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 …

Improving soil health is necessary for increasing agricultural productivity and providing
multiple ecosystem services. In the African Highlands (AH) where conversion of forests to …

Improving the understanding and fostering large-scale adoption of regenerative agriculture
(RA) requires soil quality monitoring systems that integrate farmers' and researchers' …

The government of Rwanda is promoting agricultural intensification focused on the
production of a small number of targeted commodities as a central strategy to pursue the …

Soil colour can indicate soil physical, chemical and biological properties and processes, and
is an important indicator for soil classification, soil quality evaluation and soil management. It …

Innovation in agronomy by large numbers of smallholder farmers will need to accelerate if
global commitments to end hunger are to be achieved in the face of major climate and other …

Agriculture is a key player in the conservation of natural resources and cultural landscapes
and one of the most prominent interfaces between human activity and soil. The present …

The highly heterogeneous and complex farm holdings operated by the smallholders in
developing countries are often deprived of optimum production and profitability. The farming …

Participatory approaches to data gathering and research which involve farmers, laypeople,
amateur soil scientists, concerned community members or school students have attracted …

CONTEXT Achieving land degradation neutrality through sustainable land management
requires stakeholder collaboration. Understanding of stakeholders' worldviews facilitates …