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Understanding smallholder decision‐making to increase farm tree diversity: Enablers and barriers for forest landscape restoration in Western Kenya

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating diverse trees and shrubs (hereafter ‘trees’) in agricultural landscapes has emerged as a crucial nature‐based solution to the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and food security. The potential benefits of on‐farm trees for both people and nature, however, are often constrained by inadequate consideration of ...
Ennia Bosshard, Harrison Carter, Lillian Aluso, Reuben Chumba, Christopher N. Kaiser‐Bunbury, Chris J. Kettle, Ana Nuno   +6 more
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Can smallholder farmers meet the financial costs of irrigation services? A case study on economic efficiency and social equity in South Africa [PDF]

, 2008
Considering water as an economic good consists of, among other requisites, properly assessing the cost incurred by supplying and managing the resource, and the required infrastructure thereof. This paper investigates and assesses the full financial costs
Geyser, M., Perret, Sylvain
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Some love them, others hate them: Understanding farmers' tree planting decisions in Scotland

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Agroforestry is increasingly recognized as a sustainable agricultural land use system with potential to sequester carbon, create and repair habitats, enhance biodiversity and offer environmental and socio‐economic benefits, including improved agricultural productivity.
Albert Mvula, Katrin Prager, Josie Geris
wiley   +1 more source

Agroforestry, food and nutritional security [PDF]

, 2013
Agroforestry supports food and nutritional security through : (1) the direct provision of tree food s such as fruit s and leaf y vegetables and by supporting staple crop production ; (2) by raising farmers' incomes through the sale of tree products and ...
Dawson, Ian, Jamnadass, Ramni, Kehlenbeck, Katja, Liyama, Miyuki, Malézieux, Eric, Masters, Eliot, McMullin, Stepha, Place, Frank, Sileshi, Gudeta, Torquebiau, Emmanuel   +9 more
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Extensive but fragmented evidence limits understanding of factors shaping farmers' decisions regarding diversified farming systems: A global evidence map

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Diversified farming systems are increasingly recognised for their potential to enhance the sustainability and resilience of food systems. Yet it remains unclear whether empirical research adequately captures the drivers and constraints shaping farmers' decisions regarding diversified farming systems across stages of decision‐making ...
Andrea C. Sánchez Bogado, Damien Beillouin, Natalia Estrada‐Carmona, Cécile Chéron‐Bessou, Bruno Rapidel, Sarah K. Jones   +5 more
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Linking perceptions of weeds with approaches to weed management

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract A multitude of factors can shape people's perceptions, leading to a variety of views on nature's services and values. The IPBES Values Framework highlights the ways that people and nature interact (both positively and negatively) through consideration of nature's contributions to people. For plants, differences in perceived values by different
James P. Westfield, Elizabeth M. Wandrag, Lindsay C. Stringer   +2 more
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Building capacity in vector‐borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant viruses spread by insects decimate crop yields globally, causing food security challenges in vulnerable areas, including regions of Africa. Interdisciplinary research is needed to protect future crop supplies. CONNECTED, the Community Network for African Vector‐Borne Plant Viruses, increased research capacity in Central, East, West and Southern ...
Nina F. Ockendon‐Powell, Diane L. Hird, Alice Beck, Heather Child, Helen Thomas‐Hughes, Neil Boonham, Gary D. Foster, Bruce Cronin, Andy M. Bailey   +8 more
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Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
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Crop genotypic richness enhances biomass production and phosphorus acquisition in maize‐mycorrhiza symbiosis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Our study tests how soil and plant biodiversity can enhance sustainability of crop production in Kenya. We tested whether mixtures of maize varieties performed better than monocultures and tested their response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhizal responsiveness differed significantly by maize variety, and genetic mixtures outperformed ...
Grace Ng'endo Kanyita, Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru, Henry Birt, David Johnson   +3 more
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Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Banana and plantain are vital for food security and income in West Africa, yet banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) threatens production. This study combined remote sensing, field surveys, modelling and socio‐economic analysis to assess BBTV spread and control strategies in Benin.
Renata Retkute, Martine Zandjanakou‐Tachin, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, Ulrich Roland Agoi, Yaovi Marc Vodounou, Hermine Akofodji, Evrard Akpla, Laurence Dossou, Emiline Médénou, Alban Etchiha, Alphonse Attadéou, P. Lava Kumar, John E. Thomas, Christopher A. Gilligan   +13 more
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