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| Bautze, Lin; Nicolay, Gian L.; Meier, Matthias; Gattinger, Andreas; Müller, Adrian. |
| Climate change increases the number of risks for agricultural production in arid and semiarid regions, especially in Western Africa. Smallholder farmers are particularly vulnerable to climate change risks. These risks affect their socioeconomic situation, as well as the local food sector value chain in general. Therefore, their food security is threatened if smallholder farming structures do not adapt to them. Thus, effective climate change adaptation measures for smallholders are essential and should be implemented without delay. However, success hinges on the acceptance of the promoted measures among various stakeholders. Thus, their acceptance needs to be assessed before promoting. The project “The potential of sustainable land-use systems to promote... |
| Tipo: Book chapter |
Palavras-chave: Air and water emissions; Policy environments and social economy; Africa. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34706/1/Bautze-etal-2018_ReferenceWorkEntry_ClimateChangeAdaptationThrough-Chapter-p1-15.pdf |
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| Tovignan, D. Silvère; Sodjinou, Epiphane; Glin, Laurent C.; Hinvi, Jonas; Bonou-zin Dossi, Clariss Regina; Koussahoué, Stanislas; Nicolay, Gian L.. |
| L’objectif de l’article est de faire une analyse financière comparative de la production du coton biologique et du coton conventionnel ainsi que les déterminants de leur rentabilité. L’étude a été conduite dans les communes de Glazoué, Banikoara et Tanguiéta appartenant à trois zones agro écologiques différentes. Dans chacune de ces communes, les données été collectées, dans des villages produisant les deux types de coton, sur un échantillon aléatoire stratifié de 215 producteurs (111 producteurs conventionnels et 104 biologiques). Il ressort des résultats obtenus que le coton biologique et le coton conventionnel sont rentables dans les trois zones d’étude. Le coton biologique a présenté les meilleures performances financières. D’une manière générale... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Africa. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34703/1/Tovignon_etal-2018_InternJInnovationSciResearch-Vol39-No1-p79-90.pdf |
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| Nicolay, Gian L.; Dabire, Rémy; Fliessbach, Andreas; Glin, Laurent; Sissoko, Fagaye. |
| The social problem of food insecurity and the challenge for farmers on adapting successfully to climate change in West African societies build the framework and scope of our research for development. It is addressed through a project called Syprobio and operating in the three countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin. Elected farmers, representing 2 – 3,000 organic farmers are conducting on-farm research and cooperating with 40 – 50 researchers and technicians in testing 27 innovative practices by forming innovation platforms. Soil fertility, seed improvement, pest management, agronomy and socio-economics are the main themes. The innovations to be tested shall improve food security and climate change adaptation. The main research for development methods... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Social aspects. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28765/1/Syprobio_Farmer_led_IP_%20Nicolay_AISApaper.pdf |
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| Yameogo, Kouka; Nicolay, Gian L.; Dabire, Rémy; Glin, Laurent. |
| L’agriculture biologique et le commerce équitable en Afrique de l’Ouest centrés autour du coton, introduits depuis 1999, ont démontré un vrai potentiel d’augmenter les revenus et d'améliorer la sécurité alimentaire des petits productrices et producteurs. Actuellement, plus de 16'000 producteurs produisent le coton et d’autres cultures vivrières dans leurs systèmes de production en bio dans la sous-région. La diversification de ces cultures biologiques dans la rotation ou la combinaison de ces cultures avec celles d'arbres (agroforesterie) et de l’élevage visent à protéger la productivité en dépit des changements anticipés des conditions climatiques. A travers l'amélioration de la fertilité des sols et la diversification des systèmes de production,... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Social aspects Education; Extension and communication Environmental aspects. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28768/1/Yameogo_etal_2014_FIPAO.pdf |
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| Nicolay, Gian L.. |
| Afrika, dieser grosse, vielseitige und verkannte Kontinent kämpft zurzeit heftig um die Ausrichtung seiner Landwirtschafts – und Ernährungspolitik. Die Lage ist dramatisch. Südlich des Sahel leiden von den knapp 800 Mio Menschen mindestens ein Drittel an Hunger und Misere. Ein Grossteil der Ackerböden und Weidegründe ist stark beschädigt und gibt nur noch Bruchteile der üblichen Erträge her. Wälder und Savannenlandschaften sowie Biodiversität stehen unter Dauerdruck und fallen ungebremst dem Landhunger zum Opfer. Hat die biologische Landwirtschaft das Potenzial, wesentlich zur Ernährungssicherheit, zum guten Leben und zur Regeneration der Bodenfruchtbarkeit beizutragen? Das Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL) hat gute Gründe, daran zu... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Africa. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/18434/1/Afrika_Bulletin_141_2011.pdf |
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| Nicolay, Gian L.. |
| Science should be capable of covering issues as diverse as farming systems, technology, innovation, climate change adaptation, poverty alleviation, extension, policy and practice, as they all relate to sustainable agriculture and development. Some years ago, the call for a new farming systems approach was raised to accommodate the principles of interdisciplinary, systems thinking and participatory research. Society calls for systems performance that provides stability and sustainability (SDGs!), multi-scale and territorial approaches and looks for solutions for critical issues such as employment, migration and inclusion/exclusion at the global level (World Society). We propose here a way in dealing with this complexity by addressing the mentioned problem... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Social aspects; Africa. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/36389/1/nicolay-2019-openAgriculture-Vol4-Issue1-p86-97.pdf |
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| Sousa, Fernando; Nicolay, Gian L.; Spurk, Christoph; Adamtey, Noah; Fliessbach, Andreas. |
| Soil fertility is at stake at a global scale, putting pressure on food security, poverty alleviation and environmental protection, under scenarios of climate change that in most cases aggravate the threat. In sub-Saharan Africa, a combination of depleted soils and population growth adds particular pressure to smallholder farmers and society. Their capacity to innovate in a social, economic, political and cultural context is seen as decisive to reverse the trend of declining soil fertility. However, many technologies with a potential to protect, maintain and build up soil fertility are hardly used by small-scale farmers, triggering the urgent question on their reasoning not to do so. Exploring and understanding the constraints and complexity of the social... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Soil Education; Extension and communication Knowledge management. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34444/1/Conference%20paper%20-%20SHE_Final.pdf |
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| Sodjinou, Epiphane; Glin, Laurent C.; Nicolay, Gian L.; Tovignan, Silvère; Hinvi, Jonas. |
| Organic cotton relies on ecological processes and the use of natural resources to sustain the production system, unlike conventional cotton, mainly characterized by massive utilization of synthesis chemicals. In West Africa, where rural livelihoods are particularly vulnerable, organic cotton is expected to contribute not only to poverty reduction but also to strengthen households’ resilience. The objective of this study was to assess institutional and socioeconomic factors determining farmers’ decisions to adopt organic cotton. For this purpose, we applied a probit model on empirical data collected from producers of the Centre and the Northern parts of Benin. Overall, we found that organic cotton adoption is mainly determined by farmers’ socioeconomic... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Recycling; Balancing and resource management Crop husbandry Social aspects. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/28764/1/Sodjinou_etal_2015_Agricultural-Food-Economics-3-12-p1-22.pdf |
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