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1 Place, F.; Otsuka, K. 1997. Population, land tenure, and natural resource management: The case of customary land area in Malawi. Unpublished discussion paper, IFPRI. i, 44p. (EPTD discussion paper no.27)
Land use ; Land tenure ; Population growth ; Natural resources ; Crop yield ; Economic analysis ; Models ; Women / Malawi / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4657 Record No: H021638)
2 Place, F.; Otsuka, K. 2002. Land tenure systems and their impacts on agricultural investments and productivity in Uganda. The Journal of Development Studies, 38(6):105-128.
Land tenure ; Land reform ; Crop production ; Productivity ; Investment ; Models ; Households ; Women / Uganda
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H030330)
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3 Place, F.; Barrett, C. B.; Freeman, H. A.; Ramisch, J. J.; Vanlauwe, B. 2003. Prospects for integrated soil fertility management using organic and inorganic inputs: Evidence from smallholder African agricultural systems. Food Policy, 28:365-378.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6793 Record No: H034342)
4 Place, F.; Kariuki, G.; Wangila, J.; Kristjanson, P.; Makauki, A.; Ndubi, J. 2004. Assessing the factors underlying differences in achievements of farmer groups: Methodological issues and empirical findings from the highlands of Central Kenya. Agricultural Systems, 82:257-272.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7075 Record No: H035801)
5 Place, F.; Adato, M.; Hebinck, P.; Omosa, M. 2005. The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. xii, 166p. (IFPRI Research Report 142)
Soil fertility ; Poverty ; Living conditions ; Households ; Women ; Agroforestry ; Extension ; Decision making ; Gender ; Fertilizers ; Villages ; Farmers ; Case studies / Kenya
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.422 G140 PLA Record No: H038590)
6 Swift, M. J.; Stroud, A.; Shepherd, K.; Albrecht, A.; Bationo, A.; Mafongoya, P.; Place, F.; Tomich, T. P.; Vanlauwe, B.; Verchot, L. V.; Walsh, M. 2006. Confronting land degradation in Africa: Challenges for the next decade. In Garrity, D.; Okono, A.; Grayson, M.; Parrott, S. (Eds.). World agroforestry into the Future. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre. pp.43-51.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 634.99 G000 GAR Record No: H039073)
7 Place, F.; Prudencio, Y. C. 2006. Policies for improved land management in smallholder agriculture: The role for research in agroforestry and natural resource management. In Garrity, D.; Okono, A.; Grayson, M.; Parrott, S. (Eds.). World agroforestry into the Future. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre. pp.71-78.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 634.99 G000 GAR Record No: H039075)
8 Pender, J.; Place, F.; Ehui, S. (Eds.) 2006. Strategies for sustainable land management in the East African highlands. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. 483p.
Land management ; Land use ; Highlands ; Public policy ; Crop production ; Households ; Income ; Economic analysis ; Livestock ; Zero tillage ; Food security / East Africa / Kenya / Ethiopia / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.76 G132 PEN Record No: H040276)
9 Leaky, R.; Caron. P.; Craufurd, P.; Martin, A.; McDonald, A.; Abedini, W.; Afiff, S.; Bakurin, N.; Bass, S.; Hilbeck, A.; Jansen, T.; Lhaloui, S.; Lock, K.; Newman, J.; Primavesi, O.; Sengooba, T.; Ahmed, M.; Ainsworth, E.; Ali, M.; Antona, M.; Avato, P.; Barker, D.; Bazile, D.; Bosc, P. M.; Bricas, N.; Burnod, P.; Cohen, J.; Coudel, E.; Dulcire, M.; Dugue, P.; Faysse, N.; Farolfi, S.; Faure, G.; Goli, T.; Grzywacz, D.; Hocde, H.; Imbernon, J.; Ishii-Eiteman, M.; Leakey, A.; Leakey, C.; Lowe, A.; Marr, A.; Maxted, N.; Mears, A.; Molden, David; Muller, J. P.; Padgham, J.; Perret, S.; Place, F.; Raoult-Wack, A. L.; Reid, R.; Riches, C.; Scherr, S.; Sibelet, N.; Simm, G.; Temple, L.; Tonneau, J. P.; Trebuil, G.; Twomlow, S.; Voituriez, T. 2009. Impacts of AKST on development and sustainability goals. In McIntyre, B. D.; Herren, H. R.; Wakhungu, J.; Watson, R. T. (Eds.). International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, global report. Washington, DC, USA: Island Press. pp.145-253.
Agricultural production ; Fish ; Livestock ; Crop management ; Water management ; Watershed management ; Agroforestry ; Poverty ; Health ; Gender
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042791)
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10 Oduol, J. B. A.; Mithofer, D.; Place, F.; Nang'ole, E.; Olwande, J.; Kirimi, L.; Mathenge, M. 2017. Women's participation in high value agricultural commodity chains in Kenya: strategies for closing the gender gap. Journal of Rural Studies, 50:228-239. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.01.005]
Gender ; Women's participation ; Agricultural production ; Avocados ; Commodity markets ; Supply chain ; Domestic markets ; Exports ; Farm income ; Farmers ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Decision making ; Strategies ; Case studies / Kenya / Kandara / Marani
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047996)
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In developing economies, well-functioning markets are known to provide the poor with avenues for wealth creation. Using a value chain approach, this paper aims at examining bottlenecks to and opportunities for different categories of women to participate in markets for high value agricultural commodities, with a view to identifying feasible upgrading strategies for the different categories. The findings are based on a case study of Kenya's avocado value chain, which depicts export and domestic market orientation. The data were collected through focus group discussions, key informant interviews, in-depth interviews and household surveys. The results suggest that in the more commercialized and well developed chains like that of export, upgrading strategies vary for the different typologies of women. While women in female headed households may require limited efforts such as tailoring financial products to their needs or providing interlinked services coupled with prompt payment for their produce to allow them to produce quality fruits and access lucrative markets, women in male headed households need institutionalization of gender-sensitive policies in the governance of producer groups to enable them to upgrade as chain integrators and chain owners. In the less commercialized domestic chain, limited efforts may be required to upgrade women along the chain, but the need to change from the less marketable local variety to exotic variety is likely to alter women's position, thereby calling for the need to institutionalize gender-sensitive policies in the governance of existing organized groups and use the groups as a platform to introduce the new variety.
11 Stevenson, J.; Vanlauwe, B.; Macours, K.; Johnson, N.; Krishnan, L.; Place, F.; Spielman, D.; Hughes, K.; Vlek, P. 2019. Farmer adoption of plot- and farm-level natural resource management practices: between rhetoric and reality. Global Food Security, 20:101-104. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.01.003]
Natural resources management ; Farmer participation ; Agricultural practices ; On-farm research ; Fields ; Smallholders ; Agricultural research ; Sustainability ; CGIAR ; Scientists
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049104)
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There is a significant gap between the rhetoric of claims about adoption of farm-level natural resource management practices and the reality. New empirical evidence of low adoption from several developing countries suggests that on-farm natural resource management practices face significant constraints to adoption, and that they deliver heterogeneous private and public benefits. Five recommendations are given to the research community related to: targeting; scaling-up; the proper role of research; trajectories of diffusion; and measurement of environmental impacts.
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