Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa
This forum paper provides a synthesis and discussion of 14 categories of lessons learned from experiences for achieving farm‐level impact with smallholder farmers in Africa. These lessons were reported in a symposium hosted by the Agronomy in Africa community of the American Society of Agronomy. The...
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| author | Wortmann, Charles S. Amede, Tilahun Bekunda, Mateete A. Ndung’u-Magiroi, K. Masikati, Patricia Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stewart, Zachary P. Westgate, M. Zida, Z. Kome, C.E. |
| author_browse | Amede, Tilahun Bekunda, Mateete A. Kome, C.E. Masikati, Patricia Ndung’u-Magiroi, K. Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stewart, Zachary P. Westgate, M. Wortmann, Charles S. Zida, Z. |
| author_facet | Wortmann, Charles S. Amede, Tilahun Bekunda, Mateete A. Ndung’u-Magiroi, K. Masikati, Patricia Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stewart, Zachary P. Westgate, M. Zida, Z. Kome, C.E. |
| author_sort | Wortmann, Charles S. |
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| description | This forum paper provides a synthesis and discussion of 14 categories of lessons learned from experiences for achieving farm‐level impact with smallholder farmers in Africa. These lessons were reported in a symposium hosted by the Agronomy in Africa community of the American Society of Agronomy. The lessons, listed in order of frequency of reporting, were the need to: have adequate infrastructure and services; enable spontaneous adoption; have multi‐disciplinary and institutional collaboration; build on previous adoption of good agronomic practices (GAP); have farmer participation in research; encourage and learn from smallholder adaptations; make GAP promotion demand‐driven; allow GAP choices; address challenges and trade‐offs to GAP adoption; enable GAP‐by‐GAP adoption; reconcile conflicting messages; offer adequate profit potential with acceptable risk; reduce labor needs, especially for women; and build capacity for farming system improvement along the chain from farmer to research. The lessons are discussed and conclusions are reported. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1102582024-08-27T10:36:01Z Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa Wortmann, Charles S. Amede, Tilahun Bekunda, Mateete A. Ndung’u-Magiroi, K. Masikati, Patricia Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stewart, Zachary P. Westgate, M. Zida, Z. Kome, C.E. sustainable agriculture agricultural practices farming systems intensification This forum paper provides a synthesis and discussion of 14 categories of lessons learned from experiences for achieving farm‐level impact with smallholder farmers in Africa. These lessons were reported in a symposium hosted by the Agronomy in Africa community of the American Society of Agronomy. The lessons, listed in order of frequency of reporting, were the need to: have adequate infrastructure and services; enable spontaneous adoption; have multi‐disciplinary and institutional collaboration; build on previous adoption of good agronomic practices (GAP); have farmer participation in research; encourage and learn from smallholder adaptations; make GAP promotion demand‐driven; allow GAP choices; address challenges and trade‐offs to GAP adoption; enable GAP‐by‐GAP adoption; reconcile conflicting messages; offer adequate profit potential with acceptable risk; reduce labor needs, especially for women; and build capacity for farming system improvement along the chain from farmer to research. The lessons are discussed and conclusions are reported. 2020-11 2020-11-22T20:12:20Z 2020-11-22T20:12:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110258 en Open Access Wiley Wortmann, C., Amede, T., Bekunda, M., Ndung’u-Magiroi, K., Masikati, P., Snapp, S., Stewart, Z.P., Westgate, M., Zida, Z. and Kome, C.E. 2020. Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa. Agronomy Journal |
| spellingShingle | sustainable agriculture agricultural practices farming systems intensification Wortmann, Charles S. Amede, Tilahun Bekunda, Mateete A. Ndung’u-Magiroi, K. Masikati, Patricia Snapp, Sieglinde S. Stewart, Zachary P. Westgate, M. Zida, Z. Kome, C.E. Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa |
| title | Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa |
| title_full | Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa |
| title_short | Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa |
| title_sort | improvement of smallholder farming systems in africa |
| topic | sustainable agriculture agricultural practices farming systems intensification |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110258 |
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