Jana Schindler

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare methods of assessment of sustainability impact for farming interventions and argue that sustainability impact assessment, respecting the interactive involvement of all stakeholder groups throughout the whole process, is a compulsory element in project planning for a sustainable agricultural development in developing countries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the sustainability impacts of planned agricultural development interventions, so called upgrading strategies (UPS), to enhance food security and identify what advantages and risks are assessed from the farmer's point of view in regards to social life, the economy and the environment.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an adapted methodological procedure based on the so-called Framework for Participatory Impact Assessment (FoPIA) to elaborate community-based criteria in four selected study villages of Tanzania.

TL;DR: In this article, the impacts of five agricultural upgrading strategies (UPS) from a researcher's perspective as well as from a farmer's point of view in two case study villages in rural Dodoma, Tanzania were assessed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the application of the ScalA-FS tool, which assessed the potential success of selected upgrading strategies using assessment criteria developed by agricultural scientists and local farmers in a participatory process in Tanzania.