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Improving irrigated rice production in the Senegal River Valley through experiential learning and innovation

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This study demonstrates the value-added outcomes that result from research that facilitates farmer–researcher collaboration to learn from, innovate and tailor management systems to fit local circumstances.
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This article is published in Agricultural Systems.The article was published on 2012-06-01. It has received 58 citations till now.

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Sustainable intensification in agricultural systems

TL;DR: This review analyses recent evidence of the impacts of SI in both developing and industrialized countries, and demonstrates that both yield and natural capital dividends can occur.
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Systems approaches to innovation in crop protection. A systematic literature review

TL;DR: The analysis of agricultural innovations systems literature shows that, although crop protection is addressed, the potential of this systems approach remains largely unexplored for crop protection innovation.
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Narrowing the rice yield gap in East and Southern Africa: Using and adapting existing technologies

TL;DR: In this paper, the relative yield gains emanating from nutrient, water and weed management were surveyed and calculated from literature, and partial budgeting was used to evaluate viability of fertilizer technology under GAP.
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Organic and Conventional Agriculture: A Useful Framing?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the role of organic agriculture in future food production systems and argue for reframing the debate, recognizing that farming systems fall along gradients between three philosophical poles (industrial, agrarian, and ecological).
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Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the focus group research, focusing on the following topics: planning the group study, developing a questioning route, participants in a focus group, moderating skills, and conducting interviews with young people.
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Participatory learning for sustainable agriculture

TL;DR: The authors argue that the dominant scientific paradigm of positivism has served us well over three to four centuries, but it is not well suited to contexts where uncertainties are high, and problems are open to interpretation.
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Coping with Risk in Agriculture

TL;DR: The second edition of this standard text on risk analysis and management in agriculture has been almost wholly revised as discussed by the authors, which includes much new material including a revised chapter on incorporating decision makers' preferences into the analysis of risky choices that recognizes and gives consideration to some recently published challenges to the legitimacy of the expected utility hypothesis.
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