Towards appropriate mainstreaming of "Theory of Change" approaches into agricultural research for development: Challenges and opportunities [0.03%]
关于在农业研究与发展中适当采用“变革理论”方法：挑战和机遇
Yiheyis Taddele Maru,Ashley Sparrow,James R A Butler et al.
Yiheyis Taddele Maru et al.
Food insecurity persists in many parts of Africa and Asia, despite ongoing agricultural research for development (AR4D) interventions. This is resulting in a growing demand for alternative approaches to designing and evaluating intervention...
Scaling agricultural mechanization services in smallholder farming systems: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America [0.03%]
小农耕作系统中农业机械服务的扩展：来自撒哈拉以南非洲、南亚和拉丁美洲的案例研究
Jelle Van Loon,Lennart Woltering,Timothy J Krupnik et al.
Jelle Van Loon et al.
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 from high-income countries was ineffective during the 1980s and...
Science-based decision support for formulating crop fertilizer recommendations in sub-Saharan Africa [0.03%]
基于科学的决策支持，用于制定撒哈拉以南非洲作物施肥建议
Jairos Rurinda,Shamie Zingore,Jibrin M Jibrin et al.
Jairos Rurinda et al.
In sub-Saharan Africa, there is considerable spatial and temporal variability in relations between nutrient application and crop yield, due to varying inherent soil nutrients supply, soil moisture, crop management and germplasm. This variab...
Understanding innovation: The development and scaling of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in major African food systems [0.03%]
理解创新发展：非洲主要粮食体系中的橙色木薯开发与推广
Jan W Low,Graham Thiele
Jan W Low
The development and scaling of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) during the past 25 years is a case study of a disruptive innovation to address a pressing need - the high levels of vitamin A deficiency among children under five years of age...
Farmers' preferences for high-input agriculture supported by site-specific extension services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria [0.03%]
基于地理位置的扩展服务支持下的高投入农业农民偏好的实证研究：尼日利亚的选择实验证据
Oyakhilomen Oyinbo,Jordan Chamberlin,Bernard Vanlauwe et al.
Oyakhilomen Oyinbo et al.
Agricultural extension to improve yields of staple food crops and close the yield gap in Sub-Saharan Africa often entails general recommendations on soil fertility management that are distributed to farmers in a large growing area. Site-spe...
Co-design of improved climbing bean production practices for smallholder farmers in the highlands of Uganda [0.03%]
乌干达高地小农户改良豆类生产实践的联合设计
E Ronner,K Descheemaeker,C Almekinders et al.
E Ronner et al.
We evaluated the usefulness of a co-design process to generate a relevant basket of options for climbing bean cultivation in the context of a large-scale project. The aim was to identify a range of options sufficiently diverse to be of inte...
Assessing adoption potential in a risky environment: The case of perennial pigeonpea [0.03%]
在不确定环境中评估采用潜力的情况：多年生 pigeonpea 的案例分析
Philip Grabowski,Laura Schmitt Olabisi,Jelili Adebiyi et al.
Philip Grabowski et al.
Perennial crops offer the opportunity to harvest from the same plant many times over several years while reducing labor and seed costs, reducing emissions and increasing biomass input into the soil. We use system dynamics modeling to combin...
Identification of production challenges and benefits using value chain mapping of egg food systems in Nairobi, Kenya [0.03%]
利用价值连锁映射识别肯尼亚内罗毕蛋类食品系统的生产难题与优势
Joshua Orungo Onono,Pablo Alarcon,Maurice Karani et al.
Joshua Orungo Onono et al.
Commercial layer and indigenous chicken farming in Nairobi and associated activities in the egg value chains are a source of livelihood for urban families. A value chain mapping framework was used to describe types of inputs and outputs fro...
Emergy evaluation for decision-making in complex multifunctional farming systems [0.03%]
复杂多功能农业系统中的决策性能流评价研究
Ana Margarida P Fonseca,Carlos A F Marques,Teresa Pinto-Correia et al.
Ana Margarida P Fonseca et al.
In a montado farm, commonly found in the South Portugal, human activities benefit from important fluxes of renewable resources. In this study, traditional economic and emergy evaluations are compared to determine their potential contributio...
ASAP: A new global early warning system to detect anomaly hot spots of agricultural production for food security analysis [0.03%]
基于农业生产的异常热点探测的全球粮食安全早期预警系统—— ASAP系统
Felix Rembold,Michele Meroni,Ferdinando Urbano et al.
Felix Rembold et al.
Monitoring crop and rangeland conditions is highly relevant for early warning and response planning in food insecure areas of the world. Satellite remote sensing can obtain relevant and timely information in such areas where ground data are...