Human activities and their relation with land, through agriculture and forestry, are
significantly impacting Earth system functioning. Specifically, agriculture has increasingly …

Agroecology is identified as an important solution to increase the sustainability of
agricultural and food systems. Despite the increasing number of publications assessing the …

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is agriculture that increases productivity, improves
resilience, and mitigates climate change. Smallholder adoption of farming technology is …

Many warning signs indicate that the food security goals formulated in 2015 will not be
achieved. This situation is particularly true for the African continent. After substantial …

Smallholder farmers struggle to achieve food security in many countries of sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA). It is urgently required to find appropriate practices for enhancing crop …

Sustainable intensification promotes environmentally sound and productive agriculture.
However, use of sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) is low in many sub-Sharan …

Climate change and its impacts on agriculture are relatively well documented at the global
and regional levels, while adaptation measures to sustain food production are mostly …

Farm models have the potential to describe farming systems and livelihoods, identify trade-
offs and synergies, and provide ex-ante assessments of agricultural technologies and …

Shang et al.(2024) recently suggested to include nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions during the
fallow period to better estimate N2O emission factors (EFs). We however highlighted several …

Increased concentration of atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas
(GHG), is of great concern due to its impact on ozone layer depletion leading to climate …