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Soil nutrient balance, economic performance and scenarios for closing nutrient gaps in heterogeneous smallholder farm systems in south-western Burkina Faso
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers widespread nutrient mining, raising the problem of insustainable intensification. Understanding the relationship among soil nutrient balance, intensification and farm’s economic performance can ...
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 ...
Agricultural Livelihoods of Syrian Refugees in Jordan - Methodology and Data Collection Materials
The Syria crisis, now in its 6th year, has brought about an influx of 659,957 refugees (UNHCR, 2017). Around 80 per cent of Syrian refugees in Jordan live outside camps. Many work mainly in agricultural sector; their ...
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 ...
Agricultural Livelihoods of Syrian refugees in Jordan: current situation and opportunities ahead - Final Report
This study was conducted in four governorates of Jordan: Amman, Madaba, Irbid and Mafraq. These governorates of Northern Jordan were chosen based on the fact that IFAD previous investment focused on the South of the country. ...
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 ...
Towards assessing the resource criticality of agricultural livelihood systems
Despite the many advantages of sustainable intensification (SI), the level of adoption of SI practices in African
smallholding farms is still very low, highlighting the need for adequate methods for monitoring farm ...