Jelle Van Loon, Lennart Woltering, Timothy J. Krupnik, Frédéric Baudron et al.
There is great untapped potential for farm mechanization to support rural development initiatives in low- and middle-income countries. As technology transfer of large machinery from high-income countries was ineffective during the 1980s and 90s, mechanization options were developed appropriate to re...
Frédéric Baudron, B.G. Sims, Scott Justice, David Kahan et al.
Lenora Ditzler, Laurens Klerkx, Jacqueline Chan-Dentoni, Héléna Posthumus et al.
The increasingly complex challenges facing agricultural systems require problem-solving processes and systems analysis (SA) tools that engage multiple actors across disciplines. In this article, we employ the theory of affordances to unravel what tools may furnish users, and how those affordances co...
Trey Sunderland, Rabdo Abdoulaye, Ronju Ahammad, S. Asaha et al.
The expansion of agriculture has resulted in large-scale habitat loss, the fragmentation of forests, significant losses in biological diversity and negative impacts on many ecosystem services. In this paper, we highlight the Agrarian Change Project, a multi-disciplinary research initiative, that app...
Frédéric Baudron, Stephanie A. Tomscha, Bronwen Powell, J.C.J. Groot et al.
A diverse diet is important to address micronutrient deficiencies and other forms of malnutrition, one of the greatest challenges of today’s food systems. In tropical countries, several studies have found a positive association between forest cover and dietary diversity, although the actual mechanis...
Deakin E.L., Sunderland T.C.H., Mrigesh Kshatriya, (eds.)
Agricultural expansion has transformed and fragmented forest habitats at alarming rates across the globe, but particularly so in tropical landscapes. The resulting land-use configurations encompass varying mosaics of tree cover, human settlements and agricultural land units. Meanwhile, global demand...
Moti Jaleta, Frédéric Baudron, Branka Krivokapic‐Skoko, Olaf Erenstein
This paper reviews agricultural mechanization and reduced tillage use in the context of sustainable intensification in developing country agriculture. The scoping review includes selected and contrasting cases – including Zimbabwe (manual systems), Bangladesh (2-wheel – single axle tractor systems),...
Alain Ndoli, Athanase Mukuralinda, A.G.T. Schut, Miyuki Iiyama et al.
Abstract The world is challenged to meet the food demand of a growing population, especially in developing countries. Given the ambitious plans to scale up agroforestry in Africa, an improved understanding of the effect of agroforestry practices on the already challenged food security of rural house...
Ronju Ahammad, Stephanie A. Tomscha, Sarah E. Gergel, Frédéric Baudron et al.
Abstract Context Increasing agricultural production shapes the flow of ecosystem services (ES), including provisioning services that support the livelihoods and nutrition of people in tropical developing countries. Although our broad understanding of the social-ecological consequences of agricultura...
Rabe Yahaya, Thomas Daum, Ephrem Tadesse, Walter Mupangwa et al.
Purpose African agricultural mechanization could lead to a mechanization divide, where only large farms have access to machines. Technological solutions such as scale-appropriate machines and institutional solutions like service markets offer hope for more inclusive mechanization. Two-wheel tractor-...
Bisrat G. Awoke, Frédéric Baudron, Diógenes L. Antille, Laike Kebede et al.
<b><sc>Abstract.</sc></b> This work was conducted to identify and evaluate âbest-bet‘ two-wheel tractor-attached seeders for use in wheat and maize production in small scale conservation agriculture systems in Ethiopia. On-farm evaluations were performed using imported seeders from Brazil, Banglad...
Frédéric Baudron
This dataset contains forest cover data, household dietary quality data and farm attributes from 1,783 households located in 7 tropical landscapes in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nicaragua and Zambia. This dataset was assembled to test the various pathways linking forest ...