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Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation by Vanlauwe, B, Descheemaeker, K, Giller, K E, Huising, J, Merckx, R, Nziguheba, G, Wendt, J, Zingore, S

“…Intensification of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is necessary to address rural poverty and natural resource degradation. Integrated soil…”
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A comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems – A case study in Northern Ghana by Kuivanen, K.S., Michalscheck, M., Descheemaeker, K., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Mellon-Bedi, S., Groot, J.C.J., Alvarez, S.

“…Typologies are often used to understand and capture smallholder farming system heterogeneity, and may be derived using different approaches and methods. This…”
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Characterising the diversity of smallholder farming systems and their constraints and opportunities for innovation: A case study from the Northern Region, Ghana by Kuivanen, K.S., Alvarez, S., Michalscheck, M., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Descheemaeker, K., Mellon-Bedi, S., Groot, J.C.J.

“…⿢A farm typology of the Northern Region of Ghana was constructed using multivariate statistics.⿢Six farm types were identified according to their resource…”
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What future for banana-based farming systems in Uganda? A participatory scenario analysis by Ronner, E., van de Ven, G.J., Nowakunda, K., Tugumisirize, J., Kayiita, J., Taulya, G., Uckert, G., Descheemaeker, K.K.E.

“…Population pressure, land scarcity and encroachment of nature reserves are challenging sustainable intensification of agriculture in Uganda. One of the main…”
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Model results versus farmer realities. Operationalizing diversity within and among smallholder farm systems for a nuanced impact assessment of technology packages by Michalscheck, M., Groot, J.C.J., Kotu, B., Hoeschle-Zeledon, I., Kuivanen, K., Descheemaeker, K., Tittonell, P.

“…Agricultural production in Northern Ghana is dominated by smallholder farm systems, which are characterized by low inputs and low outputs, declining soil…”
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Co-design of improved climbing bean production practices for smallholder farmers in the highlands of Uganda by Ronner, E., Descheemaeker, K., Almekinders, C., Ebanyat, P., Giller, K.E.

“…We evaluated the usefulness of a co-design process to generate a relevant basket of options for climbing bean cultivation in the context of a large-scale…”
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Farmers’ use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda by Ronner, E., Descheemaeker, K., Almekinders, C.J.M., Ebanyat, P., Giller, K.E.

“…•Climbing beans were more widely grown in southwestern than in eastern Uganda.•99% of the farmers adapted the best-bet climbing bean technology.•On average,…”
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How do climbing beans fit in farming systems of the eastern highlands of Uganda? Understanding opportunities and constraints at farm level by Ronner, E., Descheemaeker, K., Marinus, W., Almekinders, C.J.M., Ebanyat, P., Giller, K.E.

“…Climbing beans offer potential for sustainable intensification in the East-African highlands, but their introduction requires a major change in the cropping…”
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Allometric equations for yield predictions of enset (Ensete ventricosum) and khat (Catha edulis) grown in home gardens of southern Ethiopia by Mellisse, B.T., Descheemaeker, K., Mourik, M.J., Ven, G.W.J.

“…Enset is a large, single‐stemmed perennial herbaceous plant domesticated as a staple food crop only in Ethiopia. Khat is a perennial plant cultivated for its…”
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Basket of options: Unpacking the concept by Ronner, E, Sumberg, J, Glover, D, Descheemaeker, KKE, Almekinders, CJM, Haussmann, BIG, Kuyper, TW, Posthumus, H, Ebanyat, P, Giller, KE

“…How to stimulate technological change to enhance agricultural productivity and reduce poverty remains an area of vigorous debate. In the face of heterogeneity…”
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Assessment of lifetime performance of small ruminants under different feeding systems by Amole, T. A., Zijlstra, M., Descheemaeker, K., Ayantunde, A. A., Duncan, A. J.

“…Evaluation of lifetime productivity of individual animals in response to various interventions allows assessment of long-term investment opportunities for…”
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Two rapid appraisals of FAO-56 crop coefficients for semiarid natural vegetation of the northern Ethiopian highlands by Descheemaeker, K., Raes, D., Allen, R., Nyssen, J., Poesen, J., Muys, B., Haile, M., Deckers, J.

“…In the highlands of northern Ethiopia, degraded hillslopes are closed for grazing and agriculture for environmental rehabilitation. In order to assess the…”
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Integrated crop-livestock systems − a key to sustainable intensification in Africa by Duncan, A.J., Tarawali, S.A., Thorne, P.J., Valbuena, D., Descheemaeker, K., Homann-Kee Tui, S.

“…Mixed crop-livestock systems provide livelihoods for a billion people and produce half the world’s cereal and around a third of its beef and milk. Market…”
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Can soil bunds increase the production of rain-fed lowland rice in south eastern Tanzania? by Raes, D., Kafiriti, E.M., Wellens, J., Deckers, J., Maertens, A., Mugogo, S., Dondeyne, S., Descheemaeker, K.

“…Rain-fed lowland rice is by far the most common production system in south eastern Tanzania. Rice is typically cultivated in river valleys and plains on…”
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Living income benchmarking of rural households in low-income countries by van de Ven, Gerrie W. J., de Valença, Anne, Marinus, Wytze, de Jager, Ilse, Descheemaeker, Katrien K. E., Hekman, Willem, Mellisse, Beyene Teklu, Baijukya, Frederick, Omari, Mwantumu, Giller, Ken E.

“…The extreme poverty line is the most commonly used benchmark for poverty, set at US$ 1.90 by the World Bank. Another benchmark, based on the Anker living wage…”
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Interaction of AP-1-, AP-2-, and Sp1-like proteins with two distinct sites in the upstream regulatory region of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene mediates the phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate response by DESCHEEMAEKER, K. A, WYNS, S, NELLES, L, AUWERX, J, NY, T, COLLEN, D

“…Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate induces a 3- and 10-fold induction of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) activity in HT1080 and HeLa cells, respectively,…”
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Coping with cereal production risks due to the vagaries of weather, labour shortages and input markets through management in southern Mali by Huet, E.K., Adam, M., Traore, B., Giller, K.E., Descheemaeker, K.

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Double-blind study of the addition of high-protein soya milk v. cows' milk to the diet of patients with severe hypercholesterolaemia and resistance to or intolerance of statins by Sirtori, C. R., Pazzucconi, F., Colombo, L., Battistin, P., Bondioli, A., Descheemaeker, K.

“…Total substitution of soyabean protein for animal protein in the diet has been repeatedly shown to lower plasma cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolaemic…”
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Diversity in perception and management of farming risks in southern Mali by Huet, E.K., Adam, M., Giller, K.E., Descheemaeker, K.

“…A deeper understanding of how smallholder farmers perceive and manage risks is crucial to identify options that increase farmers' adaptive capacity. We…”
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Motivational factors influencing farming practices in northern Ghana by Mellon-Bedi, S., Descheemaeker, K., Hundie-Kotu, B., Frimpong, S., Groot, J.C.J.

“…•We analysed farmer preferences for Sustainable Intensification Practices (SIPs) in northern Ghana.•Factor analysis identified three factors of motivations and…”
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