DOI: 10.18174/430727
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

From targeting to tailoring : baskets of options for legume cultivation among African smallholders

Abstract: A basket of options, tailored to local conditions, is a more useful and realistic concept than 'targeting of technologies'. (this thesis) 2. A change of one letter in a word, can mean a world of change. (this thesis) 3. Agricultural innovations will not contribute to improving the livelihoods of resourcepoor farmers unless combined with institutional innovation. 4. Smallholder farming is not a viable option to achieve the necessary increases in food production to feed the world's population. 5. Despite risks o… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1
1
1
1

Citation Types

0
5
0

Publication Types

Select...
3
2

Relationship

0
5

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 5 publications
(5 citation statements)
references
References 150 publications
(364 reference statements)
0
5
0
Order By: Relevance
“…Due to the inevitable movements of farmers across clusters, it is key to understand the best-before date of a farm typology [47]. The best-before date greatly depends on the rate at which the different indicators used to differentiate the production systems change [100]. In this study, it means that significant changes in productivity, commercialization levels, farm management practices, and production scale and intensity would render the typology less accurate, and this would necessitate conducting a new typology study.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Due to the inevitable movements of farmers across clusters, it is key to understand the best-before date of a farm typology [47]. The best-before date greatly depends on the rate at which the different indicators used to differentiate the production systems change [100]. In this study, it means that significant changes in productivity, commercialization levels, farm management practices, and production scale and intensity would render the typology less accurate, and this would necessitate conducting a new typology study.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Agronomic research definitely has been successful in identifying general productivity constraints, addressing these in most cases by technological solutions and recommendations originating from Green Revolution technology packages (Tittonell and Giller, 2013). Recommendations, however, have no universal validity and implementing these recommendations in sub Saharan Africa is difficult due to non-uniform, site specific conditions (Dea and Scoones, 2003;Giller et al, 2008;Ronner, 2018). In past decades much effort has been made to support effective implementation of recommendations, but real impact on crop yield still appears limited (Dalal-Clayton and Dent, 2001;Giller et al, 2011;Giller et al, 2009).…”
Section: Farmers and Researchersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Baskets of options have featured in a range of recent work, including papers by Giller et al (2011), Falconnier et al (2017), Ronner (2018), and Descheemaeker et al (2019), who couple them with iterative, co-learning cycles. The recognition of the importance of tailoring options to local contexts is reflected in the shift from more general ‘best-bet’ options to ‘best fits’ – options that are assessed for their suitability to fit within a particular context or niche (Giller et al, 2011; Ojiem et al, 2006).…”
Section: Recommendations Options and Basketsmentioning
confidence: 99%