Are agricultural extension systems ready to scale up ecological intensification in East Africa? A literature review with particular attention to the Push-Pull Technology …

E Isgren, Y Clough, A Murage, E Andersson - Food security, 2023 - Springer
Agricultural extension, or advisory services, have a key role to play in supporting farmers'
learning and adoption of new practices and technologies. This paper analyses gaps and …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of a generalised farm typology to aid selection, targeting and scaling of onfarm research

KL Hassall, F Baudron, C MacLaren, JE Cairns… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Farm typologies are often used to reduce the complexity in categorising diverse farming
systems, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The resulting typologies can then be used in …

Synthesis of new Cu/Zn (II) complexes for sonophotocatalysis for mineralization of pesticides and agrochemical wastewater

R Parikirala, R Kore, V Rohini, DV Rao, P Chetti… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present work synthesis of new semiconductor-based Schiff's base Cu/Zn-complexes
for sonophoto mineralization of agrichemical wastewater (ACWW), pesticides, and various …

Farmers' perceived pathways for further intensification of push-pull systems in Western Kenya

SI Buleti, S Kuyah, A Olagoke, M Gichua… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Push-pull technology provides farmers in East Africa with an eco-friendly strategy that
increases crop yield and household income in smallholder cereal systems by controlling …

Characterising diversity of rural farm households in Eastern Africa: implications for food security and intra-household decision-making

A Henderson, AP Barnes, J Hammond - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The heterogeneity in East African small-holder agricultural systems influences the farm
households' welfare outcomes. We examine the heterogeneity of rural farm households in …

Farm typology for targeting extension interventions among smallholders in tribal villages in Jharkhand state of India

A Sinha, D Basu, P Priyadarshi, A Ghosh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The highly heterogeneous and complex farm holdings operated by the smallholders in
developing countries are often deprived of optimum production and profitability. The farming …

Categorizing the sustainability of vegetable production in Chile: a farming typology approach

F Benitez-Altuna, J Trienekens… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sustainable practices are seen as one of the solutions to redress the negative impact of
agriculture's growing intensification. Despite efforts by many governments, the adoption rate …

Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices

VJ Reiss-Woolever, W Wakhid, M Ikhsan, JP Caliman… - Plos one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Smallholder farmers produce over 40% of global palm oil, the world's most traded and
controversial vegetable oil. Awareness of the effects of palm oil production on ecosystems …

A typology and preferences for pigeon pea in smallholder mixed farming systems in Uganda

DB Namuyiga, T Stellmacher, C Borgemeister… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) remains an under-researched 'orphan crop'yet is important for
food and nutrition security of smallholders. Furthermore, smallholders are heterogeneous …

The benefits of integrated pest management for apple depend on pest type and production metrics

JMW Ryalls, MPD Garratt, D Spadaro… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The development of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies, aimed at reducing
pesticide use, has myriad ecological and agronomic benefits to terrestrial ecosystems and …