| Seed systems smallholder farmers use S McGuire, L Sperling Food security 8, 179-195, 2016 | 448 | 2016 |
| Rethinking the farmer's role in plant breeding: Local bean experts and on-station selection in Rwanda L Sperling, ME Loevinsohn, B Ntabomvura Experimental Agriculture 29 (4), 509-519, 1993 | 448 | 1993 |
| A framework for analyzing participatory plant breeding approaches and results L Sperling, JA Ashby, ME Smith, E Weltzien, S McGuire Euphytica 122, 439-450, 2001 | 325 | 2001 |
| Common bean in Eastern and Southern Africa: a situation and outlook analysis E Katungi, A Farrow, J Chianu, S Beebe International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, 2009 | 253 | 2009 |
| Institutionalizing participatory, client‐driven research and technology development in agriculture JA Ashby, L Sperling Development and Change 26 (4), 753-770, 1995 | 219 | 1995 |
| Development and delivery of bean varieties in Africa: the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) model R Buruchara, R Chirwa, L Sperling, C Mukankusi, JC Rubyogo, ... African crop science journal 19 (4), 227-245, 2011 | 201 | 2011 |
| Understanding and strengthening informal seed markets L Sperling, S McGuire Experimental Agriculture 46 (2), 119-136, 2010 | 186 | 2010 |
| Technical and institutional issues in participatory plant breeding-from the perspective of formal plant breeding: A global analysis of issues, results, and current experience E Weltzien, ME Smith, LS Meitzner, L Sperling PPB monograph, 2003 | 183 | 2003 |
| Making seed systems more resilient to stress S McGuire, L Sperling Global Environmental Change 23 (3), 644-653, 2013 | 173 | 2013 |
| The dynamics of adoption: distribution and mortality of bean varieties among small farmers in Rwanda L Sperling, ME Loevinsohn Agricultural Systems 41 (4), 441-453, 1993 | 149 | 1993 |
| Improving technology delivery mechanisms: lessons from bean seed systems research in Eastern and Central Africa S David, L Sperling Agriculture and Human Values 16 (4), 381-388, 1999 | 145 | 1999 |
| Improving common bean productivity: An Analysis of socioeconomic factors in Ethiopia and Eastern Kenya E Katungi, A Farrow, T Mutuoki, S Gebeyehu, D Karanja, F Alamayehu, ... Baseline Report Tropical legumes II. Centro Internacional de Agricultura …, 2010 | 139 | 2010 |
| Moving towards more effective seed aid L Sperling, HD Cooper, T Remington The Journal of Development Studies 44 (4), 586-612, 2008 | 133 | 2008 |
| Understanding seed systems and strengthening seed security L Sperling, HD Cooper International Center for Tropical Agriculture, 2003 | 113 | 2003 |
| Fossil mammals and artefacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia JE Kalb, CJ Jolly, A Mebrate, S Tebedge, C Smart, EB Oswald, D Cramer, ... Nature 298 (5869), 25-29, 1982 | 99 | 1982 |
| The links between food security and seed security: facts and fiction that guide response S McGuire, L Sperling Global Food-Price Shocks and Poor People, 39-54, 2014 | 98 | 2014 |
| Technical and Institutional Issues in Participatory Plant Breeding-Done from a perspective of farmer plant breeding: a global analysis of issues and of current experience S McGuire, G Manicad | 94 | 2003 |
| Cattle, culture, and economy: dynamics in East African pastoralism. L Sperling, JG Galaty | 92 | 1990 |
| Bean seed delivery for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: The power of partnerships JC Rubyogo, L Sperling, R Muthoni, R Buruchara Society and Natural resources 23 (4), 285-302, 2010 | 90 | 2010 |
| Designing seed systems with small farmers: principles derived from bean research in the Great Lakes Region of Africa L Sperling, U Scheldegger, R Buruchara | 89 | 1996 |
