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Adsorption and superficial transport of oil on biological and bionic superhydrophobic surfaces: a novel technique for oil-water separation by Barthlott, W, Moosmann, M, Noll, I, Akdere, M, Wagner, J, Roling, N, Koepchen-Thomä, L, Azad, M A K, Klopp, K, Gries, T, Mail, M

“…Superhydrophobicity is a physical feature of surfaces occurring in many organisms and has been applied (e.g. lotus effect) in bionic technical applications…”
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BANANAS (MUSA SPP.) AND NEW THINKING ABOUT PATHWAYS FOR SCIENCE IMPACT by Röling, N.

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Diagnosing the scope for innovation: Linking smallholder practices and institutional context: Introduction to the special issue by Röling, N, Hounkonnou, D, Kossou, D, Kuyper, T.W, Nederlof, S, Sakyi-Dawson, O, Traoré, M, van Huis, A

“…The article introduces the diagnostic studies reported in this special issue and prepares the reader for understanding their full portent, not only as…”
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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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Social learning for solving complex problems: a promising solution or wishful thinking? A case study of multi-actor negotiation for the integrated management and sustainable use of the Drentsche Aa area in the Netherlands by Van Bommel, S., Röling, N., Aarts, N., Turnhout, E.

“…Social learning has been championed as a promising approach to address complex resource problems. According to theory, social learning requires several…”
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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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An innovation systems approach to institutional change: Smallholder development in West Africa by Hounkonnou, Dominique, Kossou, Dansou, Kuyper, Thomas W., Leeuwis, Cees, Nederlof, E. Suzanne, Röling, Niels, Sakyi-Dawson, Owuraku, Traoré, Mamoudou, van Huis, Arnold

“…► Increasing the productivity of African smallholders is key to global food security. ► Institutions explain much variance in the quantity and quality of…”
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Bananas (Musa spp.) and New Thinking about Pathways for Science Impact by Roling, N

“…The 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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Adsorption and superficial transport of oil on biological and bionic superhydrophobic surfaces: a novel technique for oil–water separation by Barthlott, W., Moosmann, M., Noll, I., Akdere, M., Wagner, J., Roling, N., Koepchen-Thomä, L., Azad, M. A. K., Klopp, K., Gries, T., Mail, M.

“…Superhydrophobicity is a physical feature of surfaces occurring in many organisms and has been applied (e.g. lotus effect) in bionic technical applications…”
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Agricultural Research — From Recommendation Domains to Arenas for Interaction: Experiences from West Africa by Röling, N., Jiggins, J., Hounkonnou, D., van Huis, A.

“…Agricultural research designs tend to be bounded by agroecological conditions, farming systems and other dimensions assumed to be homogeneous for the…”
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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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Making agrobiodiversity work: results of an on-line stakeholder dialogue (OSD) in the Netherlands by Pistorius, R., Röling, N.G., Visser, B.

“…An analysis is made of the perception of ‘agrobiodiversity’ by 45 individuals being directly or indirectly involved in the Dutch agro-food chain. The analysis…”
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Pathway for agricultural science impact in West Africa: lessons from the Convergence of Sciences programme by Nederlof, E. S., Röling, N., van Huis, A.

“…The impact of agricultural research on the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in West Africa has been disappointing. This article reports on research on…”
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A new praxeology for integrated nutrient management, facilitating innovation with and by farmers by Deugd, M, Röling, N, Smaling, E.M.A

“…Integrated nutrient management (INM) is a broad-based remedy against excessive soil fertility decline or accumulation, problems which are increasingly…”
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How efficient are sterile processing departments ... do you know? by Roling, N

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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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Assessing the effectiveness of a Local Agricultural Research Committee in diffusing sustainable cocoa production practices: the case of capsid control in Ghana by Ayenor, G. K., Röling, N., van Huis, A., Padi, B., Obeng-Ofori, D.

“…The conventional method of 'delivering' technologies recommended by researchers to farmers through extension has proved ineffective, resulting in a persistent…”
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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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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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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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