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Linking science and farmers' innovative capacity: diagnostic studies from Ghana and Benin by Röling, N.G., Hounkonnou, D., Offei, S.K., Tossou, R., Van Huis, A.

“…The article is an introduction to a series of articles about diagnostic studies carried out by eight PhD students in Ghana and Benin. These studies form a…”
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Facilitating the use of alternative capsid control methods towards sustainable production of organic cocoa in Ghana by Ayenor, G.K, Huis, A. van, Obeng-Ofori, D, Padi, B, Röling, N.G

“…Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important foreign exchange earner for Ghana. However, production is constrained by a high incidence of pests and diseases…”
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Improving local technologies to manage speargrass (Imperata cylindrica) in southern Benin by Vissoh, P.V, Kuyper, T.W, Gbehounou, G, Hounkonnou, D, Ahanchede, A, Roling, N.G

“…Speargrass (Imperata cylindrica) is difficult to control in the tropics. Farmers allocate most of their time and labour to weeding speargrass. We investigated…”
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Pathways for impact: scientists' different perspectives on agricultural innovation by Roling, Niels

“…This paper takes the viewpoint of a social scientist and looks at agricultural scientists' pathways for science impact. Awareness of these pathways is…”
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Convergence of sciences: the management of agricultural research for small-scale farmers in Benin and Ghana by Hounkonnou, D., Kossou, D.K., Kuyper, T.W., Leeuwis, C., Richards, P., Röling, N.G., Sakyi-Dawson, O., Van Huis, A.

“…The Convergence of Sciences programme (CoS) addresses the sub-optimal impact of science on the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in West Africa,…”
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The social construction of weeds: different reactions to an emergent problem by famers, officials and researchers by Vissoh, P.V, Mongbo, R, Gbèhounou, G, Hounkonnou, D, Ahanchédé, A, Roling, N.G, Kuyper, T.W

“…Rapid population increase in southern Benin has changed the prevailing system of shifting cultivation into one of more permanent land use. New herbaceous weeds…”
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Converging farmers' and scientists' perspectives on researchable constraints on organic cocoa production in Ghana: results of a diagnostic study by Ayenor, G.K., Röling, N.G., Padi, B., Van Huis, A., Obeng-Ofori, D., Atengdem, P.B.

“…A diagnostic study was conducted to identify the major constraints on organic cocoa production at Brong-Densuso and surrounding communities in the…”
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Triggering regime change: A comparative analysis of the performance of innovation platforms that attempted to change the institutional context for nine agricultural domains in West Africa by Hounkonnou, Dominique, Brouwers, Jan, van Huis, Arnold, Jiggins, Janice, Kossou, Dansou, Röling, Niels, Sakyi-Dawson, Owuraku, Traoré, Mamoudou

“…The article synthesises the experiences of innovation platforms (IPs) that engaged in open-ended experimental action to improve the institutional context for…”
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Challenges to science and society in the sustainable management and use of water: investigating the role of social learning by Ison, Ray, Röling, Niels, Watson, Drennan

“…Water catchments are characterised by connectedness, complexity, uncertainty, conflict, multiple stakeholders and thus, multiple perspectives. Catchments are…”
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Institutions: Lessons from West Africa by Röling, Niels

“…This article uses examples and insights from research in West Africa to analyse the concept of institutions and the consequences of their ‘invisibility’ in…”
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The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture by Pretty, Jules, Sutherland, William J., Ashby, Jacqueline, Auburn, Jill, Baulcombe, David, Bell, Michael, Bentley, Jeffrey, Bickersteth, Sam, Brown, Katrina, Burke, Jacob, Campbell, Hugh, Chen, Kevin, Crowley, Eve, Crute, Ian, Dobbelaere, Dirk, Edwards-Jones, Gareth, Funes-Monzote, Fernando, Godfray, H. Charles J., Griffon, Michel, Gypmantisiri, Phrek, Haddad, Lawrence, Halavatau, Siosiua, Herren, Hans, Holderness, Mark, Izac, Anne-Marie, Jones, Monty, Koohafkan, Parviz, Lal, Rattan, Lang, Timothy, McNeely, Jeffrey, Mueller, Alexander, Nisbett, Nicholas, Noble, Andrew, Pingali, Prabhu, Pinto, Yvonne, Rabbinge, Rudy, Ravindranath, N. H., Rola, Agnes, Roling, Niels, Sage, Colin, Settle, William, Sha, J. M., Shiming, Luo, Simons, Tony, Smith, Pete, Strzepeck, Kenneth, Swaine, Harry, Terry, Eugene, Tomich, Thomas P., Toulmin, Camilla, Trigo, Eduardo, Twomlow, Stephen, Vis, Jan Kees, Wilson, Jeremy, Pilgrim, Sarah

“…Despite a significant growth in food production over the past half-century, one of the most important challenges facing society today is how to feed an…”
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The governance of farming and natural resource management by Jiggins, Janice, Blackmore, Chris, Ison, Ray, Röling, Niels

“…Business as usual is impeding implementation of systemic change in the governance of the natural resources on which all forms of farming depend and the…”
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Institutional change towards sustainable agriculture in West Africa by Struik, Paul C., Klerkx, Laurens, van Huis, Arnold, Röling, Niels G.

“…This paper describes why inter- and trans-disciplinary research, accompanied by innovation platforms, is essential in the context of agricultural development…”
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Innovation platforms and projects to support smallholder development - experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa by Jiggins, Janice, Hounkonnou, Dominique, Sakyi-Dawson, Owuraku, Kossou, Dansou, Traoré, Mamoudou, Röling, Niels, van Huis, Arnold

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Special Issue: System Innovation — Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Introduction by Jiggins, Janice, Ison, Ray, Röling, Niels

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The organisation of social learning in response to perceptions of crisis in the water sector of The Netherlands by Jiggins, Janice, van Slobbe, Erik, Röling, Niels

“…This article deals with responses in the Netherlands to a widespread perception within the water sector of crisis, rooted in an appreciation that former ways…”
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Professionals in context: How robust is the normative model? by Roling, Niels

“…Research on successful change often leads to a normative model. What was an empirical outcome becomes a prescription for action. In water management, research…”
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From causes to reasons: the human dimension of agricultural sustainability by Roeling, N

“…The point of departure of this paper is the familiar instrumental perspective that focuses on causes and effects and on actions to do something about them…”
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Weeds as agricultural constraint to farmers in Benin: results of a diagnostic study by Vissoh, P.V., Gbèhounou, G., Ahanchédé, A., Kuyper, T.W., Röling, N.G.

“…Weeds are an emerging constraint on crop production, as a result of population pressure and more intensive use of cultivated land. A diagnostic study was…”
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Weeds as agricultural constraint in Benin: results of a diagnostic study by Vissoh, P.V, Gbèhounou, G, Ahanchedé, A, Kuyper, T.W, Röling, N.G

“…Weeds are an emerging constraint on crop production, as a result of population pressure and more intensive use of cultivated land. A diagnostic study was…”
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