selected publications
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- More people, more trees: a reversal of deforestation trends in Southern Ethiopia. Land Degradation & Development. 2020
- Influence of 9 years of permanent raised beds and contour furrowing on soil health in conservation agriculture based systems in Tigray region, Ethiopia. Land Degradation & Development. 2020
- Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub-Saharan Africa.. Global Change Biology. 26:5942-5964. 2020
- Corrigendum: Forest Edges Near Farms Enhance Wheat Productivity Measures: A Test Using High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing of Smallholder Farms in Southern Ethiopia. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. 4. 2020
- Should fertilizer recommendations be adapted to parkland agroforestry systems? Case studies from Ethiopia and Rwanda. Plant and Soil. 453:1-16. 2020
- Conceptual Links between Landscape Diversity and Diet Diversity: A Roadmap for Transdisciplinary Research. BioScience. 70:563-575. 2020
- Forest restoration scenarios produce synergies for agricultural production in southern Ethiopia. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 295:106888. 2020
- Forest pattern, not just amount, influences dietary quality in five African countries. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. 25:100331. 2020
- Fixing our global agricultural system to prevent the next COVID-19. Outlook on Agriculture. 49:111-118. 2020
- Scaling agricultural mechanization services in smallholder farming systems: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. Agricultural Systems. 180:102792. 2020
- Forest Edges Near Farms Enhance Wheat Productivity Measures: A Test Using High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing of Smallholder Farms in Southern Ethiopia. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. 4. 2020
- Testing the various pathways linking forest cover to dietary diversity in tropical landscapes. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. 3. 2019
- Drivers, farmers’ responses and landscape consequences of smallholder farming systems changes in southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 17:383-400. 2019
- Is labour a major determinant of yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa? A study of cereal-based production systems in Southern Ethiopia. Agricultural Systems. 174:39-51. 2019
- Landscape composition overrides field level management effects on maize stemborer control in Ethiopia. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 279:65-73. 2019
- Understanding the factors influencing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) damage in African smallholder maize fields and quantifying its impact on yield. A case study in Eastern Zimbabwe. Crop Protection. 120:141-150. 2019
- Agricultural mechanization and reduced tillage: antagonism or synergy?. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 17:219-230. 2019
- How to increase the productivity and profitability of smallholder rainfed wheat in the Eastern African highlands? Northern Rwanda as a case study. Field Crops Research. 236:121-131. 2019
- A farm-level assessment of labor and mechanization in Eastern and Southern Africa. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 39:1-13. 2019
- Agriculturally productive yet biodiverse: human benefits and conservation values along a forest-agriculture gradient in Southern Ethiopia. Landscape Ecology. 34:341-356. 2019
- DIFFERENT WAYS TO CUT A CAKE: COMPARING EXPERT-BASED AND STATISTICAL TYPOLOGIES TO TARGET SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES, A CASE-STUDY IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA. Experimental Agriculture. 55:191-207. 2019
- DO OPEN-POLLINATED MAIZE VARIETIES PERFORM BETTER THAN HYBRIDS IN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS?. Experimental Agriculture. 55:649-661. 2019
- IMPLEMENTATION OF PERMANENT RAISED BEDS CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED CROP YIELD AND PROFITABILITY IN THE NORTHEASTERN TIGRAY REGION, ETHIOPIA. Experimental Agriculture. 55:807-817. 2019
- Unpacking the push-pull system : Assessing the contribution of companion crops along a gradient of landscape complexity. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 268:115-123. 2018
- Soil organic matter underlies crop nutritional quality and productivity in smallholder agriculture. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 266:100-108. 2018
- Retaining forests within agricultural landscapes as a pathway to sustainable intensification: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 263:41-52. 2018
- Implications of changes in land cover and landscape structure for the biocontrol potential of stemborers in Ethiopia. Biological Control. 122:1-10. 2018
- Crop vs. tree: Can agronomic management reduce trade-offs in tree-crop interactions?. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 260:36-46. 2018
- Excessive pruning and limited regeneration: Are Faidherbia albida parklands heading for extinction in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia?. Land Degradation & Development. 29:1623-1633. 2018
- Conservation agriculture with trees amplifies negative effects of reduced tillage on maize performance in East Africa. Field Crops Research. 221:238-244. 2018
- Climate-smart agroforestry: Faidherbia albida trees buffer wheat against climatic extremes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 248:339-347. 2018
- A methodological approach for assessing cross-site landscape change: Understanding socio-ecological systems. Forest Policy and Economics. 84:83-91. 2017
- Disentangling the positive and negative effects of trees on maize performance in smallholdings of Northern Rwanda. Field Crops Research. 213:1-11. 2017
- Indirect contributions of forests to dietary diversity in Southern Ethiopia. Ecology and Society. 22. 2017
- Gender and conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa: towards a research agenda. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 14:142-165. 2016
- RESTORING CROPLAND PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIAN DRYLANDS AFTER NINE YEARS OF RESOURCE-CONSERVING AGRICULTURE. Experimental Agriculture. 52:165-187. 2016
- Field-scale modeling of tree-crop interactions: Challenges and development needs. Agricultural Systems. 142:51-69. 2016
- Ecological Intensification: Local Innovation to Address Global Challenges 2016
- Impact of farmland exclosure on the productivity and sustainability of a mixed crop-livestock system in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 207:109-118. 2015
- Re-examining appropriate mechanization in Eastern and Southern Africa: two-wheel tractors, conservation agriculture, and private sector involvement. Food Security. 7:889-904. 2015
- Crop residue management and soil health: A systems analysis. Agricultural Systems. 134:6-16. 2015
- Multi-scale trade-off analysis of cereal residue use for livestock feeding vs. soil mulching in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. Agricultural Systems. 134:97-106. 2015
- Response Options Across the Landscape 2015
- Where to Target Conservation Agriculture for African Smallholders? How to Overcome Challenges Associated with its Implementation? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa. ENVIRONMENTS. 2:338-357. 2015
- Combining multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis to describe the diversity of rural households. Experimental Agriculture. 50:376-397. 2014
- Conservation agriculture in African mixed crop-livestock systems: Expanding the niche. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 187:171-182. 2014
- Understanding the impact and adoption of conservation agriculture in Africa: A multi-scale analysis. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 187:155-170. 2014
- Agriculture and nature: Trouble and strife?. Biological Conservation. 170:232-245. 2014
- Drivers of Agricultural Mechanization and Mechanized Conservation Agriculture: Synthesis from Experience of Successful Countries 2014
- Comparative performance of conservation agriculture and current smallholder farming practices in semi-arid Zimbabwe. Field Crops Research. 132:117-128. 2012
- Failing to Yield? Ploughs, Conservation Agriculture and the Problem of Agricultural Intensification: An Example from the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. Journal of Development Studies. 48:393-412. 2012
- Delineating the drivers of waning wildlife habitat: The predominance of cotton farming on the fringe of protected areas in the Mid-Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. Biological Conservation. 144:1481-1493. 2011
- Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture: A review paper based on two case studies 2010
- Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture: a review paper based on two case studies. Biodiversity and Conservation. 18:2625-2644. 2009
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- Genetic intensification: Africa RISING science, innovations and technologies with scaling potential from the Ethiopian Highlands 2017
- Indirect contributions of forests to dietary diversity in Southern Ethiopia 2017
- Understanding people and forest interrelations along an intensification gradient in Arsi-Negele, Ethiopia 2016
- 5. Response Options Across the Landscape 2015
- Conservation agriculture in Zambia: a case study of Southern Province 2007
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review
- Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management: Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive pest.. Journal of Environmental Management. 318-330. 2019
- Affordances of agricultural systems analysis tools: A review and framework to enhance tool design and implementation. Agricultural Systems. 20-30. 2018
- Complementary practices supporting conservation agriculture in southern Africa: A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 16. 2018