Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa - Vanlauwe, Bernard; van Asten, Piet.; Blomme, Guy.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Theme 1 - System characterization -- Bridging the soil map of Rwanda with the 'farmer's mental soil map' for an effective Integrated and Participatory Watershed Management research model -- Intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in East Africa: A comparison of selected sites in the highlands of Ethiopia and Kenya -- Rapid assessment of potato productivity in Kigezi and Elgon Highlands in Uganda -- Farmers' knowledge and perception of climbing beans-based cropping systems in Rwanda -- Securing crop phosphorus availability in the humid tropics: Alternative sources and improved management options - A review -- Theme 2 - System components -- A decade of agricultural research in Rwanda: Achievements and the way forward -- Do commercial biological and chemical products increase crop yields and economic returns under smallholder farmer conditions? -- Enhanced utilization of biotechnology research and development innovations in eastern and central Africa for agro-ecological intensification -- Investing in Land and Water Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands: Short- or Long-Term Benefits? -- Yield responses of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) varieties to phosphorus fertilizer application across a soil fertility gradient in western Kenyan highlands -- Innovations to overcome staking challenges to climbing beans production by smallholders in Rwanda -- Crop-livestock interaction for improved productivity: Effect of selected varieties of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) on grain and straw parameters -- From standards to practices: The intensive and improved rice (SRI and SRA) systems in the Madagascar Highlands -- Identification of elite, high yielding and stable maize cultivars for Rwandan mid-altitude environments -- Determination of appropriate rate and mode of lime application on acid soils of western Kenya: targeting small scale farmers -- Assessment of fertilizer efficiency in Walungu weathered soil on maize yield -- Improvement of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) production with fertilizer and organic inputs in Rwanda -- Evaluation of sweetpotato varieties for the potential of dual-purpose in different agroecological zones of Kenya -- Theme 3 - Drivers and determinants for adoption -- Livelihoods heterogeneity and water management in Malawi: policy implications for irrigation development -- Access to subsidized certified improved rice seed and poverty reduction: evidence from rice farming households in Nigeria -- Factors influencing the adoption of improved rice varieties in Rwanda: An application of the Conditional Logit Model (CLM) -- Assessing the influence of farmers' field schools and market links on investments in soil fertility management under potato production in Uganda -- Bean utilization and commercialization in Great Lakes region of Central Africa: The case of smallholder farmers in Burundi -- Enhancing farmers' access to quality planting materials through community-based seed and seedling systems: Experiences from the Western Highlands of Cameroon -- Returns to production of common bean, soybean, and groundnut in Rwanda -- Theme 4- Knowledge-intensive approaches -- Beyond the pilot sites: Can knowledge-intensive technologies diffuse spontaneously? -- Agricultural innovations that increase productivity and generates incomes: Lessons on identification and testing processes in Rwandan agricultural Innovation Platforms -- ISFM adaptation trials: farmer-to farmer facilitation, farmer-led data collection, technology learning and uptake.
Keywords: Agriculture; Climate change; Ecosystems; Agriculture; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Ecosystems