Africa's need to double food production and feed the burgeoning human population, without
compromising its natural resource base, has raised the momentum for sustainable …

Soil erosion by water is one of the main causes of land degradation and reduced agricultural
productivity in Africa leading to an estimated annual loss in crop yield of 280 million tons. To …

Agricultural water scarcity in the predominantly rainfed agricultural system of sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) is more related to the variability of rainfall and excessive non-productive losses …

In situ rainwater harvesting (RWH) belong to the promising practices to support sustainable
development in sub-Saharan Africa facing climate change impacts. However, appropriate …

Poverty alleviation in rural areas is a top priority for social and economic development,
particularly against a backdrop of rising populations up to 2050 and to meet growing food …

Global cereal production must be increased by∼ 50% by 2050. Crop yields in sub‐Saharan
Africa and South Asia have either stagnated or declined since the 1990s because of the …

The development of adaptation and mitigation strategies to tackle anthropic and climate
changes impacts is becoming a priority in drought-prone areas. This study examines the …

The sustainability of shifting cultivation systems and their impact on soil quality continues to
be debated, and although a growing body of literature shows a limited impact on, eg soil …

Low external-input technology (or LEIT) is an increasingly prominent subject in discussions
of sustainable agriculture. There are growing calls for self-sufficient agriculture in an era …

Yield-phenology relation is a critical issue affecting rainfed maize field productivity in
semiarid east African Plateau (EAP). We first introduced Chinese ridge-furrow mulching …