Mapping Food Systems: A Participatory Research Tool Tested in Kenya and Bolivia

Autor: Johanna Jacobi, Grace Wambugu, Mariah Ngutu, Horacio Augstburger, Veronica Mwangi, Aymara Llanque Zonta, Stephen Otieno, Boniface P. Kiteme, José M. F. Delgado Burgoa, Stephan Rist

Publikováno v: Mountain Research and Development, Vol 39, Iss 1, Pp R1-R11 (2019)

Food system research requires an understanding of system actors and activities. To this end, we codesigned and conducted a food system mapping process in 2 regions, one in Kenya and the other in Bolivia, that stretches frommountains to lowlands and i

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Can smallholder farmers buffer rainfall variability through conservation agriculture? On-farm practices and maize yields in Kenya and Malawi

Autor: David D. Mkwambisi, Grace Wambugu, Peter Steward, Stephen Whitfield, Oliver Burdekin, Boniface Kiteme, Eleanor K.K. Jew, Andrew J. Dougill, Sébastien Boillat, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza

Publikováno v: Boillat, Sébastien; Jew, Eleanor K.K.; Steward, Peter R.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Whitfield, Stephen; Mkwambisi, David; Kiteme, Boniface; Wambugu, Grace; Burdekin, Oliver J.; Dougill, Andrew J. (2019). Can smallholder farmers buffer rainfall variability through conservation agriculture? On-farm practices and maize yields in Kenya and Malawi. Environmental Research Letters, 14(11), p. 115007. IOP Publishing 10.1088/1748-9326/ab45ad

Reduced tillage, permanent ground cover and crop diversification are the three core pillars of Conservation Agriculture (CA). We assess and compare on-farm effects of different practices related to the three pillars of CA on maize yields under ENSO-d

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