Gebrayesus
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Vlek, Paul L.G.
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[Evaluation of soil quality identified by local farmers in Mai-Negus catchment, northern Ethiopia]
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Evaluation of soil quality identified by local farmers in Mai-Negus catchment, northern Ethiopia