James Sumberg

TL;DR: In this article, the authors set out a disaggregated view of food production in urban areas, emphasizing the analytical and policy importance of rural-urban interactions in resource and output markets as well as in income transfers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the evolution of the organisational architecture of agricultural research in Africa and argue that the notion of a global agricultural research system, and associated efforts to create a coordinated, multi-layered, supra-national research infrastructure, are at odds with both the realities of research at national level, and the bio-physical and socio-economic heterogeneity that characterises rural Africa.

TL;DR: In this article, an introduction to Farmer Participatory Research in practice is presented. But the authors focus on the evaluation indicators and link evaluation indicators to project design rather than the project design.

TL;DR: In the light of the challenges to formal agricultural research posed by renewed interest in diversity, local knowledge and end-user participation, the authors provides the beginnings of a theoretical underpinning for the response to repeated calls for greater farmer participation in agricultural research.

TL;DR: This paper evaluates research on herbaceous tropical forage legumes in sub-Saharan Africa and offers two alternative explanations for the lack of adoption of adapted species.