Maughan, Chris Anderson, Colin Ray
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Farmer participation in the co-production of knowledge has been claimed to have many benefits, including its capacity to address the knowledge intensiveness and ecological specificity that underpins agroecology. The complexity of agroecological knowledge systems have until now presented considerable challenges to researchers looking to develop rese...
Ospina Portilla, M.A.
Maru, H. Haileslassie, Amare Zeleke, T.
Irrigation is an important mechanism to mitigate risks associated with the variability in rainfall for the smallholder subsistence farming system. This study analyzed how practicing small-scale irrigation (SSI) impacts the key livelihood assets on farm households’ human, physical, natural, financial, and social capitals in Ethiopia’s upper Awash su...
Uprety, Labisha
Many groundwater studies focus on the physical aspects of groundwater, including extraction rates, recharge, and water levels. As a social scientist, however, Labisha Uprety, a Senior Research Officer in Policy and Water Governance at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Nepal, recognizes the importance of technical research but i...
Cardoso, Juan Andrés Sotelo, Mauricio
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela Bruns, Bryan Randolph Sanil, Richu
This blog post summarises the online seminar, NEXUS Gains Talk 6.
Induli, Irene Odour, Francis Boedecker, Julia Akutau, Nelson Lobolia Mwaura, Joel Kiarie Termote, Céline Jordan, Irmgard
This manual has been developed based on participatory workshops and subsequent agri-nutrition training courses in Vihiga County, Western Kenya by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. This manual was further evaluated in Turkana and Busia Counties in Kenya, with the intention to develop agricultural interventions to improve nutrition. ...
Mwendia, Solomon W. Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Nzogela, Beatus Mwilawa, Angello
Animal genetics, management, diseases, feeds and environment affect milk production in cattle. Feed is the most important and when addressed, cattle show immediate responses. In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock productivity is low largely due to use of low-quality crop residues and natural pastures, often poor in key nutrients for animal performance. ...
Maurel, Véronique Bellon Tremblay, Nicolas Cook, Simon Lacoste, Myrtille Taylor, James Lemarié, Stéphane Enriquez, Martha Lucia MANGIN, Zoé
The #OFE2021 conference “Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation—Digital Tools for a Scalable Transformative Pathway” was organised by INRAE-#DigitAg and the ISPA OFE-C (International Society of Precision Agriculture, On-Farm Experimentation Community). #OFE2021 was conducted in a hybrid format from October 13th to 15th in Montpellier (including one...
Ng’endo, Mary Kinyua, MaryLiza Chebet, Lourine Mutiga, Samuel K. Ndung’u, Joseph Nyongesa, Oliver Njau, Simon Panchbhai, Ajay Musila, Ruth Murori, Rosemary
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Growing high-yielding varieties is crucial for successful crop production and maximizing farmers’ net returns. One such example is IR05N221, locally referred to as Komboka rice variety, which was released in Kenya in 2013. On the one hand, Komboka can bridge the gap in rice imports since yields of existing rice varieties do not meet the increasing ...
