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List of works by Ken E. Giller

A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research

scientific article published in November 2018

A recipe for success? Learning from the rapid adoption of improved chickpea varieties in Ethiopia

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

Adaptation of agriculture to climate change in semi-arid Borena, Ethiopia

scholarly article by Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a et al published 1 April 2016 in Regional Environmental Change

Additive yield response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to rhizobium inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer across smallholder farms in Ethiopia.

scientific article published in July 2018

Aggregating field-scale knowledge into farm-scale models of African smallholder systems: Summary functions to simulate crop production using APSIM

scientific article published in June 2008

Agriculture and nature: Trouble and strife?

An integrated evaluation of strategies for enhancing productivity and profitability of resource-constrained smallholder farms in Zimbabwe

scholarly article by S. Zingore et al published June 2009 in Agricultural Systems

Applicability of the natural 15N abundance technique to measure N2 fixation in Arachis hypogaea grown on an Ultisol

Are the rates of photosynthesis stimulated by the carbon sink strength of rhizobial and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses?

scholarly article by Glaciela Kaschuk et al published June 2009 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Are traditional home gardens in southern Ethiopia heading for extinction? Implications for productivity, plant species richness and food security

scientific article published in 2018

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in world biodiversity hotspots: the need for a greater global perspective in assessing N deposition impacts

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Benefits of inoculation, P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean also increase yield of subsequent maize.

scientific article

Beyond conservation agriculture

scientific article

Beyond resource constraints – Exploring the biophysical feasibility of options for the intensification of smallholder crop-livestock systems in Vihiga district, Kenya

scholarly article by P. Tittonell et al published June 2009 in Agricultural Systems

Biofuel, dairy production and beef in Brazil: competing claims on land use in São Paulo state.

scientific article

Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon

scientific article published on 16 January 2023

Carbon-free conferencing in the age of COVID-19

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Changes in soil organic carbon stocks after conversion from forest to oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo

Climate change adaptation and mitigation in smallholder crop–livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for integrated impact assessments

scholarly article by Katrien Descheemaeker et al published 2 April 2016 in Regional Environmental Change

Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do?

scientific article

Climate-smart agroforestry: Faidherbia albida trees buffer wheat against climatic extremes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

scientific article

Closing the cassava yield gap: An analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa

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Co-design of improved climbing bean production practices for smallholder farmers in the highlands of Uganda

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Comment on “Evaluating conservation agriculture for small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia” [Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 187 (2014) 1–10]

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Communicating Complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development

research work

Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe

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Complex contexts and dynamic drivers: Understanding four decades of forest loss and recovery in an East African protected area

article by Marieke Sassen et al published March 2013 in Biological Conservation

Conservation: No silver bullets for African soil problems

scientific article

Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture: a review paper based on two case studies

scientific article published in 2009

Current and potential role of grain legumes on protein and micronutrient adequacy of the diet of rural Ghanaian infants and young children: using linear programming

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

DIVERSITY IN SMALLHOLDER FARMS GROWING COFFEE AND THEIR USE OF RECOMMENDED COFFEE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN UGANDA

scholarly article by GHISLAINE BONGERS et al published 13 February 2015 in Experimental Agriculture

Determination of chemical availability of cadmium and zinc in soils using inert soil moisture samplers

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Distribution and diversity of rhizobia nodulating agroforestry legumes in soils from three continents in the tropics

scientific article

Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms.

scientific article

Drivers of land use change and household determinants of sustainability in smallholder farming systems of Eastern Uganda

scientific article

Dynamics of N-P-K demand and uptake in cassava

scientific article published in 2020

Effects of climate variability and climate change on crop production in southern Mali

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Elevating the conversation about GE crops

scientific article

Evaluating sustainable and profitable cropping sequences with cassava and four legume crops: Effects on soil fertility and maize yields in the forest/savannah transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana

scientific article published in 2007

Evaluating the effects of storage conditions on dry matter loss and nutritional quality of grain legume fodders in West Africa

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Farmers' use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda.

scientific article

Farmers’ Perceptions as a Driver of Agricultural Practices: Understanding Soil Fertility Management Practices in Cocoa Agroforestry Systems in Cameroon

journal article from 'Human Ecology' published in 2020

Farming Systems, Food Security and Farmers' Awareness of Ecosystem Services in Inland Valleys: A Study From Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

scientific article published on 01 July 2022

Feeding, crop residue and manure management for integrated soil fertility management – A case study from Kenya

scholarly article by A. Castellanos-Navarrete et al published March 2015 in Agricultural Systems

Food and nutrient gaps in rural Northern Ghana: Does production of smallholder farming households support adoption of food-based dietary guidelines?

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda

scholarly article by Jannike Wichern et al published 18 November 2017 in Food Security

Fuelwood collection and its impacts on a protected tropical mountain forest in Uganda

scholarly article by Marieke Sassen et al published October 2015 in Forest Ecology and Management

Genetic Interaction Studies Reveal Superior Performance of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 on a Range of Diverse East African Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Genome Editing, Gene Drives, and Synthetic Biology: Will They Contribute to Disease-Resistant Crops, and Who Will Benefit?

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Grain legume cultivation and children’s dietary diversity in smallholder farming households in rural Ghana and Kenya

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Grand challenges for the 21st century: what crop models can and can't (yet) do

scientific article published in 2020

Home garden system dynamics in Southern Ethiopia

scholarly article by Beyene Teklu Mellisse et al published 31 July 2017 in Agroforestry Systems

Identifying key entry-points for strategic management of smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa using the dynamic farm-scale simulation model NUANCES-FARMSIM

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Immediate and residual-effects of sole and intercropped grain legumes in maize production systems under rain-fed conditions of Northern Tanzania

scientific article published in 2022

In search of the elusive “active” fraction of soil organic matter: Three size-density fractionation methods for tracing the fate of homogeneously 14C-labelled plant materials

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Increasing land pressure in East Africa: The changing role of cassava and consequences for sustainability of farming systems

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Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation

scientific article published in 2015

Integrating new soybean varieties for soil fertility management in smallholder systems through participatory research: Lessons from western Kenya

scientific article published in 2008

Key role of China and its agriculture in global sustainable phosphorus management

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LEGUME-MAIZE ROTATION OR RELAY? OPTIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION OF SMALLHOLDER FARMS IN THE GUINEA SAVANNA OF NORTHERN GHANA

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

Labour not land constrains agricultural production and food self-sufficiency in maize-based smallholder farming systems in Mozambique

scholarly article by Wilson J. Leonardo et al published 11 July 2015 in Food Security

Land tenure and differential soil fertility management practices among native and migrant farmers in Wenchi, Ghana: Implications for interdisciplinary action research

research work

Livestock wealth and social capital as insurance against climate risk: A case study of Samburu County in Kenya

scholarly article by Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a et al published July 2016 in Agricultural Systems

Long-term effects of metals in sewage sludge on soils, microorganisms and plants

scientific article published on February 1995

Maize-grain legume intercropping for enhanced resource use efficiency and crop productivity in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana

scientific article published in November 2017

Manure as a key resource within smallholder farming systems: Analysing farm-scale nutrient cycling efficiencies with the NUANCES framework

Mapping spatial distribution and geographic shifts of East African highland banana (Musa spp.) in Uganda

scientific article published on 17 February 2022

Micro-livestock in smallholder farming systems: the role, challenges and opportunities for cavies in South Kivu, eastern DR Congo

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Migration and Self-Protection Against Climate Change: A Case Study of Samburu County, Kenya

scholarly article by Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a et al published August 2016 in World Development

Milk: the new white gold? Milk production options for smallholder farmers in Southern Mali.

scientific article published on 16 February 2015

Multiple benefits of manure: The key to maintenance of soil fertility and restoration of depleted sandy soils on African smallholder farms

scientific article published on 15 October 2007

N2-fixation and N contribution by grain legumes under different soil fertility status and cropping systems in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana.

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POOR FARMERS – POOR YIELDS: SOCIO-ECONOMIC, SOIL FERTILITY AND CROP MANAGEMENT INDICATORS AFFECTING CLIMBING BEAN PRODUCTIVITY IN NORTHERN RWANDA

scholarly article by A. C. FRANKE et al published 31 May 2016 in Experimental Agriculture

Phenological development of East African highland banana involves trade-offs between physiological age and chronological age

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Photosynthetic adaptation of soybean due to varying effectiveness of N2 fixation by two distinct Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains

scholarly article by Glaciela Kaschuk et al published February 2012 in Environmental and Experimental Botany

Phylogeography and Symbiotic Effectiveness of Rhizobia Nodulating Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Ethiopia

scientific article published on 24 October 2020

Regenerative Agriculture: An agronomic perspective

scientific article

Relationships between rhizobial diversity and host legume nodulation and nitrogen fixation in tropical ecosystems

scientific article published in 2006

Residual soil phosphorus as the missing piece in the global phosphorus crisis puzzle

scientific article

Responses of legumes to rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A meta-analysis of potential photosynthate limitation of symbioses

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Rice production with less irrigation water is possible in a Sahelian environment

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Simulating potential growth and yield of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) with PALMSIM: Model description, evaluation and application

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Soil greenhouse gas emissions from inorganic fertilizers and recycled oil palm waste products from Indonesian oil palm plantations

Sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate among smallholder households in Zimbabwe: A participatory analysis

scientific article published on 03 June 2014

Soyabean response to rhizobium inoculation across sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns of variation and the role of promiscuity.

scientific article

Sustainable development goal 2: Improved targets and indicators for agriculture and food security.

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Sustainable intensification through rotations with grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review.

scientific article published in July 2018

Testing the safety-net role of hedgerow tree roots by 15N placement at different soil depths

The diversity of Phaseolus-nodulating rhizobial populations is altered by liming of acid soils planted with Phaseolus vulgaris L. in Brazil.

scientific article published on August 2002

The effects of management practices on soil organic carbon stocks of oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

The effects of salinity and sodicity upon nodulation and nitrogen fixation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum).

scientific article published on May 2002

The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published in 2023

The quest for a contemporary ecological dimension to soil biology

The role of nitrogen fixation and crop N dynamics on performance and legacy effects of maize-grain legumes intercrops on smallholder farms in Tanzania

scientific article published in 2022

Three Interwoven Dimensions of Natural Resource Use: Quantity, Quality and Access in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area

journal article from 'Human Ecology' published in 2014

Toward product-based regulation of crops

scientific article published in 2022

Towards understanding factors that govern fertilizer response in cassava: lessons from East Africa

scientific article published in 2009

Understanding variability in the benefits of N2-fixation in soybean-maize rotations on smallholder farmers’ fields in Malawi.

scientific article published in July 2018

Using household survey data to identify large-scale food security patterns across Uganda

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Wetlands in drylands: Use and conflict dynamics at the human–wildlife interface in Mbire District, Zimbabwe

scientific article published in 2022

When yield gaps are poverty traps: The paradigm of ecological intensification in African smallholder agriculture

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Where is sugarcane cropping expanding in the brazilian cerrado, and why? A case study

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Yield gap analysis and entry points for improving productivity on large oil palm plantations and smallholder farms in Ghana

scientific article published in September 2018

Yield gaps in oil palm: A quantitative review of contributing factors

scholarly article by Lotte S. Woittiez et al published February 2017 in European Journal of Agronomy

β-Glucuronidase (GUS) Operon Fusions as a Tool for Studying Plant-Microbe Interactions

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