[HTML][HTML] Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?

BM Campbell, P Thornton, R Zougmoré… - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•'Sustainable intensification'(SI) and 'climate-smart agriculture'(CSA) are closely
interlinked.•The main difference is the focus in CSA on outcomes related to climate change …

Management of crop water under drought: a review

G Bodner, A Nakhforoosh, HP Kaul - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2015 - Springer
Drought is a predominant cause of low yields worldwide. There is an urgent need for more
water efficient crop** systems facing large water consumption of irrigated agriculture and …

Climate variation explains a third of global crop yield variability

DK Ray, JS Gerber, GK MacDonald, PC West - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Many studies have examined the role of mean climate change in agriculture, but an
understanding of the influence of inter-annual climate variations on crop yields in different …

Quantitative synthesis on the ecosystem services of cover crops

S Daryanto, B Fu, L Wang, PA Jacinthe, W Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The maintenance of soil health in agro-ecosystems is essential for sustaining agricultural
productivity. Through its positive impacts on various soil physical and biological processes …

Agroforestry boosts soil health in the humid and sub-humid tropics: A meta-analysis

MN Muchane, GW Sileshi, S Gripenberg… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agroforestry has been increasingly recognized as a key example of agroecological praxis
contributing to the sustainable intensification of food production while providing a number of …

[HTML][HTML] Develo** climate-smart agriculture to face climate variability in West Africa: Challenges and lessons learnt

ST Partey, RB Zougmoré, M Ouédraogo… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reviewed the prospects for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) development and
promotion in West Africa as well as lessons learnt and challenges with a focus on climate …

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 …

Climate-smart agriculture in African countries: A Review of strategies and impacts on smallholder farmers

TO Ariom, E Dimon, E Nambeye, NS Diouf, OO Adelusi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic
greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect …

[HTML][HTML] The adaptive capacity of maize-based conservation agriculture systems to climate stress in tropical and subtropical environments: A meta-regression of yields

PR Steward, AJ Dougill, C Thierfelder… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Conservation agriculture is widely promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as a sustainable
farming practice that enhances adaptive capacity to climate change. The interactions …

[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 …