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• Forest edges near farms enhance wheat productivity measures; a test using high spatial resolution remote sensing of smallholder farms in Southern Ethiopia
• Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub-Saharan Africa
• Landscape diversity and diet diversity. A roadmap for transdisciplinary research.
• Forest restoration scenarios produce synergies for agricultural production in southern Ethiopia
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• Scaling agricultural mechanization services in smallholder farming systems; Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America
• The role of mechanization in transformation of smallholder agriculture in Southern Africa. Experience from Zimbabwe
• Testing the various pathways linking forest cover to dietary diversity in tropical landscapes
• Forest pattern, not just amount, influences dietary quality in five African countries
• Drivers, farmers' responses and landscape consequences of smallholder farming systems changes in southern Ethiopia
• Implementation of permanent raised beds contributes to increased crop yield and profitability in the Northeastern Tigray region, Ethiopia
• Should fertilizer recommendations be adapted to parkland agroforestry systems? Case studies from Ethiopia and Rwanda
• Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management. Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive pest
• Do open-pollinated maize varieties perform better than hybrids in agroforestry systems?
• Is labour a major determinant of yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa? A study of cereal-based production systems in Southern Ethiopia
• Landscape composition overrides field level management effects on maize stemborer control in Ethiopia
• Different ways to cut a cake; Comparing expert-based and statistical typologiesto target sustainable intensification technologies; A case study in Southern Ethiopia
• Understanding the factors influencing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) damage in African smallholder maize fields and quantifying its impact on yield. A case study in Eastern Zimbabwe
• Agricultural mechanization and reduced tillage; antagonism or synergy?
• How to increase the productivity and profitability of smallholder rainfed wheat in the Eastern African highlands? Northern Rwanda as a case study
• A farm-level assessment of labor and mechanization in Eastern and Southern Africa
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• Agriculturally productive yet biodiverse. Human benefits and conservation values along a forest-agriculture gradient in Southern Ethiopia
• Unpacking the push-pull system. Assessing the contribution of companion crops along a gradient of landscape complexity
• Soil organic matter underlies crop nutritional quality and productivity in smallholder agriculture
• Retaining forests within agricultural landscapes as a pathway to sustainable intensification. Evidence from Southern Ethiopia
• Affordances of agricultural systems analysis tools; A review and framework to enhance tool design and implementation
• Implications of changes in land cover and landscape structure for the biocontrol potential of stemborers in Ethiopia
• Crop vs. tree. Can agronomic management reduce trade-offs in tree-crop interactions?
• Conservation agriculture with trees amplifies negative effects of reduced tillage on maize performance in East Africa
• Excessive pruning and limited regeneration. Are Faidherbia albida parklands heading for extinction in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia?
• Complementary practices supporting conservation agriculture in southern Africa. A review
• Climate-smart agroforestry. Faidherbia albida trees buffer wheat against climatic extremes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
• Low-cost agronomic practices and landscape management approaches to control FAW
• A methodological approach for assessing cross-site landscape change. Understanding socio-ecological systems
• Disentangling the positive and negative effects of trees on maize performance in smallholdings of Northern Rwanda
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• Population and livelihoods on the edge
• Indirect contributions of forests to dietary diversity in Southern Ethiopia
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• Restoring cropland productivity and profitability in Northern Ethiopian drylands after nine years of resource-conserving agriculture
• Ecological intensification. Local innovation to address global challenges
• Field-scale modeling of tree–crop interactions; Challenges and development needs
• Gender and conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa; towards a research agenda
• Impact of farmland exclosure on the productivity and sustainability of a mixed crop-livestock system in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
• Where to target conservation agriculture for African smallholders? How to overcome challenges associated with its implementation? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa
• Re-examining appropriate mechanization in Eastern and Southern Africa; two-wheel tractors, conservation agriculture, and private sector involvement
• Crop residue management and soil health. A systems analysis
• Multi-scale trade-off analysis of cereal residue use for livestock feeding vs. soil mulching in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe
• Combining multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis to describe the diversity of rural households
• Conservation agriculture in African mixed crop-livestock systems. Expanding the niche
• Understanding the impact and adoption of conservation agriculture in Africa. A multi-scale analysis
• Agriculture and nature. Trouble and strife?
• Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Comparative performance of conservation agriculture and current smallholder farming practices in semi-arid Zimbabwe
• Failing to Yield? Ploughs, Conservation Agriculture and the Problem of Agricultural Intensification. An Example from the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe
• Agricultural intensification. Saving space for wildlife?
• Delineating the drivers of waning wildlife habitat. The predominance of cotton farming on the fringe of protected areas in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe
• Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture; a review paper based on two case studies
• Conservation agriculture in Zambia. A case study of Southern Province
• Impact on productivity of peri-parturient rise in fecal egg counts in Creole goats in the humid tropics