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5 Sep

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2 Sep

🌿 How can bioactive volatiles be harnessed to protect crops from the destructive Fall Armyworm, and what does this mean for sustainable agriculture?

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Weeds, Diseases, Insect Pests, and Tri-Trophic Interactions in Tropical Agroforestry

Rural Development Report 2016 Fostering inclusive rural transformation

Increasing access to agricultural extension and advisory services: How effective are new approaches in reaching women farmers in rural areas?

A framework for analysing spatial patterns and extent of influence by single trees on ecosystem properties in agroforestry

The cost of the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda

The ‘Push–Pull’ Farming System: Climate-smart, sustainable agriculture for Africa

From Project interventions to Transformative Impacts: Charting Paths for Sustained Adoption of Agri-Food Innovations

The upscaling and out-scaling of ecological intensification: how smallholder farms can inform the science of managing biocontrol at scale

Effects of mixed cropping on weeds and crop yield – a meta-analysis

From Trialing to Adaptation: Embracing Nuanced Farmers’ Adoption for Agroecological Transitions

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