Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa

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dc.creatorWortmann, Charles S.
dc.creatorAmede, Tilahun
dc.creatorBekunda, Mateete A.
dc.creatorNdung’u-Magiroi, K.
dc.creatorMasikati, Patricia
dc.creatorSnapp, Sieglinde S.
dc.creatorStewart, Zachary P.
dc.creatorWestgate, M.
dc.creatorZida, Z.
dc.creatorKome, C.E.
dc.date2020-11
dc.date2020-11-22T20:12:20Z
dc.date2020-11-22T20:12:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:57:36Z
dc.descriptionThis forum paper provides a synthesis and discussion of 14 categories of lessons learned from experiences for achieving farm‐level impact with smallholder farmers in Africa. These lessons were reported in a symposium hosted by the Agronomy in Africa community of the American Society of Agronomy. The lessons, listed in order of frequency of reporting, were the need to: have adequate infrastructure and services; enable spontaneous adoption; have multi‐disciplinary and institutional collaboration; build on previous adoption of good agronomic practices (GAP); have farmer participation in research; encourage and learn from smallholder adaptations; make GAP promotion demand‐driven; allow GAP choices; address challenges and trade‐offs to GAP adoption; enable GAP‐by‐GAP adoption; reconcile conflicting messages; offer adequate profit potential with acceptable risk; reduce labor needs, especially for women; and build capacity for farming system improvement along the chain from farmer to research. The lessons are discussed and conclusions are reported.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/110258
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/118570
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceWortmann, C., Amede, T., Bekunda, M., Ndung’u-Magiroi, K., Masikati, P., Snapp, S., Stewart, Z.P., Westgate, M., Zida, Z. and Kome, C.E. 2020. Improvement of smallholder farming systems in Africa. Agronomy Journal
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectagricultural practices
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.subjectintensification
dc.titleImprovement of smallholder farming systems in Africa
dc.typeJournal Article

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