Farming systems

La variabilite climatique en Côte d’Ivoire : entre perceptions sociales et réponses agricoles

Depuis plus de 30 ans, l’Afrique de l’Ouest doit faire face à un phénomène de variabilité
climatique sans précédent à l’échelle historique. Celle-ci a des conséquences importantes
sur la vie des populations. En Côte d’Ivoire, ces conséquences sont certes moins marquées
qu’en zone sahélienne, mais elles induisent des évolutions socio-économiques non

The diversity of rural livelihoods and their influence on soil fertility in agricultural systems of East Africa – A typology of smallholder farms

Technological interventions to address the problem of poor productivity of smallholder agricultural systems must be designed to target socially diverse and spatially heterogeneous farms and farming systems.

Livestock water productivity in mixed crop–livestock farming systems of the Blue Nile basin: Assessing variability and prospects for improvement

Water scarcity is a major factor limiting food production. Improving Livestock Water Productivity (LWP) is one of the approaches to address those problems. LWP is defined as the ratio of livestock’s beneficial outputs and services to water depleted in their production. Increasing LWP can help achieve more production per unit of water depleted.