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000711855 24500 $$aChallenges and opportunities for agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of Sub-Saharan Africa$$h[electronic resource] /$$cedited by Bernard Vanlauwe, Piet van Asten, Guy Blomme.
000711855 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2014.
000711855 300__ $$a1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) :$$billustrations
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000711855 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
000711855 5050_ $$aPart 1. System characterization. Bridging the soil map of Rwanda with the "farmer's mental soil map" for an effective Integrated and Participatory Watershed Management research model / P.N. Rushemuka [and 3 others] ; Intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in East Africa: A comparison of selected sites in the highlands of Ethiopia and Kenya / M. Kindu [and 6 others] ; Rapid assessment of potato productivity in Kigezi and Elgon Highlands in Uganda / G. Okoboi [and 4 others] ; Farmers' knowledge and perception of climbing beans-based cropping systems in Rwanda / V. Ruganzu [and 5 others] ; Securing crop phosphorus availability in the humid tropics: Alternative sources and improved management options: A review / Alhaji S. Jeng -- Part 2. System components. A decade of agricultural research in Rwanda: Achievements and the way forward / D. Gahakwa [and 6 others] ; Do commercial biological and chemical products increase crop yields and economic returns under smallholder farmer conditions? / J.M. Jefwa [and 19 others] ; Enhanced utilization of biotechnology research and development innovations in eastern and central Africa for agro-ecological intensification / Clet Wandui Masiga [and 39 others] ; Investing in Land and Water Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands: Short- or Long-Term Benefits? / Yihenew G. Selassie and Tilahun Amede ; Yield responses of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) varieties to phosphorus fertilizer application across a soil fertility gradient in western Kenyan highlands / S.N. Odundo [and 5 others] ; Innovations to overcome staking challenges to gowing climbing beans by smallholders in Rwanda / A. Musoni [and 8 others] ; Crop-livestock interaction for improved productivity: Effect of selected varieties of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) on grain and straw parameters / G.G. Yetimwork, E/G. Awet, and M. Solomon ; From standards to practices: The intensive and improved rice systems (SRI and SRA) in the Madagascar Highlands / Georges Serpantié and Modeste Rakotondramanana ; Identification of elite, high yielding and stable maize cultivars for Rwandan mid-altitude environments / C. Ngaboyisonga [and 5 others] ; Determination of appropriate rate and mode of lime application on acid soils of western Kenya: targeting small scale farmers / J.K. Kiplagat [and 4 others] ; Assessment of fertilizer use efficiency of maize in the weathered soils of Walungu District, DR Congo / M.E. Bagula [and 3 others] ; Improvement of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) production with fertilizer and organic inputs in Rwanda / M. Janssens [and 4 others] ; Evaluation of sweetpotato varieties for the potential of dual-purpose in different agroecological zones of Kenya / B.A. Lukuyu [and 4 others] -- Part 3. Drivers and determinants for adoption. Livelihoods heterogeneity and water management in Malawi: policy implications for irrigation development / Tawina Jane Kopa-Kamanga, Darley Jose Kjosavik, and Penjani Stanley Kamanga ; Access to subsidized certified improved rice seed and poverty reduction: evidence from rice farming households in Nigeria / B.A. Awotide, T.T. Awoyemi, and A. Diagne ; Factors influencing the adoption of improved rice varieties in Rwanda: An application of the Conditional Logit Model (CLM) / J.S. Mutware and K. Burger ; Assessing the influence of farmers' field schools and market links on investments in soil fertility management under potato production in Uganda / R. Muzira [and 4 others] ; Bean utilization and commercialization in Great Lakes region of Central Africa: The case of smallholder farmers in Burundi / J. Ochieng [and 4 others] ; Improving the availability of quality planting materials through community-based seed and seedling systems: The case of rural resource centres in Cameroon / B. Takoutsing [and 4 others] ; Returns to production of common bean, soybean, and groundnut in Rwanda / J.R. Mugabo [and 3 others] ; Institutions and the adoption of technologies: bench terraces in Rwanda / Alfred R. Bizoza -- Part 4. Knowledge-intensive approaches. Beyond the pilot sites: Can knowledge-intensive technologies diffuse spontaneously? / Evelyne Kiptot ; Agricultural innovations that increase productivity and generates incomes: Lessons on identification and testing processes in Rwandan Agricultural Innovation Platforms / C. Ngaboyisonga [and 12 others] ; ISFM adaptation trials: farmer-to farmer facilitation, farmer-led data collection, technology learning and uptake / B.K. Paul [and 4 others].
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000711855 7001_ $$aAsten, Piet van,$$d1972-$$eeditor.
000711855 7001_ $$aBlomme, G.,$$eeditor.
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