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Drought tolerant bean varieties offer hope to smallholder farmers in Malawi
The 2014/15 season was a nightmare in Malawi as the country faced floods at
the beginning of the season and then terminal drought. Most farmers lost
property and crops through flooding and water lodging while surviving ...
Assessing the potential of dual-purpose maize in southern Africa: A multi-level approach
This paper explores the potential and challenges of increasing production of food and feed on existing maize fields in mixed crop-livestock systems in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa. It integrates results from ...
Length of Growing Period over Africa: Variability and Trends from 30 Years of NDVI Time Series
The spatial distribution of crops and farming systems in Africa is determined by the duration of the period during which crop and livestock water requirements are met. The length of growing period (LGP) is normally assessed ...
Do participatory scenario exercises promote systems thinking and build consensus?
Participatory scenario processes are associated with positive social learning outcomes, including consensusbuilding
and shifts toward more systemic thinking. However, these claims have not been assessed quantitatively
in ...
Re-designing smallholder farming futures for reduced vulnerability to climate change in semi-arid southern Africa
Climate change will impact the productivity of maize-based crop-livestock systems and the food security of smallholders depending on them in semi-arid southern Africa. Earlier results from testing climate change adaptation ...