selected publications
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article
- Perceived benefits, constraints and determinants of sustainable intensification of mixed crop and livestock systems in the Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 18:84-98. 2020
- Household-level drivers of dietary diversity in transitioning agricultural systems: Evidence from the Greater Mekong Subregion. Agricultural Systems. 176:102657. 2019
- Food security in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a household level assessment 2019
- Review: Role of herbivores in sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa.. Animal. 12:S199-S209. 2018
- Agricultural intensification scenarios, household food availability and greenhouse gas emissions in Rwanda: Ex-ante impacts and trade-offs. Agricultural Systems. 163:16-26. 2018
- Interactions between intervention packages, climatic risk, climate change and food security in mixed crop–livestock systems in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Systems. 151:217-224. 2017
- Is production intensification likely to make farm households food-adequate? A simple food availability analysis across smallholder farming systems from East and West Africa. Food Security. 9:115-131. 2017
- Climate-smart crop production in semi-arid areas through increased knowledge of varieties, environment and management factors. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 105:183-197. 2016
- Closing system-wide yield gaps to increase food production and mitigate GHGs among mixed crop–livestock smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural Systems. 143:106-113. 2016
- Water use by short rotation Eucalyptus woodlots in southern Rwanda. Agroforestry Systems. 89:1119-1139. 2015
- Benchmarking Yield for Sustainable Intensification of Oil Palm Production in Indonesia using PALMSIM 2015
- A quantitative model for understanding and exploring land use decisions by smallholder agrowetland households in rural areas of East Africa. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 197:159-173. 2014
- Simulating potential growth and yield of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) with PALMSIM: Model description, evaluation and application. Agricultural Systems. 131:1-10. 2014
- The ‘One cow per poor family’ programme: Current and potential fodder availability within smallholder farming systems in southwest Rwanda. Agricultural Systems. 131:11-22. 2014
- Comparative assessment of maize, finger millet and sorghum for household food security in the face of increasing climatic risk. European Journal of Agronomy. 55:29-41. 2014
- Linking agricultural adaptation strategies and food security: evidence from West Africa: Poster prepared for the ILRI@40 Workshop, Addis Ababa, 7 November 2014. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI 2014
- Sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate among smallholder households in Zimbabwe : A participatory analysis. Climate Risk Management. 3:65-78. 2014
- Managing soil fertility to adapt to rainfall variability in smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe. Field Crops Research. 154:211-225. 2013
- Transitions in agro-pastoralist systems of East Africa: Impacts on food security and poverty. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 179:215-230. 2013
- Typology of Smallholder Production Systems in Small East-African Wetlands. Wetlands. 33:101-116. 2013
- Assessing farmers’ interest in agroforestry in two contrasting agro-ecological zones of Rwanda. Agroforestry Systems. 87:141-158. 2013
- Zhombwe (Neorautanenia brachypus (Harms) C.A.Sm.) – A recent discovery for mitigating effects of drought on livestock in semi-arid areas of Southern Africa. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 10:199-212. 2012
- Managing soil fertility diversity to enhance resource use efficiencies in smallholder farming systems: a case from Murewa District, Zimbabwe. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 90:87-103. 2011
- Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development. Agricultural Systems. 104:191-203. 2011
- Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe. Agricultural Systems. 104:175-190. 2011
- Effects of Conservation Agriculture and manure application on maize grain yield and soil organic carbon: a comparative analysis 2011
- FIELD-A summary simulation model of the soil–crop system to analyse long-term resource interactions and use efficiencies at farm scale. European Journal of Agronomy. 32:10-21. 2010
- Lifetime productivity of dairy cows in smallholder farming systems of the Central highlands of Kenya.. Animal. 3:1044-1056. 2009
- Beyond resource constraints - Exploring the biophysical feasibility of options for the intensification of smallholder crop-livestock systems in Vihiga district, Kenya. Agricultural Systems. 101:1-19. 2009
- Closing the cassava yield gap: An analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa. Field Crops Research. 112:24-36. 2009
- Resource flows, crops and soil fertility management in smallholder farming systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe. Soil Use and Management. 25:78-90. 2009
- Combining organic and mineral fertilizers for integrated soil fertility management in smallholder farming systems of Kenya : Explorations using the crop-soil model FIELD. Agronomy Journal. 100:1511-1526. 2008
- Manure as a key resource within smallholder farming systems: Analysing farm-scale nutrient cycling efficiencies with the NUANCES framework. Livestock Science. 112:273-287. 2007
- Productivity and residual benefits of grain legumes to sorghum under semi-arid conditions in southwestern Zimbabwe. Plant and Soil. 299:1-15. 2007
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review
- Farm household models to analyse food security in a changing climate: a review. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. 77-84. 2014
- Analysis of trade-offs in agricultural systems: Current status and way forward. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 110-115. 2014