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- Soil health and gender: why and how to identify the linkages. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 19:269-287. 2021
- Which practices co‐deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification?. Global Change Biology. 26:1532-1575. 2020
- Rethinking Agro-Food Sector to Combat Land Degradation and Desertification 2020
- Multi-Disciplinary North-South Collaboration in Participatory Action Research on Food Value Chains: a German-Tanzanian Case Study on Perceptions, Experiences and Challenges. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 32:359-378. 2019
- Gendered opportunities for improving soil health: A conceptual framework to help set the research agenda 2019
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services 2019
- Chapter 2. Economics of land degradation in Niger 2018
- Food value chain linkages and household food security in Tanzania. Food Security. 10:827-839. 2018
- Climate Risk Management through Sustainable Land and Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa 2018
- Micro-econometric and Micro-Macro Linked Models: Impact of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) Program of Uganda—Considering Different Levels of Likely Contamination with the Treatment 2018
- An economic valuation of ecosystem services based on perceptions of rural Ethiopian communities. Ecosystem services. 26:37-44. 2017
- The unholy cross: Profitability and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in Africa south of the Sahara 2017
- Awareness and perceptions of ecosystem services in relation to land use types: Evidence from rural communities in Nigeria. Ecosystem services. 22:150-160. 2016
- Grazing lands in Sub-Saharan Africa and their potential role in climate change mitigation: What we do and don't know. Environmental development. 19:70-74. 2016
- Concepts and Methods of Global Assessment of the Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement 2016
- Challenges in Implementing a Small-Scale Farmers’ Capacity-Building Program: The Case of the Food Production, Processing, and Marketing Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2016
- Biomass Productivity-Based Mapping of Global Land Degradation Hotspots 2016
- Challenges in implementing a small-scale farmers' capacity-building program: The case of the food production, processing, and marketing project in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2016
- Cost, Drivers and Action Against Land Degradation in Senegal 2016
- Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement in Bhutan 2016
- Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement in Niger 2016
- Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement: An Introduction and Overview 2016
- Economics of Land Degradation in Argentina 2016
- Economics of Land Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa 2016
- Global Cost of Land Degradation 2016
- Global Drivers of Land Degradation and Improvement 2016
- Global Estimates of the Impacts of Grassland Degradation on Livestock Productivity from 2001 to 2011 2016
- Land and soil management: Promoting healthy soils for healthier agricultural systems 2016
- The Food-Energy-Water Security Nexus: Definitions, Policies, and Methods in an Application to Malawi and Mozambique 2015
- Economics of sustainable land management. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 15:9-19. 2015
- Communitieties’ Perceptions and Knowledge of Ecosystem Services: Evidence from Rural Communities in Nigeria 2015
- The impact of agricultural extension services on social capital: an application to the Sub-Saharan African Challenge Program in Lake Kivu region. Agriculture and Human Values. 32:597-615. 2015
- Assessment of upgrading strategies to improve regional food systems in Tanzania Food processing, waste management and bioenergy, and income generation. Outlook on Agriculture. 44:179-186. 2015
- Climate risk management through sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa 2015
- Exploiting provisions of land economic productivity without degrading its natural capital. Journal of Arid Environments. 112:33-43. 2015
- Natural resource management and crop production strategies to improve regional food systems in Tanzania. Outlook on Agriculture. 44:159-167. 2015
- Government fertilizer subsidy and commercial sector fertilizer demand: Evidence from the Federal Market Stabilization Program (FMSP) in Nigeria. Food Policy. 47:1-12. 2014
- Assessing the economic benefits of sustainable land management practices in Bhutan 2014
- Relative Preferences for Soil Conservation Incentives among Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from Malawi. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 96:690-710. 2014
- Framework for participatory food security research in rural food value chains. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. 3:8-15. 2014
- Biomass productivity-based mapping of global land degradation hotspots 2014
- Land Degradation, Poverty and Marginality 2014
- Economics of land degradation Initiative: Methods and approach for global and national assessments 2013
- The Economics of Land Degradation 2013
- Economics of land degradation initiative, Methods and approach for global and national assessments 2013
- Editorial introduction 2013
- Initial impact of integrated agricultural research for development in East and Central Africa. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2013
- Local institutions in southwestern Uganda, The role of integrated agricultural research for development. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2013
- Market access for agro-enterprise diversity in the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site of the sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2013
- Policy and institutional framework of the Lake Kivu pilot learning site 2013
- Selecting sites to prove the concept of IAR4D in the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 2013
- Selecting sites to prove the concept of IAR4D in the Lake KivuPilot Learning Site 2013
- Impacts of Community-driven Development Programs on Income and Asset Acquisition in Africa: The Case of Nigeria. World Development. 40:1824-1838. 2012
- Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?. Agricultural Systems. 110:162-172. 2012
- Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in East Africa. World Development. 40:402-413. 2012
- Impact of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (Naads) program of Uganda: Considering Different Levels of Likely Contamination with the Treatment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 94:386-392. 2012
- Making Rural Services Work for the Poor: Micro-level Evidence from Rural Uganda 2012
- The economics of land degradation 2012
- Understanding the complexities surrounding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Nigeria and Uganda. Journal of Development Studies. 47:1482-1509. 2011
- The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought: Toward an integrated global assessment 2011
- Monitoring and assessing the influence of social, economic and policy factors on sustainable land management in drylands. Land Degradation & Development. 22:240-247. 2011
- Returns to spending on agricultural extension: the case of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program of Uganda†. Agricultural Economics. 42:249-267. 2011
- ASSESSING THE RISKS OF SOIL EROSION AND SMALL RESERVOIR SILTATION IN A TROPICAL RIVER BASIN IN MALI USING THE SWAT MODEL UNDER LIMITED DATA CONDITION. APPLIED ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE. 27:895-904. 2011
- The economics of desertification, land degradation, and drought, Toward an integrated global assessment 2011
- Constraints to fertilizer use in Nigeria, Insights from agricultural extension service 2010
- Evaluation of the SWAT model in hydrologic modeling of a large watershed in Nigeria 2010
- Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria 2010
- From "best practice" to "best fit": a framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services worldwide. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Education. 15:341-355. 2009
- Constraints to increasing agricultural productivity in Nigeria 2009
- Impacts Of Community-Driven Development Programs On Income And Asset Acquisition In Africa: The Case Of Nigeria 2009
- Who knows, who cares? The determinants of enactment, awareness, and compliance with community Natural Resource Management regulations in Uganda *. Environment and Development Economics. 13:79-101. 2008
- Food security in the drylands of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Research challenges and opportunities 2007
- Yield and economic benefits of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and soybean (Glycine max) inoculation in northern Tanzania. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE. 46:571-577. 2006
- From "best practice" to "best fit": A framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services 2006
- Determinants of nutrient balances in a maize farming system in eastern Uganda. Agricultural Systems. 85:155-182. 2005
- Soil fertility Status, Management, and Research in East Africa. Eastern Africa Journal of Rural Development. 20:94-112. 2005
- The economic rationale of recycling hybrid seeds in Northern Tanzania. Eastern Africa Journal of Rural Development. 20:113-124. 2005
- STRATEGIES TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND REDUCE LAND DEGRADATION: EVIDENCE FROM UGANDA. Agricultural Economics. 31:181-195. 2004
- Strategies For Sustainable Land Management And Poverty Reduction In Uganda 2004
- Development Pathways and Land Management in Uganda. World Development. 32:767-792. 2004
- Soil fertility status, management, and research in east Africa 2004
- Using linear programming to optimize the use of biomass transfer and improved fallow species in Eastern Uganda 2004
- Strategies To Increase Agricultural Productivity And Reduce Land Degradation: Evidence From Uganda 2003
- L'essor du nombre de commercants ne suffit pas [In French] 2002
- Uganda crop trader characteristics and their marketing constraints 2002
- Development pathways and land management in Uganda, causes and implications 2001
- Redistribution of social benefits from advances in extension and research in the Tanzanian maize industry. Agricultural Economics. 21:231-239. 1999
- Environmental and economic impacts of soil erosion and fertility mining in Northern Tanzania 1999
- Factors affecting adoption of improved maize seed and fertiliser in northern Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Economics. vol. 48. 1997
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- Enhancing smallholder farmer access to prime markets through horizontal & vertical linkages, The case of sunflower in Tanzania 2015
- Community Natural Resource Management and its linkage to poverty in Uganda 2006
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- Climate change perceptions and adaptations of rural households in Western Kenya 2014
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- The impact of interventions in the global land and agri-food sectors on Nature's Contributions to People and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.. Global Change Biology. 4691-4721. 2020
- A scoping review of the contributions of farmers' organizations to smallholder agriculture. NATURE FOOD. 620-630. 2020
- Aligning evidence generation and use across health, development, and environment. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 81-93. 2019
- Biological nitrogen fixation and socioeconomic factors for legume production in sub-Saharan Africa: a review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 139-154. 2011
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- Communities' perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services: Evidence from rural communities in Nigeria 2014
- Trends and patterns of land use change and international aid in sub-Saharan Africa 2013