Agro-ecological intensification of agricultural systems in the African highlands

Abstract

Agro-ecological intensification of farming systems in the East and Central African highlands / Bernard Vanlauwe, Guy Blomme and Piet van Asten -- Agricultural intensification and the food security challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa / Brian A. Keating, Peter S. Carberry and John Dixon -- The agro-ecological solution?! : food security and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on the East African highlands / Henk Breman -- pt. 1. Systems components. CIALCA interventions for productivity increase of cropping system components in the African Great Lakes zone / Pieter Pypers et al. -- Exploring the scope of fertilizer use in the East African region / Lydia Wairegi and Piet van Asten -- The 4R nutrient stewardship in the context of smallholder agriculture in Africa / Shamie Zingore and Adrian Johnston -- Mitigating the impact of biotic constraints to build resilient banana systems in Central and Eastern Africa / Rony Swennen et al. -- Challenges for the improvement of seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Eastern Africa / Julian Smith, Daniel Coyne and Elmar Schulte-Geldermann -- pt. 2. System integration. CIALCA's efforts on integrating farming system components and exploring related trade-offs / Piet van Asten et al. -- Towards ecologically intensive smallholder farming systems : design, scales and trade-offs evaluation / Pablo Tittonell -- Using the 'livestock ladder' as a means for poor crop/livestock farmers to exit poverty in Sud-Kivu Province, eastern DR Congo / Brigitte L. Maass et al. -- N2Africa : putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa / Ken E. Giller et al. -- Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation in East African coffee ecosystems / Henk van Rikxoort et al. -- pt. 3. Drivers for adoption. Agricultural technology diffusion and adoption in banana and legume based systems of Central Africa / Emily Ouma et al. -- Supply and demand drivers of the sustainable intensification of farming systems through grain legumes in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa / Joseph Rusike et al. -- Assessing and improving the nutritional diversity of cropping systems / Roseline Remans et al. -- Disseminating agroforestry innovations in Cameroon : are relay organizations effective? / Ann Degrande et al. -- Participatory re-introduction of Vicia faba beans in resource-poor farming systems : adoption of a farmer-led initiative / Erik Karltun et al. -- pt. 4. Communicating and disseminating complex knowledge. Walking the impact pathway : CIALCA's efforts to mobilize agricultural knowledge for the African Great Lakes region / Boudy van Schagen et al. -- Scalability and farmer heterogeneity : implications for research on sustainable intensification / John Lynam -- Integrated agricultural research for development (IAR4D) : an approach to enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the Lake Kivu region / Robin Buruchara et al. -- Communication channels used in dissemination of soil fertility management practices in the central highlands of Kenya / Sarah W. Kimaru-Muchai et al. -- Targeting farmers' priorities for effective agricultural intensification in the humid highlands of Eastern Africa / Jeremias Mowo et al.