The increasing pressure on agricultural production systems to achieve global food security
and prevent environmental degradation necessitates a transition towards more sustainable …

Best management practices (BMPs) for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution are
widely available. However, agriculture remains a major global contributor to degradation of …

CONTEXT Declining rainfall with increasing variability, increasing temperature extremes,
and declining soil fertility are threatening crop production and ultimately food security in the …

Ensuring that farmers' ex ante preferences are accounted for is crucial for the design of
effective agri‐environmental contracts. We present a systematic review of 127 discrete …

The assessment of sustainability at the level of the agri-food supply chain is complex.
Achieving sustainability in agri-food chains requires coordinated interaction between chain …

Agri-environmental policies generally build around two complementary approaches:
mandatory requirements and (compensated) voluntary measures. One of the challenges of …

Land degradation and soil erosion have emerged as serious challenges to smallholder
farmers throughout Southern Africa. To combat these challenges, conservation agriculture …

Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a Sustainable Agricultural Intensification strategy based on
minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil coverage by living or dead biomass, and …

Climate change adaptation strategies provide a cushion for smallholder farmers, especially
in sub-Saharan Africa against the risks posed by climate hazards such as droughts and …

Low soil fertility is a limiting factor to farm productivity, household nutrition, and economic
development in many parts of Africa due to the continuous cultivation of maize over …