Despite enthusiasm for the potential of digital innovations to transform agricultural markets in
Africa, progress made thus far has been limited to small-scale experiments that often fail to …

Despite decades of international research and development efforts focusing on increased
rice production in Africa, there is large yield gap, and the local production still needs to be …

Responses to sustainability challenges are not delivering results at the scale and speed
called for by science, international agreements, and concerned citizens. Yet there is a …

CONTEXT Precision farming (PF) is a term that is now widespread throughout agricultural
systems worldwide. It is studied in many ways, from its strictly technical connotation of a farm …

CONTEXT The adoption of sustainable agriculture practices is critical for future ecological,
food security, and farmer livelihood goals. Traditionally, the adoption of sustainable …

CONTEXT Innovation based on information and communication technology (ICT) plays an
increasingly important role in agricultural research-for-development efforts. It has been …

The challenges of land degradation, climate change and food insecurity have led to the
introduction of conservation agriculture (CA) aimed at enhancing yield and soil quality …

Given the huge challenges agriculture has to face, both in Northern and Southern countries,
a radical change in farming practices towards agroecology is required. Most scientific …

Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a low-cost innovation that enables farmers to adapt to
increasingly water scarcity conditions (such as drought), increase overall farm production …

Transforming smallholder farms is critical to global food security and environmental
sustainability. The science and technology backyard (STB) platform has proved to be a …