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Role of climate change awareness in sustainable soil nutrient management by smallholder farms in Burkina Faso
Climate change effects are threats to the livelihood of Sub-Saharan smallholder farms. Farmers’
response and readiness to take adaptive measures depend on how they perceive (perception) and
moreover understand and recognize ...
Agricultural Livelihood Systems (ALS) typology of grain legumes and dry cereals – based smallholder farming systems in Western Burkina Faso
Efficiently improving sub-Saharan smallholder farms’ livelihood requires targeted policy intervention accounting for their livelihood heterogeneity. The main objective of the present study was to empirically identifying ...
Agricultural livelihood systems typology for coping with diversity in smallholder farming system research: A demonstrative case in South-western Burkina Faso
Smallholder farms’ populations are characterized by their heterogeneity giving the diversity of farms’ livelihood settings. Integrated farming system modelling therefore requires a preliminary clear identification of the ...
Multi-stakeholder Workshop Report on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainability of Agricultural Livelihood Systems: Stakeholders' Perspectives
The workshop was initiated in the frame of the Project GLDC-FP3: Integrated Farm-Household
Management under the Activity 3.3.6: Criteria & Indicators of ALS Sustainability. This
workshop aimed the farmer’s self-exploration ...
Maize and Livestock Production Efficiencies and Their Drivers in Heterogeneous Smallholder Systems in Southwestern Burkina Faso
Smallholder farms produce most of the food in the sub-Saharan African drylands, which are still facing a critical food shortage due to low productivity and a growing population. Given the poverty level, which limits ...
Survey Questionnaire for Gender-responsive Farm-household Typologies, Innovation Adoptions, Impacts of Legume-based Technological Interventions on Small Holder Production and Livelihood Performance in Millet-Sorghum-Cowpea Zones in south-western Burkina Faso
This document is the survey questionnaire for gender-responsive farm-household typologies, innovation adoptions, impacts of legume-based technological Interventions on small holder production and livelihood performance in ...
Analysis of socio-ecological determinants for adoption of legume-cereals intercropping and improved seeds uses in the face of agricultural livelihood diversity in Satiri sub-district, Houet province, Burkina Faso
Following the identification of the different agricultural livelihoods systems (ALS) type in the Satiri sub-district, western Burkina Faso, the presented study aims at assessing behaviour of these different ALS types in ...
Linking farm and soil nutrient balances with economic performance of main agricultural livelihood system types in a semi-arid region of Burkina Faso
Providing sufficient food to increasing populations in SubSaharan
Africa without undermining agro-ecosystems is a growing
challenge. Addressing this challenge requires developing an array of
sustainable soil nutrient ...
Livelihood heterogeneity in shaping smallholder farms' nutrient management and efficiency: the case of Ioba Province, Burkina Faso in West Africa
Low food productivity and inefficient nutrient management remain the main interrelated problems of sub-Saharan African smallholder farming systems. Understanding the problems is framed by the varying livelihood conditions ...
The role of responsive heterogeneity in sub-Saharan smallholder farming sustainability: socio-economic and biophysical determinants of mineral and organic fertilizers used in South Western Burkina Faso
Sustainable soil nutrient management (SNM) is important for improving soil resources and food security in sub-Saharan African countries. Inherent livelihood diversity may lead to differences in household behavior in the ...