The long-term reduction of hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the
great challenges for the international development community. Eliminating hunger and …

After two decades of research on sustainable intensification (SI), namely securing food
production on less environmental cost, heterogeneous understandings and perspectives …

Grazing systems dynamics are driven by a complex combination of socio-economic, political
and environmental contexts. Although the drivers and dynamics can be highly location …

Food insecurity, the lack of access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy
life, continues to be a growing problem as populations increase while the world economy …

Agricultural intensification in the Sahel can be described as climbing a ladder. The capital,
labour, management and institutional requirements increase when farmers climb the ladder …

African farmers have traditionally pursued shifting cultivation in response to population
growth and declining soil fertility. Rural population growth and displacement, due to urban …

Described is (1) the land use and land cover changes that have taken place in the
Department of Velingara, an area of tropical dry woodland in south-central Senegal,(2) the …

Agronomic analyses of soil dynamics in Africa have been found to be too simplifying and
lacking any perspective on the critical role of farmers. Yet soil degradation is widespread …

Results from a 1997 survey of 208 households in the humid forest zone of southern
Cameroon indicate that African policy makers seeking to intensify agricultural production …

Urban bias constitutes an important institutional impediment to economic development in
poor countries. Some African governments now recognize that they should invest in …