Submergence and waterlogging stress in plants: a review highlighting research opportunities and understudied aspects

T Fukao, BE Barrera-Figueroa, P Juntawong… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Soil flooding creates composite and complex stress in plants known as either submergence
or waterlogging stress depending on the depth of the water table. In nature, these stresses …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and prospects of adopting climate-smart agricultural practices and technologies: Implications for food security

RB Wakweya - Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has become popular as a practical solution for food
insecurity in the face of climate change. This paper aims to review the challenges and …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of climate‐smart agriculture among smallholder farmers: Does farmer entrepreneurship matter?

D Kangogo, D Dentoni, J Bijman - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change poses significant challenges to agriculture, with serious impacts on
smallholder farmers' food security and livelihoods. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is being …

Understanding the adoption of climate-smart agriculture: A farm-level typology with empirical evidence from southern Malawi

FO Amadu, PE McNamara, DC Miller - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is increasingly important for advancing rural development
and environmental sustainability goals in developing countries. Over the past decade, the …

Smallholder farmers' engagement with climate smart agriculture in Africa: role of local knowledge and upscaling

A Ogunyiola, M Gardezi, S Vij - Climate Policy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an important discourse among national governments in
Africa and international policy circles to increase food productivity, build smallholder farmers' …

Gender differences in agricultural productivity: evidence from maize farm households in southern Ethiopia

GG Gebre, H Isoda, DB Rahut, Y Amekawa, H Nomura - GeoJournal, 2021 - Springer
This study examines the impact of gender differences on maize productivity in Dawuro Zone,
southern Ethiopia. Our study addressed the limitations of the previous studies in two ways …

Effective scaling of climate smart agriculture innovations in African smallholder agriculture: A review of approaches, policy and institutional strategy needs

C Makate - Environmental science & policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate variability and change is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers in Africa.
Climate related risks are linked to low productivity, food insecurity and poverty. However, the …

Determinants of awareness levels of climate smart agricultural technologies and practices of urban farmers in Kuje, Abuja, Nigeria

SA Mashi, AI Inkani, OD Oghenejabor - Technology in Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices are important for achieving soil
moisture conservation, erosion reduction, soil fertility enhancement, increasing and …

[HTML][HTML] Thirty years of water management research for rice in sub-Saharan Africa: Achievement and perspectives

ER Dossou-Yovo, KP Devkota, K Akpoti, A Danvi… - Field crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice is one of the major staple foods in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and is mainly grown in
three environments: rainfed upland and rainfed and irrigated lowlands. In all rice-growing …

A nexus approach for the MENA region—from concept to knowledge to action

H Hoff, SA Alrahaife, R El Hajj, K Lohr… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
There is wide agreement that a nexus or integrated approach to managing and governing
natural resources such as land, water, and energy can improve environmental, climate …