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  1. Fitting underutilised crops within research-poor environments: Lessons and approaches

    Fitting underutilised crops within research-poor environments: Lessons and approaches

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S.N. Azam-Ali --- , Malaysia
    Underutilised crops, the cropping systems in which they are cultivated and the people who manage, protect and conserve them represent important elements of agricultural biodiversity. Each of these components and our knowledge of them is increasingly marginalised by the structures...
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  2. Efforts Toward Improving Maize Yields on Smallholder Farms in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, through Site-specific, Soil-testing-based Fertiliser Recommendations: A Transdisciplinary Approach

    Efforts Toward Improving Maize Yields on Smallholder Farms in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, through Site-specific, Soil-testing-based Fertiliser Recommendations: A Transdisciplinary Approach

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal • Authors: Arusey Chebet --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Njoroge Ruth --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Otinga A. Nekesa --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Wilson Ng’etich --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Koech Julius --- University of Eldoret, Kenya Roland W. Scholz --- Danube University, Austria
    This study evaluated the effects of site-specific, soil-testing-based fertiliser recommendations on maize yields using the transdisciplinary (TD) process. The TD process utilizes knowledge from science and practice. Farmers, extension officers, local financial institutions, and other practitioners collaborated with local scientists...
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  3. Multilevel analysis of the factors and talent-building elements of aspiring African star scientists in their international scientific networks

    Multilevel analysis of the factors and talent-building elements of aspiring African star scientists in their international scientific networks

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Pascal S. Doh --- , Finland Jussi S. Jauhiainen --- , Finland
    The existing literature does not sufficiently address the context-specific aspects of talents. In this article, we study the success factors of aspiring African star scientists who outperform other scientists internationally. We focus on 35 fellows of a renowned science excellence...
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