Rethinking technological change in smallholder agriculture

D Glover, J Sumberg, G Ton… - Outlook on …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The concept of technology adoption (along with its companions, diffusion and scaling) is
commonly used to design development interventions, to frame impact evaluations and to …

Beyond conservation agriculture

KE Giller, JA Andersson, M Corbeels… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Global support for Conservation Agriculture (CA) as a pathway to Sustainable Intensification
is strong. CA revolves around three principles: no-till (or minimal soil disturbance), soil …

[HTML][HTML] Combinations of bonding, bridging, and linking social capital for farm innovation: How farmers configure different support networks

G Cofré-Bravo, L Klerkx, A Engler - Journal of Rural Studies, 2019 - Elsevier
On-farm agricultural innovation through incorporation of new technologies and practices
requires access to resources such as knowledge, financial resources, training, and even …

The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

SS Meijer, D Catacutan, OC Ajayi… - … journal of agricultural …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the great potential of agricultural innovations, the uptake by smallholder farmers in
sub-Saharan Africa seems to be slow. We reviewed existing theories and frameworks for the …

Scaling agricultural mechanization services in smallholder farming systems: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America

J Van Loon, L Woltering, TJ Krupnik, F Baudron… - Agricultural systems, 2020 - Elsevier
There is great untapped potential for farm mechanization to support rural development
initiatives in low-and middle-income countries. As technology transfer of large machinery …

Innovative agronomic practices for sustainable intensification in sub-Saharan Africa. A review

S Kuyah, GW Sileshi, L Nkurunziza, N Chirinda… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Africa's need to double food production and feed the burgeoning human population, without
compromising its natural resource base, has raised the momentum for sustainable …

Introducing 'microAKIS': a farmer-centric approach to understanding the contribution of advice to agricultural innovation

LA Sutherland, P Labarthe - The Journal of Agricultural Education …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The importance of agricultural advice (also called extension 1) for supporting innovation and
sustainable development in farming is well recognised, both by the readers of this journal …

Potential for reduced methane and carbon dioxide emissions from livestock and pasture management in the tropics

PK Thornton, M Herrero - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
We estimate the potential reductions in methane and carbon dioxide emissions from several
livestock and pasture management options in the mixed and rangeland-based production …

Effective scaling of climate smart agriculture innovations in African smallholder agriculture: A review of approaches, policy and institutional strategy needs

C Makate - Environmental science & policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate variability and change is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers in Africa.
Climate related risks are linked to low productivity, food insecurity and poverty. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling up agroforestry requires research 'in'rather than 'for'development

R Coe, F Sinclair, E Barrios - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•The benefits of agroforestry will not be realised by wide scale promotion of a few
technologies.•Agroforestry options need to be locally adapted to fine-scale variation in …