Green revolution: impacts, limits, and the path ahead

PL **ali - Proceedings of the national academy of …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
A detailed retrospective of the Green Revolution, its achievement and limits in terms of
agricultural productivity improvement, and its broader impact at social, environmental, and …

Rural livelihood diversification in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature review

S Alobo Loison - The Journal of Development Studies, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article provides a comprehensive review of the literature on the nature and evolution of
rural livelihood diversification in sub-Saharan Africa, and the situation regarding …

Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options?

KE Giller, T Delaune, JV Silva, M van Wijk, J Hammond… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Most food in sub-Saharan Africa is produced on small farms. Using large datasets from
household surveys conducted across many countries, we find that the majority of farms are …

Linking smallholders to markets: determinants and impacts of farmer collective action in Kenya

E Fischer, M Qaim - World development, 2012 - Elsevier
This article investigates determinants and impacts of cooperative organization, using the
example of smallholder banana farmers in Kenya. Farmer groups are inclusive of the poor …

[BOOK][B] Property and political order in Africa: Land rights and the structure of politics

C Boone - 2014 - books.google.com
In sub-Saharan Africa, property relationships around land and access to natural resources
vary across localities, districts and farming regions. These differences produce patterned …

Subnational distribution of average farm size and smallholder contributions to global food production

LH Samberg, JS Gerber, N Ramankutty… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Smallholder farming is the most prevalent form of agriculture in the world, supports many of
the planet's most vulnerable populations, and coexists with some of its most diverse and …

The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

KE Giller, T Delaune, JV Silva, K Descheemaeker… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a
continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce …

Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms

R Frelat, S Lopez-Ridaura, KE Giller… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

To diversify or not to diversify, that is the question. Pursuing agricultural development for smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Ghana

MR Bellon, BH Kotu, C Azzarri, F Caracciolo - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Many smallholder farmers in develo** countries grow multiple crop species on their farms,
maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider …

Soil nutrient maps of Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment of soil nutrient content at 250 m spatial resolution using machine learning

T Hengl, JGB Leenaars, KD Shepherd… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2017 - Springer
Spatial predictions of soil macro and micro-nutrient content across Sub-Saharan Africa at
250 m spatial resolution and for 0–30 cm depth interval are presented. Predictions were …