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Author(s)	Year	Title link	Keywords	Publisher	Country
de Jager I., Giller K.E., Brouwer I.D.	2018	Food and nutrient gaps in rural Northern Ghana: Does production of smallholder farming households support adoption of food-based dietary guidelines?	Food and nutrient gaps, smallholder farms, diet	PLoS ONE, 13, e0204014-26.	Ghana
Franke A.C., van den Brand G.J., Vanlauwe B. & Giller K.E.	2018	Sustainable intensification through rotations with grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review.	Sustainable intensification through rotations with grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review.	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 172-185.	Sub-Saharan Africa
Gil J.D.B., Reidsma P., Giller K., Todman L., Whitmore A., van Ittersum M.	2018	Sustainable development goal 2: Improved targets and indicators for agriculture and food security.	sustainable, improved targets, indicators, food security.	Ambio, 1-14.	Nigeria, Brazil and the Netherlands
Kermah M., Franke A.C., Adjei-Nsiah S., Ahiabor B.D.K., Abaidoo R.C. & Giller K.E.	2018	N2-fixation and N contribution by grain legumes under different soil fertility status and cropping systems in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana.	N2-fixation, legumes	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 201-210.	Ghana
Kermah M., Franke A.C., Ahiabor B.D., Adjei-Nsiah S., Abaidoo R.C., Giller K.E.	2018	Legume–maize rotation or relay? Options for ecological intensification of smallholder farms in the Guinea savanna of Northern Ghana.	Legume, maize, intensification	Experimental Agriculture, online.	Ghana
Leonardo W., van de Ven G.W.J., Kanellopoulos A., Giller K.E.	2018	Can farming provide a way out of poverty for smallholder farmers in central Mozambique?	poverty, smallholder farmers	Agricultural Systems, 165, 240-251.	Mozambique
Marinus W., Ronner E., van de Ven G.W.J., Kanampiu F., Adjei-Nsiah S., Giller K.E.	2018	Chapter 28. The devil is in the detail! Sustainability assessment of African smallholder farming. Routledge Handbook on Sustainability Indicators	sustainable farming, indicators	Routledge pp. 427-449.	Africa
Masvaya E.N., Nyamangara J., Giller K.E. & Descheemaeker K.	2018	Risk management options in maize cropping systems in semi-arid areas of Southern Africa.	risk management, maize cropping	Field Crops Research, 228, 110-121.	Southern Africa
Mellisse B.T., Descheemaeker K., Giller K.E., Abebe T., van de Ven G.W.J.	2018	Are traditional home gardens in southern Ethiopia heading for extinction? Implications for productivity, plant species richness and food security.	home gardens,productivity, plant species,food security.	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 252, 1-13.	Ethiopia
Rahman N., de Neergaard A., Magid J., van de Ven G.W.J., Giller K.E. & Bruun T.B.	2018	Changes in soil organic carbon stocks after conversion from forest to oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo.	Changes in soil organic carbon stocks after conversion from forest to oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo.	Environmental Research Letters, 13, 105001-11.	Malaysian Borneo
Rhebergen T., Fairhurst T., Whitbread A., Giller K.E., Zingore S.	2018	Yield gap analysis and entry points for improving productivity on large oil palm plantations and smallholder farms in Ghana.	Yield gap, productivity, oil palm	Agricultural Systems, 165, 14-25.	Ghana
Ronner E., Descheemaeker K., Almekinders C.J.M., Ebanyat P., Giller, K.E.	2018	Farmers’ use and adaptation of improved climbing bean production practices in the highlands of Uganda.	adaptation, climbing bean production	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 186-200.	Uganda
Ronner E., Descheemaeker K., Marinus W., Almekinders C.J.M., Ebanyat P., Giller K.E.	2018	How do climbing beans fit in farming systems of the eastern highlands of Uganda? Understanding opportunities and constraints at farm level.	climbing beans, farming systems,opportunities,	Agricultural Systems, 165, 97-110.	Uganda
Rurangwa E., Vanlauwe B., Giller K.E.	2018	Benefits of inoculation, P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean also increase yield of subsequent maize.	inoculation,fertilizer,manure,yields,common bean,soybean,maize.	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 219-229.	Rwanda
Sida T.S., Baudron F., Haekoo K., Giller K.E.	2018	Climate Smart Agroforestry: Faidherbia albida trees buffer wheat against climatic extremes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia.	Agroforestry,trees,climatic extremes, Central Rift Valley	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 248, 339-347.	Ethiopia
van Heerwaarden J., Baijukya F., Kyei-Boahen S., Adjei-Nsiah S., Ebanyat P., Kamai, N., Wolde-Meskel E., Kanampiu F., Vanlauwe B., Giller K.	2018	Soyabean response to rhizobium inoculation across sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns of variation and the role of promiscuity.	Soyabean,rhizobium inoculation, ,variation,promiscuity.	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 211-218.	Sub-Saharan Africa
van Vugt D., Franke A.C. & Giller K.E.	2018	Understanding variability in the benefits of N2-fixation in soybean-maize rotations on smallholder farmers’ fields in Malawi.	N2-fixation,soybean-maize rotations, smallholder farmers,Malawi.	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 241-250.	Malawi
Wolde-Meskel E., van Heerwaarden J., Abdulkadir B., Kassa S., Aliyi I., Degefu T., Wakweya K., Kanampiu F., Giller K.E.	2018	Additive yield response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to rhizobium inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer across smallholder farms in Ethiopia.	rhizobium,inoculation,fertilizer,smallholder farms,Ethiopia.	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 261, 144-152.	Ethiopia
Aune J.B., Coulibaly A., Giller K.E.	2017	Precision farming for increased land and labour productivity in semi-arid West Africa. A review.	agricultural intensification, micro-dosing, seed management, pearl millet, sorghum, groundnut, mechanization	gronomy for Sustainable Development, 37, 16.	West Africa
Ezui K.S., Franke A.C., Leffelaar P.A., Mando A., van Heerwaarden J., Sanabria J., Sogbedji J., Giller K.E.	2017	Water and radiation use efficiencies explain the effect of potassiumon the productivity of cassava	light interception, potential water transpiration, leaf area index, nitrogen, phosphorus, Togo	European Journal of Agronomy, 83, 28-39	Togo
Falconnier G.N., Descheemaeker K., Van Mourik T.A., Adam M., Sogoba B., Giller K.E.	2017	Co-learning cycles to support the design of innovative farm systems in southern Mali.	food self-sufficiency, income, ex ante trade-off analysis, participatory research	European Journal of Agronomy, 89, 61-74	Mali
Masvaya E.N., Nyamangara J., Descheemaeker K., Giller K.E.	2017	Is maize-cowpea intercropping a viable option for smallholder farms in the risky environments of semi-arid southern Africa?	below-ground complementarity, interspecific facilitation, land-use efficiency, niche differentiation, root distribution, root length density	Field Crops Research, 209, 73–87.	Southern Africa
Mugunga C.P., Giller K.E., Mohren G.M.J.	2017	Tree-crop interactions in maize-eucalypt woodlot systems in southern Rwanda.	Eucalyptus woodlots, environmental resources, agroforestry system, tree-crop interface	European Journal of Agronomy, 86, 78-86.	Rwanda
Ritzema R.S., Frelat R., Douxchamps S., Silvestri S., Rufino M.C., Herrero M., Giller K.E., Lopez-Ridaura S., Teufel N., Paul B.K., Wijk M.T.	2017	Is production intensification likely to make farm households food-adequate? A simple food availability analysis across smallholder farming systems from East and West Africa	sustainable intensification, food availability, food security, household analysis, householdmodeling, production intensification	Food Security, 9, 115-131	East and West Africa
Traore B., Descheemaeker K., van Wijk M.T., Corbeels M., Supit I., Giller K.E.	2017	Modelling cereal crops to assess future climate risk for family foodself-sufficiency in southern Mali	crop simulation modelling, planting date, fertilizer use, APSIM, Sub-Saharan Africa, climate change	Field Crops Research, 201, 133-145	Mali
Valença de A.W., Bake A., Brouwer I.D., Giller K.E.	2017	Agronomic biofortification of crops to fight hidden hunger in sub-Saharan Africa.	micronutrient deficiency, foliar fertilization, Sub-Saharan Africa, soil fertility, plant nutrition, human nutrition	Global Food Security, 12, 8-14.	Sub-Saharan Africa
van Vliet J.A., Giller K.E.	2017	Mineral Nutrition of Cocoa: A Review.	Cocoa, nutrition	Advances in Agronomy, 141, 185-270	World
van Vugt D., Franke A.C., Giller K.E.	2017	Understanding variability in the benefits of N2-fixation in soybean-maize rotations on smallholder farmers’ fields in Malawi.	natural abundance method, crop rotation, nitrogen fixation, soil fertility, yield variability	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 1-0.	Malawi
Woittiez L.S., van Wijk M.T., Slingerland M., Van Noordwijk M., Giller K.E.	2017	Yield gaps in oil palm: A quantitative review of contributing factors	palm oil ,perennial, yield, intensification, physiology, management	European Journal of Agronomy, 83, 57-77	World
Descheemaeker K., Oosting S.J., Tui S.H.-K., Masikati P., Falconnier G.N., Giller K.E.	2016	Climate change adaptation and mitigation in smallholder crop–livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for integrated impact assessments.	farm size, risk, agricultural model, farming systems analysis, poverty, food security	Regional Environmental Change, 1–13	Sub_Saharan Africa
Ezui K.S., Franke A.C., Mando A., Ahiabor B.D.K., Tetteh F.M., Sogbedji J., Janssen B.H., Giller K.E.	2016	Fertiliser requirements for balanced nutrition of cassava across eight locations in West Africa.	QUEFTS, nutrient use efficiency, crop nutrient equivalent, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, harvest index	Field Crops Research, 185, 69–78	West Africa
Falconnier G.N., Descheemaeker K., Van Mourik T.A., Giller K.E	2016	Unravelling the causes of variability in crop yields and treatment responses for better tailoring of options for sustainable intensification in southern Mali.	Intercropping, cereals, legumes, soil type, rotation.	Field Crops Research, 187, 113–126	Mali
Farrow A., Ronner E., van den Brand G., Boahen S.K., Leonardo W., Wolde-Meskel E., Adjei-Nsiah S., Chikowo R., Baijukya F., Ebanyat P., Ademola Sangodele E., Phiphira, L., Woomer P.L., Ampadu-Boakye T., Baars E., Kanampiu F., Vanlauwe B.	2016	From best fit technologies to best fit scaling: Incorporating and evaluating factors affecting the adoption of grain legumes in sub-Saharan Africa.	adoption, grain legumes, sub-Saharan Africa	Experimental Agriculture	Sub-Saharan Africa
Franke A.C., Baijukya F., Kantengwa S., Reckling M., Vanlauwe B., Giller K.E	2016	Poor farmers – poor yields: Socio-economic, soil fertility and crop management indicators affecting climbing bean productivity in northern Rwanda.	indicators ,climbing bean, productivity, northern Rwanda	Experimental Agriculture	Rwanda
Frelat, R., Lopez-Ridaura, S., Giller, K.E., Herrero M., Douxchamps S., Djurfeldt A.A., Erenstein O., Henderson, B. Kassie, M., Paul B.K., Rigolot C., Ritzema R.S., Rodriguez D., van Asten P.J.A., van Wijk M.T.	2016	Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms.	food security; smallholder farmers; yield gap; resource scarcity; farm size	PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 113, 458-463	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ng’ang’a S.K., Bulte E.H., Giller K.E., Ndiwa N.N., Kifugo S.C., McIntire J.M., Herrero M., Rufino M.C.,	2016	Livestock wealth and social capital as insurance against climate risk: A case study of Samburu County in Kenya.	Climate, Risks, Insurance, Social capital, Cognitive capital, Structural capital	Agricultural Systems, 146, 44-54	Kenya
Ng’ang’a S.K., Wijk M.T., Rufino M.C., Giller K.E	2016	Adaptation of agriculture to climate change in semi-arid Borena, Ethiopia.	Adoption, Adaptation, Agro-pastoralists, Boren, adaptive capacity, institutions	Regional Environmental Chang, 1-14	Ethiopia
Ollenburger M.H., Descheemaeker K., Crane T.A., Sanogo O.M., Giller K.E.	2016	Waking the Sleeping Giant: Agricultural intensification, extensification or stagnation in Mali's Guinea Savannah.	Livelihood systems; Land use change; Off-farm income; Mechanization; Scenario analysis; Smallholder	Agricultural Systems, 148, 58-70	Mali
Ronner E., Franke A.C., Vanlauwe B., Dianda, M., Edeh E., Ukem B., Bala A., van Heerwaarden J., Giller K.E	2016	Understanding variability in soybean yield and response to P-fertilizer and rhizobium inoculants on farmers’ fields in northern Nigeria.	Bradyrhizobium; Smallholder farmers; Sustainable intensification; West Africa	Field Crops Research,186, 133–145	Nigeria
Vanlauwe B., Coe R., Giller K.E	2016	Beyond averages: New approaches to understand heterogeneity and risk of technology success or failure in smallholder farming.	heterogeneity, risk, technology, smallholder farming	Experimental agriculture, 1-23	Kenya, Rwanda
Woittiez L., Descheemaeker K., Giller K.E	2016	Adoptability of sustainable intensification technologies in dryland smallholder farming systems of West Africa.	technologies, dryland, smallholder farming, West Africa	ICRISAT, Research Report No. 64	West Africa
Andriesse W., Giller K.E.	2015	The state of soil fertility in sub-Saharan Africa.	Soil fertility	Tropical Agriculture Association, 1-5.	Sub Saharan Africa
Bongers G., Fleskens L., van de Ven G., Musaka D., Giller K. E., van Asten P.	2015	Diversity in smallholder farms growing coffee and their use of recommended coffee management practices in Uganda.	Diversity in smallholder farms, coffee, Uganda.	Experimental Agriculture, 51, 594-614.	Uganda
Castellanos-Navarrete A., Tittonell P., Rufino M.C., Giller K.E.	2015	Feeding, crop residue and manure management for integrated soil fertility management – A case study from Kenya.	Crop–livestock interactions, Feed, Manure, Mulching, Nitrogen cycling efficiency (NCE), Soil fertility	Agricultural Systems, 134, 24–35.	Kenya
de Ridder N., Sanogo O.M., Rufino M.C., van Keulen H., Giller K.E.	2015	Milk: the new white gold? Milk production options for smallholder farmers in Southern Mali.	Milk production	Animal 9, 1221-1229.	Mali
Falconnier G.N., Descheemaeker K., Van Mourik T.A., Sanogo O.M., Giller K.E.	2015	Understanding farm trajectories and development pathways: Two decades of change in southern Mali.	Understanding farm trajectories and development pathways: Two decades of change in southern Mali.	Agricultural Systems, 139, 210-222.	Mali
Giller K.E., Andersson J.A., Corbeels M., Kirkegaard J., Mortensen D., Erenstein O., Vanlauwe B.	2015	Beyond Conservation Agriculture.	conservation agriculture	. Frontiers in Plant Science 6, 870.	Global
Leonardo W., van de Ven G., Udo H., Kanellopoulos A., Giller K. E.	2015	Labour not land constrains agricultural production and food self-sufficiency in maize-based smallholder farming systems in Mozambique.	farmtypes, labour use, productivity, alcohol consumption, weeding	Food Security, 7,857-874.	Mozambique
Leonardo W.J., Florin M.J., van de Ven G.W.J., Udo H., Giller K.E	2015	Which smallholder farmers benefit most from biomass production for food and biofuel? The case of Gondola district, central Mozambique.	food availability, access to food, food stability, utilization of food, farm types, outgrower, employment	Biomass and Bioenergy, 83, 257–268	Mozambique
Mugunga C.P., Kool D., Wijk M.T., Mohren G.M.J., Giller K.E	2015	Water use by short rotation Eucalyptus woodlots in southern Rwanda.	leaf area index, potential tree transpiration, catchment water balance, Busoro catchment, Butare catchment	Agroforestry Systems, Volume 89, 1119–1139	Rwanda
Murungweni C., MT v. W., Smaling E. M. A., Giller K. E	2015	Climate-smart crop production in semi-arid areas through increased knowledge of varieties, environment and management factors.	cropping, risk, drought, landscape position, manure.	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 1-16.	All Countries
Naudin K., Husson O., Scopel E., Auzoux S., Giner S., Giller K. E.	2015	PRACT (Prototyping Rotation and Association with Cover crop and no Till) – a tool for designing conservation agriculture systems.	Madagascar, cover cropsAccess data base, cropping system prototyping, decision rules.	European Journal of Agronomy, 69, 21-31.	All Countries
Rurinda J., van Wijk M.T. Mapfumo, P., Descheemaeker K., Supit I., Giller K.E.,	2015	Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do?	Climate change, maize, Southern Africa	Global Change Biology, 21, 4588–4601	Southern Africa
Rusinamhodzi L., van Wijk M.T., Corbeels M., Rufino, M.C., Giller, K.E.	2015	Maize crop residue uses and trade-offs on smallholder crop-livestock farms in Zimbabwe: Economic implications of intensification.	crop-livestock, Zimbabwe, intensification	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 214, 31-45.	Zimbabwe
Sassen M., Sheil D., Giller K.E.	2015	Fuelwood collection and its impacts on a protected tropical mountain forest in Uganda.	Forest conservation, Fuelwood, Human impacts, Tree species, Mt Elgon, Uganda	Forest Ecology and Management, 354, 56-67	Uganda
Traore B., van Wijk M. T., Descheemaeker K., Corbeels M., Rufino M. C., Giller K. E.	2015	Climate variability and change in southern Mali: Learning from farmer perceptions and on-farm trials.	Climate variability and change, Mali, farmer perceptions, on-farm trials.	Experimental Agriculture, 51, 615-634.	Mali
van Vliet J.A., Schut A.G.T., Reidsma P., Descheemaeker K., Slingerland M., van de Ven G.W.J., Giller K.E	2015	De-mystifying family farming: Features, diversity and trends across the globe.	farm ownership, resource use, agricultural development, farm size, farming systems	Global Food Security, 5, 11–18	Globe
van Vliet J.A., Slingerland M., Giller K.E.	2015	Mineral Nutrition of Cocoa: A Review.	Mineral nutrition of cocoa	WUR Research Report	West Africa
Vanlauwe B., Descheemaeker K., Giller K.E., Huising J., Merckx R., Nziguheba G., Wendt J., Zingore S.	2015	Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation.	Integrated soil fertility management, sub-Saharan Africa, local adaptation.	SOIL 1,491-508	All Countries
Wang N., Jassogne L., van Asten P. J. A., Mukasa D., Wanyama I., Kagezi, G., Giller K. E.	2015	Evaluating coffee yield gaps and important biotic, abiotic, and management factors limiting coffee production in Uganda.	production constraints, boundary line analysis, plant density, mulching, soil fertility	European Journal of Agronomy, 63, 1-11.	Uganda
Andersson J.A., Giller K.E., Sumberg J., Thompson J.	2014	Comment on “Evaluating conservation agriculture for small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”	conservation agriculture	Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 196, 21–23	Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Baudron F., Giller K.E.	2014	Agriculture and nature: Trouble and Strife?	biodiversity, land sparing, land sharing, low external input agriculture, intensification	Biological Conservation,170, 232–245	Global
Bucagu C., Vanlauwe B., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2014	Resource use and food self-sufficiency at farm scale within two agro-ecological zones of Rwanda.	Agro-ecological zones, Farmer resource group, Field type, Partial nutrient balance, Food self-sufficiency.	Food Security, 6, 609–28.	Rwanda
Franke A.C., van den Brand G.J., Giller K.E.	2014	Which farmers benefit most from sustainable intensification? An ex-ante impact assessment of expanding grain legume production in Malawi.	Farm typologies, Groundnut, Soybean, Maize, Crop model.	European Journal of Agronomy, 58, 28–38.	Malawi
Hengsdijk H., Franke A.C., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2014	How small is beautiful? Food self-sufficiency and land gap analysis of smallholders in humid and semi-arid sub Saharan Africa.	food self-sufficiency, land gap analysis	Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, 562.	Sub Saharan Africa
Hoffmann M.P., Castaneda Vera A., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E., Oberthür T., Donough C., Whitbread A.M.	2014	Simulating potential growth and yield of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) with PALMSIM: Model description, evaluation and application.	tree crop modeling, potential yield map, Indonesia, Malaysia, oil palm physiology	Agricultural Systems, 131, 1–10	Indonesia
Kamanga B.C.G., Kanyama-Phiri G.Y., Waddington S.R., Almekinders C.J.M., Giller K.E.,	2014	The evaluation and adoption of annual legumes by smallholder maize farmers for soil fertility maintenance and food diversity in central Malawi.	analytic hierarchy process, benefits, farmer resource endowment, grain legume, green manure, weed management	Food Security, 6, 45–59	Malawi
Klapwijk C.J., Bucagu C., van Wijk M.T., Udo H.M.J., Vanlauwe B., Munyanziza E., Giller K.E.	2014	The “One cow per poor family” programme: Current and potential fodder availability within smallholder farming systems in southwest Rwanda.	‘One cow per poor family’ programme, Ubudehe ,Resource groups ,Fodder availability Scenarios, Rwanda	Agricultural Systems, 131, 11–22.	Rwanda
Klapwijk C.J., van Wijk M.T., Rosenstock T.S., Van Asten P., Thornton P.K., Giller K.E.	2014	Analysis of trade-offs in agricultural systems: current status and way forward.	Analysis, trade-offs, agricultural systems	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 6, 110-115	All Countries
Murungweni C., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E., Andersson J.A., Smaling E.M.A.	2014	Adaptive livelihood strategies employed by farmers to close the food gap in semi-arid south eastern Zimbabwe.	Semi-arid, Transfrontier, conservation, vulnerability, climate change, adaptation	Food Security, 6, 313-326.	Zimbabwe
Naudin K., Bruelle G., Salgado P., Penot E., Scopel E., Lubbers M., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2014	Trade-offs around the use of biomass for livestock feed and soil cover in dairy farms in the Alaotra lake region of Madagascar.	Conservation agriculture, Crop–livestock interactions, Forage, Crop residues, Smallholder, Linear programming	Agricultural Systems, 134, 1–12.	Madagascar
Ojiem J.O., Franke A.C., Vanlauwe B., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2014	Benefits of legume–maize rotations: Assessing the impact of diversity on the productivity of smallholders in Western Kenya.	Agro-ecological zones, Soil fertility gradients, Legumes, Rotations, Economic analysis, Technology niches	Field Crops Research, 168, 75–85.	Kenya
Rurinda J., Mapfumo P., van Wijk M.T., Mtambanengwe F., Rufino M.C., Chikowo R., Giller K.E.	2014	Comparative assessment of maize, finger millet and sorghum for household food security in the face of increasing climatic risk.	climate change adaptation, crop diversification, planting date, climate variability, nutrient management	European Journal of Agronomy, 55, 29-41.	All Countries
Rurinda J., Mapfumo P., van Wijk M.T., Mtambanengwe F., Rufino M.C., Chikowo R., Giller K.E.	2014	Sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate among smallholder households in Zimbabwe: A participatory analysis.	adaptation options, extreme temperatures, increased droughts, increased rainfall variability, farmer resource endowment, vulnerability	Climate Risk Management, 3, 65–78	Zimbabwe
Sattari S.Z., Van Ittersum M.K., Giller K.E., Zhang F., Bouwman A.F.	2014	Key role of China and its agriculture in global sustainable phosphorus management.	sustainable phosphorus management	Environmental Research Letters, 9, 5	China
Taulya G., van Asten P.J.A., Leffelaar P.A., Giller K.E.	2014	Phenological development of East African highland banana involves trade-offs between physiological age and chronological age.	Growth analysis, Leaf area ratio, Musa acuminata AAA-EA, Net assimilation rate, Phenotypic plasticity, Relative growth ratea	European Journal of Agronomy, 60, 41–53.	All Countries
van Apeldoorn D.F., Kempen B., Bartholomeus H.M., Rusinamhodzi L., Zingore S., Sonneveld M.P.W., Kok K., Giller K.E.	2014	Analysing soil organic C gradients in a smallholder farming village of East Zimbabwe.	Soil organic C gradients	Environmental Research Letters, 9, 5	Zimbabwe
van Ittersum M.K., Giller K.E.	2014	The First International Conference on Global Food Security – A Synthesis.	global food security	Global Food Security, 3, 119–124	Global
Vanlauwe B., Descheemaeker K., Giller K.E., Huising J., Merckx R., Nziguheba, G., Wendt J., Zingore S.	2014	Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation.	integrated soil fertility	SOIL Discussions, 1, 1239-1286.	Sub-Saharan Africa
Vanlauwe B., Wendt J., Giller K.E., Corbeels M., Gerard B.	2014	Response to Sommer et al.(2014) Fertiliser use is not required as a fourth principle to define conservation agriculture.	Mulch, Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Smallholder farmers, Organic resources.	Field Crops Research, 167, 159.	All Countries
Vanlauwe B., Wendt J., Giller K.E., Corbeels M., Gerard B., Nolte C.	2014	A fourth principle is required to define Conservation Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: The appropriate use of fertilizer to enhance crop productivity.	mulch, integrated soil fertility management, smallholder farmers, organic resources	Field Crops Research, 155, 10-13.	All Countries
Wairegi L.W.I., van Asten P.J.A., Giller K.E., Fairhurst T.H.	2014	African Soil Health Consortium: Banana-Coffee System Cropping Guide.	banana, coffee, cropping guide	Africa Soil Health Consortium	Africa
Abdulkadir A., Leffelaar P.A., Agbenin J.O., Giller K.E.	2013	Nutrient flows and balances in urban and peri-urban agroecosystems of Kano, Nigeria.	MONQI, NUTMON, Sustainability, Farm management, Production systems, Farm types	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 95, 231-254.	Nigeria
Bucagu C., Vanlauwe B., Giller K.E.	2013	Managing Tephrosia mulch and fertilizer to enhance coffee productivity on smallholder farms in the Eastern African Highlands.	Organic mulching, Economic evaluation, Intercropping, Limiting nutrient, Agroecological intensification	European Journal of Agronomy, 48, 19-29.	All Countries
Giller K.E., Franke A.C., Abaidoo R., Baijukya F., Bala A., Boahen S., Dashiell K., Kantengwa S., Sanginga J.M., Sanginga N., Simmons A.J., Turner A., de Wolf, J., Woomer P., Vanlauwe B.	2013	N2Africa: Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa.	Nitrogen fixation, smallholder farmers	Book chapter in: Agro-Ecological Intensification of Agricultural Systems in the African Highlands, 156 -174.	All Countries
Giller, K.E.	2013	Guest Editorial: Can we define the term 'farming systems'? A question of scale.	Farming systems, scale	Outlook on Agriculture, 42, 149-153.	All Countries
Kamanga B.C.G., Waddington S.R., Whitbread A.M., Almekinders C.J.M., Giller K.E.	2013	Improving the efficiency of use of small amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser on smallholder maize in central Malawi.	Fertiliser efficiency, smallholder farmers, maize	Experimental Agriculture, 50, 229-249.	Malawi
Mapfumo P., Adjei-Nsiah S., Mtambanengwe F., Chikowo R., Giller K.E.	2013	Participatory action research (PAR) as an entry point for supporting climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in Africa.	Adaptive capacity, Farmer learning centers, Food security, Land tenure conflicts, Participatory action research, Zunde raMambo	Environmental Development, 5, 6-22.	All Countries
Milgroom J., Giller K.E.	2013	Courting the rain: Rethinking seasonality and adaptation to recurrent drought in semi-arid southern Africa.	Adaptive cropping practices, Semi-arid Climate change, Maize, Food security, Post-harvest storage, pests	Agricultural Systems, 118, 91–104	All Countries
Rurinda J., Mapfumo P., van Wijk M.T., Mtambanengwe F., Rufino M.C., Chikowo R., Giller K.E.	2013	Managing soil fertility to adapt to rainfall variability in smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe.	Adaptation options, Maize cultivar, Planting date, Climate variability, Soil fertility management	Field Crops Research, 154, 211-225.	Zimbabwe
Rusinamhodzi L., Corbeels M., Zingore S., Nyamangara J., Giller K.E.	2013	Pushing the envelope? Maize production intensification and the role of cattle manure in recovery of degraded soils in smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe.	Cattle manure; Maize production, Crop–livestock systems, Degraded soils, Nutrient gradients, Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM), Ecological intensification (EI)	Field Crops Research, 147, 40-53.	Zimbabwe
Sassen M., Sheil D., Giller K.E., ter Braak C.J.F.	2013	Complex contexts and dynamic drivers: Understanding four decades of forest loss and recovery in an East African protected area.	Forest cover change, Conservation management, Protected areas, Local livelihoods, Coffee, Mt Elgon	Biological Conservation, 159, 257-268.	All Countries
Tittonell, P., Giller, K.E.	2013	When yield gaps are poverty traps: The paradigm of ecological intensification in African smallholder agriculture.	Cereal yields, Cassava, Highland banana, Grain legumes, Boundary line analysis, Soil organic matter, Soil degradation, Non-responsive soils	Field Crops Research, 143, 76-90.	All Countries
Traore B., Corbeels M., van Wijk M.T., Rufino M.C., Giller K.E.	2013	Effects of climate variability and climate change on crop production in southern Mali.	Climate change, Temperature increase, Rainfall variability, Cotton, West Africa	European Journal of Agronomy, 49, 115-125.	Mali
Baudron F., Andersson J.A., Corbeels M., Giller K.E.	2012	Failing to Yield? Ploughs, conservation agriculture and the problem of agricultural intensification: An example from the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe.	Failing to Yield, Ploughs, conservation agriculture, agricultural intensification	The Journal of Development Studies, 48, 393-412.	Zimbabwe
Baudron F., Tittonell P., Corbeels M., Letourmy P., Giller K.E.	2012	Comparative performance of conservation agriculture and current smallholder farming practices in semi-arid Zimbabwe.	Conservation agriculture, Smallholder, Semi-arid area, Cotton, Surface crusting, Soil compaction	Field Crops Research, 132, 117-128.	Zimbabwe
Bucagu C., Vanlauwe B., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2012	Assessing farmers’ interest in agroforestry in two contrasting agro-ecological zones of Rwanda.	Tree species, Biophysical factors, Farmer resource groups, Tree testing, Farmer evaluation	Agroforestry Systems, 87, 141–158.	Rwanda
Guto S.N., de Ridder N., Giller K.E., Pypers P., Vanlauwe B.	2012	Minimum tillage and vegetative barrier effects on crop yields in relation to soil water content in the Central Kenya highlands.	Napier, Leucaena, Yield suppression, Competition, complementarity	Field Crops Research, 132, 129-138.	Kenya
Kamau M.W., Burger K., Giller K.E., Kuyvenhoven A.	2012	Determinants of labour mobility within smallholder farms in western Kenya and implications for labour use efficiency.	Marginal product of labour, allocative efficiency, within farm, Kenya.	African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 7, 3375–3384.	Kenya
Murungweni C., Andersson J.A., van Wijk M.T., Gwitira I., Giller K.E.	2012	Zhombwe (Neorautanenia brachypus (Harms) C.A.Sm.) – A recent discovery for mitigating effects of drought on livestock in semi-arid areas of Southern Africa.	Mitigating effects of drought on livestock, semi-arid areas of Southern Africa, Ethnobotany.	Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 10, 199-212.	Southern Africa
Naudin K., Scopel E., Andriamandroso A.L.H., Rakotosolofo M., Andriamarosoa Ratsimbazafy N.R.S., Rakotozandriny J.N., Salgado P., Giller K.E.	2012	Trade-offs between biomass use and soil cover. The case of rice-based cropping systems in the Lake Alaotra region of Madagascar.	Biomass use, soil cover, rice-based cropping systems, Madagascar.	Experimental Agriculture, 48, 194-209.	Madagascar
Rusinamhodzi L., Corbeels M., Nyamangara J., Giller K.E.	2012	Maize–grain legume intercropping is an attractive option for ecological intensification that reduces climatic risk for smallholder farmers in central Mozambique.	Maize–grain legume intercropping, Intensification, Extensification, Crop productivity, Profitability, Climatic risk	Field Crops Research, 136, 12-22.	Mozambique
Giller K.E., Corbeels M., Nyamangara J., Triomphe B., Affholder F., Scopel E., Tittonell P.	2011	A research agenda to explore the role of conservation agriculture in African smallholder farming systems.	Zero-tillage, Labour productivity, Trade-off analysis, Weed control, Innovation systems	Field Crops Research, 124, 468–472.	All Countries
Giller K.E., Murwira M.S., Dhliwayo D.K.C., Mafongoya P.L., Mpepereki S.	2011	Soyabeans and sustainable agriculture in southern Africa.	nitrogen fixation, rhizobial inoculants, rotational benefits, soil fertility	International Journal Agriculture Sustainability, 9, 50-58.	All Countries
Giller K.E., Tittonel, P., Rufino M.C., van Wijk M.T., Zingore S., Mapfumo P., Adjei-Nsiah S., Herrero M., Chikowo R., Corbeels M., Rowe E.C., Baijukya F., Mwijage A., Smith J., Yeboah E., van der Burg W.J., Sanogo O.M., Misiko M., de Ridder N., Karanja S	2011	Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development.	Crop–livestock systems, Soil fertility, Smallholders, Farm types, Simulation modelling	Agricultural Systems, 104, 191-203.	All Countries
Masvaya E.N., Nyamangara J., Nyawasha R.W., Zingore S., Delve R.J., Giller K.E.	2011	Effect of farmer resource endowment and management strategies on spatial variability of soil fertility in contrasting agro-ecological zones in Zimbabwe.	Agro-ecology Nutrient management strategies Plant nutrient uptake Resource endowment Soil fertility variability	Chapter in: Bationo, A., Waswa, B., Okeyo, J.M., Maina, F., Kihara, J. (Eds.), Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa: Exploring the Scientific Facts. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 1221-1229.	Zimbabwe
Murungweni C., Van Wijk M.T., Andersson J.A., Smaling E.M.A., Giller K.E.	2011	Application of fuzzy cognitive mapping in livelihood vulnerability analysis.	drought, fuzzy cognitive mapping, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, livelihood, southeastern Zimbabwe, vulnerability	Ecology and Society, 16.	All Countries
Rufino M.C., Dury J., Tittonell P., van Wijk M.T., Herrero M., Zingore S., Mapfumo P., Giller K.E.	2011	Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe.	Crop–livestock interactions, Dynamic modelling, Cattle, Crop residues, Grasslands	Agricultural Systems, 104, 175-190.	Zimbabwe
Rusinamhodzi L., Corbeels M., van Wijk M., Rufino M.C., Nyamangara J., Giller K.E.	2011	A meta-analysis of long-term effects of conservation agriculture on maize grain yield under rain-fed conditions.	Conservation agriculture, Maize grain yield, Meta-analysis,Stability analysis, Rain-fed conditions, Southern Africa	Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 31, 657-763.	All Countries
Tittonell P., Vanlauwe B., Misiko M., Giller K.E.	2011	Targeting Resources Within Diverse, Heterogeneous and Dynamic Farming Systems: Towards a ‘Uniquely African Green Revolution’.	Sub-Saharan Africa, Farm typology, Markets, Soil fertility, Resource use efficiency, Agricultural inputs	Book chapter in: Bationo, A., Waswa, B., Okeyo, J.M., Maina, F., Kihara, J. (Eds.), Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa: Exploring the Scientific Facts. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 747-758.	All Countries
Zingore S., Tittonell P., Corbeels M., Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2011	Managing soil fertility diversity to enhance resource use efficiencies in smallholder farming systems: a case from Murewa District, Zimbabwe.	Soil fertility gradients, Resource allocation, Modelling, Maize production, FIELD model,NUANCES-FARMSIM	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 90, 87-103.	Zimbabwe
Chikowo R., Corbeels M., Mapfumo P., Tittonell P., Vanlauwe B., Giller K.E.	2010	Nitrogen and phosphorus capture and recovery efficiencies, and crop responses to a range of soil fertility management strategies in sub-Saharan Africa.	Nutrient use efficiency, Sub-Saharan Africa, Nutrient mining, Fertilizers, Manure, Legumes, Cropping systems modeling	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 88, 59-77.	All Countries
de Vries M.E., Rodenburg J., Bado B.V., Sow A., Leffelaar P.A., Giller K.E.	2010	Rice production with less irrigation water is possible in a Sahelian environment.	Alternate wetting and drying, Fertilizer N supply, Herbicides, N use efficiency, Oryza sativa L., Water productivity, Weed control	Field Crops Research, 116, 154-164.	All Countries
de Vries S., van de Ven G., van Ittersum M., Giller K.	2010	Resource use efficiency and environmental performance of nine major biofuel crops, processed by first-generation conversion techniques.	Biofuel, Bioethanol, Biodiesel, Energy, Sustainability, Soil organic matter, Soil erosion, Greenhouse gas emissions, Water use	Biomass and Bioenergy, 34, 588-601.	All Countries
Ebanyat P., de Ridder N., de Jager A., Delve R.J., Bekunda M.A., Giller K.E.	2010	Drivers of land use change and household determinants of sustainability in smallholder farming systems of Eastern Uganda.	Population growth, Political instability, Land use change, Nutrient balances, Farm typology, Sub-Saharan Africa	Population and Environment, 31, 474-506.	Uganda
Ebanyat P., Ridder N., Jager A., Delve R.J., Bekunda M.A., Giller K.E.	2010	Impacts of heterogeneity in soil fertility on legume-finger millet productivity, farmers’ targeting and economic benefits.	Landscape position, Field type, Legume biomass productivity, N2-fixation, P application, Farmers acceptance, Benefit cost ratios, Smallholder farms, Sub-Saharan Africa	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 87, 209-231.	All Countries
Fermont A.M., Babirye A., Obiero H.M., Abele S., Giller K.E.	2010	False beliefs on the socio-economic drivers of cassava cropping.	food security, income, input use, labour, wealth classes, weed management	Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 30, 433-444.	All Countries
Fermont A.M., Tittonell P.A., Baguma Y., Ntawuruhunga P., Giller K.E.	2010	Towards understanding factors that govern fertilizer response in cassava: lessons from East Africa.	Cost-benefit analysis, Kenya, Rainfall, Small-holder farms, Soil fertility, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda, Variability, Weed management	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 86, 133-151.	All Countries
Kamanga B.C.G., Waddington S.R., Robertson M.J., Giller K.E.	2010	Risk analysis of maize-legume crop combinations with smallholder farmers varying in resource endowment in Central Malawi.	Risk analysis, maize, legume, crop combinations, smallholder farmers, resource endowment, Central Malawi.	Experimental Agriculture, 46, 1-21.	Malawi
Kamanga B.C.G., Whitbread A., Wall P., Waddington S.R., Almekinders C., Giller K.E.	2010	Farmer evaluation of phosphorus fertilizer application to annual legumes in Chisepo, Central Malawi.	Grain legume, farmer participation, soil analysis.	African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5, 668-680.	Malawi
Naudin K., Gozé E., Balarabe O., Giller K.E.	2010	Impact of no tillage and mulching practices on cotton production in North Cameroon: A multi-locational on-farm assessment.	Sorghum, Maize, Cover crops, Conservation agriculture	Soil and Tillage Research, 108, 68-76.	Cameroon
Nyombi K., van Asten P.J.A., Corbeels M., Taulya G., Leffelaar P.A., Giller K.E.	2010	Mineral fertilizer response and nutrient use efficiencies of East African highland banana (Musa spp., AAA-EAHB, cv. Kisansa).	QUEFTS model, Recovery fractions, Nutrient mass fractions, Fertilizer recommendations	Field Crops Research, 117, 38-50.	All Countries
Rusinamhodzi L., Rufino M.C., van Wijk M., Nyamangara J., Corbeels M., Giller K.E.	2010	Long-term effects of conservation agriculture practices on maize yields under rain-fed conditions.	Sorghum, Maize, Cover crops, Conservation agriculture, Africa	In: Wery, J., Shili-Touzi, I., Perrin, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of Agro2010 - the XIth ESA Congress. August 29th - September 3rd, 2010, Montpellier, France. Agropolis International Editions, Montpellier, France, pp. 253-254.	All Countries
Tittonell P., Corbeels M., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2010	FIELD — A summary simulation model of the soil–crop system to analyse long-term resource interactions and use efﬁciencies at farm-scale.	Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Mali, Maize, Sweet potato, Cotton, Soil organic carbon, Model complexity	European Journal of Agronomy, 32, 10-21.	All Countries
Tittonell P., Rufino M.C., Janssen B.H., Giller K.E.	2010	Carbon and nutrient losses during manure storage under traditional and improved practices in smallholder crop-livestock systems-evidence from Kenya.	Sub-Saharan Africa, Carbon dioxide emissions, Green house gases, Nutrient balances, Integrated soil fertility management, Low-technology composting, Leaching, Volatilisation	Plant and Soil, 328, 253-269.	Kenya
Vanlauwe B., Bationo A., Chianu J., Giller K.E., Merckx R., Mokwunye U., Ohiokpehai O., Pypers P., Tabo R., Shepherd K., Smaling E.M.A., Woomer P.L.	2010	Integrated soil fertility management: Operational definition and consequences for implementation and dissemination.	Integrated soil fertility management, Operational definition and consequences for implementation, dissemination.	Outlook on Agriculture, 39, 17-24.	All Countries
Baudron F., Corbeels M., Monicat F., Giller K.E.	2009	Cotton expansion and biodiversity loss in African savannahs, opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture: a review paper based on two case studies.	Cotton, Smallholders, Productivity, Sustainability, Biodiversity	Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, 2625-2644.	All Countries
Fermont A.M., van Asten P.J.A., Tittonell P., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2009	Closing the cassava yield gap: An analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa.	Agriculture, Boundary line analysis, Drought, Nutrient management, Production constraints, Soil fertility, Weed management	Field Crops Research, 112, 24-36.	All Countries
Giller K.E., Witter E., Corbeels M., Tittonell P.	2009	Conservation agriculture and smallholder farming in Africa: The heretics’ view.	Sub-Saharan Africa, No tillage, Zero-tillage, Soil conservation, Crop residue, Mulch, Soil carbon, Adoption	Field Crops Research, 114, 23-34.	All Countries
Ncube B., Dimes J., Van Wijk M., Twomlow S., Giller K.E.	2009	Productivity and residual benefits of grain legumes to sorghum under semi-arid conditions in south-western Zimbabwe: Unravelling the effects of water and nitrogen using a simulation model.	APSIM, Nitrogen uptake, N2-fixation, Stress factors	Field Crops Research, 110, 173-184.	Zimbabwe
Ncube B., Twomlow S., Dimes J., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2009	Resource flows, crops and soil fertility management in smallholder farming systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe.	Grain legumes, food availability, manure, resource flow	Soil Use and Management, 25, 78-90.	Zimbabwe
Nyombi K., van Asten P.J.A., Leffelaar P.A., Corbeels M., Kaizzi C.K., Giller K.E.	2009	Allometric growth relationships of East Africa highland bananas (Musa AAA-EAHB) cv. Kisansa and Mbwazirume.	Biomass, girth, height, leaf area, radiation interception	Annals of Applied Biology, 155, 403-418.	Uganda
Rufino M.C., Herrero M., van Wijk M.T., Hemerik L., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2009	Lifetime productivity of dairy cows in smallholder farming systems of the Central highlands of Kenya.	LIVSIM (LIVestock SIMulator), dairy cattle, lifetime productivity, smallholder farming systems	Animal, 3, 1044-1056.	Kenya
Rufino M.C., Tittonell P., Reidsma P., López-Ridaura S., Hengsdijk H., Giller K.E., Verhagen A.	2009	Network analysis of N flows and food self-sufficiency—a comparative study of crop-livestock systems of the highlands of East and southern Africa.	Diversity, Intensification, Integration, Farming system analysis, Dependence	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 85, 169-186.	All Countries
Tittonell P., van Wijk M.T., Herrero M., Rufino M.C., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2009	Beyond resource constraints – Exploring the biophysical feasibility of options for the intensification of smallholder crop-livestock systems in Vihiga district, Kenya.	Sub-Saharan Africa, Farming systems design, Smallholder farms, Farm-scale modeling, Food security, Resource use efficiency	Agricultural Systems, 101, 1-19.	Kenya
van Wijk M.T., Tittonell P., Rufino M.C., Herrero M., Pacini C., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2009	Identifying key entry-points for strategic management of smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa using the dynamic farm-scale simulation model NUANCES-FARMSIM.	Mixed crop–livestock systems, Farming system model, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sensitivity analysis	Agricultural Systems, 102, 89-101.	All Countries
Zingore S., Gonzalez-Estrada E., Delve R.J., Herrero M., Dimes J.P., Giller K.E.	2009	An integrated evaluation of strategies for enhancing productivity and profitability of resource-constrained smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.	Integrated modeling, Resource allocation, Farm wealth status, Soil fertility gradient, Trade-off analysis	Agricultural Systems Volume 101, 57–68.	Zimbabwe
Zingore S., González-Estrada E., Delve R.J., Herrero M., Dimes J.P., Giller, K.E.	2009	An integrated evaluation of strategies for enhancing productivity and profitability of resource-constrained smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.	Integrated modeling, Resource allocation, Farm wealth status, Soil fertility gradient, Trade-off analysis	Agricultural Systems, 101, 57-68.	Zimbabwe
Adjei-Nsiah, S., Kuyper, T.W., Leeuwis, C., Abekoe, M., Cobbinah, J., Sakyi-Dawson, O., & Giller, K.E.	2008	Farmers' agronomic and social evaluation of productivity, yield and N2-fixation in different cowpea varieties and their subsequent residual effects on a succeeding maize crop.	15N, natural abundance, Forage cowpea, Marketability, Crop rotations	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 80, 199-209.	All Countries
Baijukya F.P., de Ridder N., Lubbers M., Giller, K.E.	2008	Exploring opportunities for utilization of legume herbaceous legumes in smallholder farms in Bukoba District.	Banana based systems, Bukoba district, utilization of legumes	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Tanzania
Zingore S., Delve R.J., Nyamangara J., Giller, K.E.	2008	Multiple benefits of manure: the key to maintenance of soil fertility and restoration of depleted sandy soils on smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.	Fertilizer, Manure, Micronutrient deficiency, Multiple nutrient deficiencies, Soil fertility gradients	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 80, 267-282.	Zimbabwe
Zingore S., Murwira H.K., Delve R.J., Giller, K.E.	2008	Variable grain legume yields, responses to phosphorus and rotational effects on maize across soil fertility gradients on smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.	Soyabean, Soil fertility gradients, P use efficiency, Manure, Rotations	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 80, 1-18.	Zimbabwe
Adjei-Nsiah S., Kuyper T.W., Leeuwis C., Abekoe M., Giller, K.E.	2007	Evaluating sustainable and profitable cropping sequences with cassava and four legume crops: Effects on soil fertility and maize yields in the forest/savannah transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana.	Cassava, Cropping sequence, Rotation, Nitrogen, Pigeonpea, Speargrass, Return on investment	Field Crops Research, 103, 87-97.	Ghana
Adjei-Nsiah S., Leeuwis C., Sakyi-Dawson O., Giller K.E., Kuyper T.W.	2007	Exploring diversity among farmers for orienting inter-disciplinary action research on cropping system management in Wenchi, Ghana: the significance of time horizons.	Ethnicity, gender, land tenure, livelihood, soil fertility management, wealth	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 5, 176-194.	Ghana
Chivenge P.P., Murwira H.K., Giller K.E., Mapfumo P., Six, J.	2007	Long-term impact of reduced tillage and residue management on soil carbon stabilization: Implications for conservation agriculture on contrasting soils.	Particulate organic matter, Soil organic carbon, Tillage, Residue management, Conservation tillage, Tropical agro ecosystems	Soil & Tillage Research, 94, 328-337.	All Countries
Kamau, M.	2007	Farm Household Allocative Efficiency: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective on Labour Use in Western Kenya.	Farm Household, Allocative Efficiency, Labour Use, Western Kenya.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL.	Kenya
Ncube B., Twomlow S.J., van Wijk M.T., Dimes J.P., Giller, K.E.	2007	Productivity and residual benefits of grain legumes to sorghum under semi-arid conditions in southwestern Zimbabwe.	Cereal, Crop rotation, Food security, Nitrogen fixation, Residues, Soil water	Plant and Soil, 299, 1-15.	Zimbabwe
Ncube, B.	2007	Understanding Cropping Systems in Semi-arid Environments of Zimbabwe: Options for Soil Fertility Management.	Understanding Cropping Systems, Semi-arid Environments of Zimbabwe, Options for Soil Fertility Management.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Zimbabwe
Nyamadzawo G., Chikowo R., Nyamugafata P., Giller, K.E.	2007	Improved legume tree fallows and tillage effects on soil structural stability and infiltration rates of a kaolinitic sandy soil from central Zimbabwe.	Improved fallows, Tillage, Soil organic carbon, Aggregate stability, Infiltration rates	Soil & Tillage Research, 96, 182-194.	Zimbabwe
Ojiem J.O., Vanlauwe B., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2007	Niche-based assessment of contributions of legumes to the nitrogen economy of Western Kenya smallholder farms.	Agro-ecological zones, N2–fixation, 15N natural abundance, On-farm Trade-offs	Plant and Soil, 292, 119-135.	Kenya
Rufino M.C., Tittonell P., van Wijk M.T., Castellanos-Navarrete A., Delve R.J., de Ridder N., Giller, K.E.	2007	Manure as a key resource within smallholder farming systems: Analysing farm-scale nutrient cycling efficiencies with the NUANCES framework	Sub-Saharan Africa, NCE, Fuzzy logic modelling, FARMSIM, HEAPSIM	Livestock Science, 112, 273-287.	All Countries
Tittonell P., Shepherd K.D., Vanlauwe B., Giller, K.E.	2007	Unravelling the effects of soil and crop management on maize productivity in smallholder agricultural systems of western Kenya - An application of classification and regression tree analysis.	Near infrared spectroscopy, Local soil quality indicators, Soil fertility variability, Maize yield, Sub-Saharan Africa	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 123, 137-150.	Kenya
Tittonell P., van Wijk M.T., Rufino M.C., Vrugt J.A., Giller K.E.	2007	Analysing trade-offs in resource and labour allocation by smallholder farmers using inverse modelling techniques: A case-study from Kakamega district, western Kenya.	DYNBAL model, MOSCEM, Soil erosion, N balance, Maize yield	Agricultural Systems, 95, 76-95.	Kenya
Tittonell P., Vanlauwe B., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2007	Heterogeneity of crop productivity and resource use efficiency within smallholder Kenyan farms: Soil fertility gradients or management intensity gradients?	Resource allocation, Labour productivity, DYNBAL model, N balance, N use efficiency	Agricultural Systems, 94, 376-390.	Kenya
Tittonell P., Zingore S., van Wijk M., Corbeels M.C., Giller K.E.	2007	Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of smallholder farms in western Kenya. II. Within-farm variability in resource allocation, nutrient flows and soil fertility status.	Soil fertility gradients, Farmers’ perceptions, Management intensity gradients, Field typology, Local soil quality indicators	Field Crops Research, 100, 348-368.	Kenya
Tittonell P., Zingore, S. van Wijk M., Corbeels M.C., Giller K.E.	2007	Nutrient use efficiencies and crop responses to N, P and manure applications in Zimbabwean soils: Exploring management strategies across soil fertility gradients.	Sub-Saharan Africa, FARMSIM, FIELD, Resource use efficiency, Rotations, Maize, Soyabean	Field Crops Research, 100, 348-368.	Zimbabwe
Tittonell, P.	2007	Musimu wa Kupanda – Targeting resources within diverse, heterogeneous and dynamic farming systems of East Africa.	Targeting resources within diverse, heterogeneous and dynamic farming systems of East Africa.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL.	All Countries
Zingore S., Murwira H.K., Delve R.J., Giller K.E.	2007	Influence of nutrient management strategies on variability of soil fertility, crop yields and nutrient balances on smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.	oil fertility gradients, Resource allocation, Farmer decision making, Nutrient use efficiencies	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 119, 112-126.	Zimbabwe
Zingore S., Murwira H.K., Delve R.J., Giller K.E.	2007	Soil type, historical management and current resource allocation: three dimensions regulating variability of maize yields and nutrient use efficiencies on African smallholder farms.	Soil fertility gradients, Fertilizer and manure allocation, Nutrient use efficiency	Field Crops Research, 101, 296-305.	All Countries
Adjei-Nsiah, S.	2006	Cropping systems, land tenure and social diversity of Wenchi, Ghana : implications for soil fertility management.	Cropping systems, land tenure, social diversity, Wenchi, Ghana, implications for soil fertility management.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Ghana
Baijukya F.P., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2006	Nitrogen release from decomposing residues of leguminous cover crops and their effect on maize yield on depleted soils of Bukoba District, Tanzania.	legume cover crops, maize yield, N-mineralisation, N uptake, N use efficiency, residue quality	Plant and Soil, 279, 77-93.	Tanzania
Baijukya, F.P.	2006	Adapting to change in Banana-bases farming Systems of Northwest Tanzania; The potential role of herbaceous legumes.	Adapting to change, Banana-bases farming Systems, Northwest Tanzania, potential role of herbaceous legumes.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Tanzania
Chikowo R., Mapfumo P., Leffelaar P.A., Giller K.E.	2006	Integrating legumes to improve N cycling on smallholder farms in sub-humid Zimbabwe: resource quality, biophysical and environmental limitations.	Acacia angustissima, Leaching, N mineralization, Nitrous oxide, Polyphenols, Residue quality, Sesbania sesban	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 76, 219-231.	Zimbabwe
Giller K.E., Rowe E., de Ridder N., van Keulen H.	2006	Resource use dynamics and interactions in the tropics: Scaling up in space and time.	Crop/livestock systems, Spatial dynamics, Self-organization, Whole farm analysis, Scaling up	Agricultural Systems, 88, 8-27.	All Countries
Mtambanengwe F., Mapfumo P.	2006	Effects of organic resource quality on soil profile N dynamics and maize yields on sandy soils in Zimbabwe.	maize yield, N fertilizer, nitrate leaching, N-release, organic resource quality, sandy soil, smallholder farmer	Plant and Soil 281, 173-191.	Zimbabwe
Ncube B., Dimes J.P., Twomlow S.J., Mupangwa W., Giller K.E.	2006	Raising the productivity of smallholder farms under semi-arid conditions by use of small doses of manure and nitrogen: a case of participatory research.	Cattle manure, Maize yields, Nitrogen fertilizer, On-farm research, Smallholder farming	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 77, 53-67.	All Countries
Ojiem J.O., de Ridder N., Vanlauwe B., Giller K.E.	2006	Socio-ecological niche: A conceptual framework for integration of legumes in smallholder farming systems.	Socio-ecological niche, framework for integration of legumes in smallholder farming systems.	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 4, 79-93.	All Countries
Ojiem, J.O.	2006	Exploring socio-ecological niches for legumes in smallholder farming systems of western Kenya.	niches for legumes in smallholder farming systems, western Kenya.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Kenya
Rowe E.C., van Wijk M.T., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2006	Nutrient allocation strategies across a simplified heterogeneous African smallholder farm.	Manure, Resource use efficiency, Nutrient flows, Farming systems, Spatial heterogeneity	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 116, 60-71.	All Countries
Rufino M.C., Rowe E.C., Delve R.J., Giller K.E.	2006	Nitrogen cycling efficiencies through resource-poor African crop-livestock systems: A review.	Cattle, Compost, Feed intake, Manure, Nitrogen use efficiency, N losses	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 112, 261-282.	All Countries
Tittonell P., Leffelaar P., Vanlauwe B., van Wijk M., Giller K.E.	2006	Exploring diversity of crop and soil management within smallholder African farms: A dynamic model for simulation of N balances and use efficiencies at field scale.	Soil fertility gradients, Western Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa, Resource use efficiency, Farm heterogeneity, Participatory modelling	Agricultural Systems, 91, 71-101.	All Countries
Tittonell P., van Wijk M.T., Giller K.E.	2006	Tradeoffs in the allocation of nutrient (N), cash and labour resources within smallholder African farms.	Tradeoffs, nutrient (N), cash and labour resources ,smallholder African farms	Book chapter in: N Management in Agrosystems in Relation to the Water Framework Directive (eds J.J. Shröder & J.J. Neeteson) pp. 108-110. Plant Research International, Wageningen.	All Countries
Vanlauwe B., Giller K.E.	2006	Popular myths around soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa.	Biological N fixation, Fertilizer, Legumes, Nutrient balances, Organic resources, Rock phosphate	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 116, 34-46.	All Countries
Vanlauwe B., Tittonell P., Mukulama J.	2006	Within-farm soil fertility gradients affect response of maize to fertiliser application in western Kenya.	Limiting nutrient trial, NPK application, Olsen-P, Soil fertility gradients	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 76, 171-182.	Kenya
Zengeni R., Mpepereki S., Giller K.E.	2006	Manure and soil properties affect survival and persistence of soyabean nodulating rhizobia in smallholder soils of Zimbabwe.	Manure, Persistence, Rhizobia, Soyabean, Survival	Applied Soil Ecology, 32, 232-242.	Zimbabwe
Zingore, S.	2006	Exploring diversity within smallholder farming systems in Zimbabwe: Nutrient use efficiencies and resource management strategies for crop production.	Exploring diversity, smallholder farming systems, Zimbabwe, Nutrient use efficiencies, resource management strategies for crop production.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Zimbabwe
Baijukya F.P., de Ridder N., Giller K.E.	2005	Managing legume cover crops and their residues to enhance productivity of degraded soils in the humid tropics: case of Bukoba District, Tanzania.	Labour productivity, Nutrient depleted soils, Short fallow legumes, Smallholder farms	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 73, 75-87.	Tanzania
Baijukya F.P., de Ridder N., Masuki K.F., Giller K.E.	2005	Dynamics of banana-based farming systems in Bukoba District, Tanzania: Changes in land use, cropping and cattle keeping.	Land use changes, Cropping pattern, Livestock systems, Nutrient balances, Sustainability	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 106, 395-406.	Tanzania
Giller K.E., Tittonell P., Zingore S., van Wijk M., Rowe E., Delve R.J., de Ridder N., Vanlauwe B.	2005	Dynamics and heterogeneity in African farming systems: Strategic niche management or the (de)fault of poverty.	Dynamics and heterogeneity in African farming systems, Strategic niche management, global food	In: The Global Food and Product Chain - Dynamics, Innovations, Conflicts, Strategies: Tropentag 2005 Book of Abstracts (eds E. Tielkes, C. Hulsebusch, I. Hauser, A. Deiniger & K. Becker) pp. 84. University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart	All Countries
Mapfumo P., Mtambanengwe F., Giller K.E., Mpepereki S.	2005	Tapping indigenous herbaceous legumes for soil fertility management by resource-poor farmers in Zimbabwe.	Indigenous herbaceous legumes, Species diversity, N2-fixation, Indigenous legume fallows, Soil fertility, Resource-poor farmers, Nutrient-depleted soils	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 109, 221-233.	Zimbabwe
Mtambanengwe F., Mapfumo P.	2005	Organic matter management as an underlying cause for soil fertility gradients on smallholder farms in Zimbabwe.	Farmer class, In situ biomass, Organic matter management, Soil fertility gradients, Soil organic carbon	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 73, 227-243.	Zimbabwe
Tittonell P., Vanlauwe B., Leffelaar P.A., Giller K.E.	2005	Estimating yields of tropical maize genotypes from non-destructive, on-farm plant morphological measurements.	Farm variability, Harvest index, Maize allometry, Soil fertility gradients, Sub-Saharan Africa	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 105, 213-220.	All Countries
Tittonell P., Vanlauwe B., Leffelaar P.A., Rowe E., Giller K.E.	2005	Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of smallholder farms in western Kenya. I. Heterogeneity at region and farm scale.	Soil fertility gradients, Farm typology, Sub-Saharan Africa, Nutrient balances, Manure, Fertiliser	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 110, 149-165.	Kenya
Zingore S., Manyame C., Nyamugafata P., Giller K.E.	2005	Long-term changes in organic matter of woodland soils cleared for arable cropping in Zimbabwe.	Organic matter, woodland soils, arable cropping, Zimbabwe.	European Journal of Soil Science, 56, 727-736.	Zimbabwe
Adjei-Nsiah S., Leeuwis C., Giller K.E., Sakyi-Dawson O., Cobbina J., Kuyper T.W., Abekoe M., Van der Werf W.	2004	Land tenure and differential soil fertility management practices among native and migrant farmers in Wenchi, Ghana: implications for interdisciplinary action research.	bush fallow, cowpea, pigeon pea, cassava, maize	NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 52, 331-348.	Ghana
Chikowo R., Mapfumo P., Nyamugafata P., Giller K.E.	2004	Maize productivity and mineral N dynamics following different soil fertility management practices on a depleted sandy soil in Zimbabwe.	Legumes, Sandy soils, Soil fertility technologies, Root length density, Mineral N, Arenosol, Zimbabwe	Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 102, 109-131.	Zimbabwe
Chikowo R., Mapfumo P., Nyamugafata P., Giller K.E.	2004	Mineral N dynamics, leaching and nitrous oxide losses under maize following two-year improved fallows on a sandy loam soil in Zimbabwe.	improved fallows, leaching, maize, nitrous oxide, subsoil capture, synchrony	Plant and Soil, 259, 315-330.	Zimbabwe
Chikowo R., Mapfumo P., Nyamugafata P., Giller K.E.	2004	Woody legume fallow productivity, biological N2-fixation and residual benefits to two successive maize crops in Zimbabwe.	Acacia angustissima, Cajanus cajan, conservation tillage, cowpea, N2-fixation, maize, pest infestation, Sesbania sesban	Plant and Soil, 262, 303-315.	Zimbabwe
Chikowo, R.	2004	Nitrogen Cycling in Agroforestry Systems of Sub-humid Zimbabwe: Closing the Loop.	Nitrogen Cycling in Agroforestry Systems. Sub-humid Zimbabwe.	PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Zimbabwe
de Ridder N., Breman H., van Keulen H., Stomph T.J.	2004	Revisiting a 'cure against land hunger': soil fertility management and farming system dynamics in the West African Sahel.	Soil fertility, Management, Farming systems dynamics, West Africa	Agricultural Systems, 80, 109-131.	All Countries
Chikowo R., Mapfumo P., Nyamugafata P., Nyamadzawo G., Giller K.E.	2003	Nitrate-N dynamics following improved fallows and spatial maize root development in a Zimbabwean sandy clay loam.	Leaching, N2-fixation, N mineralization, Nutrient cycling, Root length density, Subsoil nutrients	Agroforestry Systems, 59, 187-195.	Zimbabwe
Nyamadzawo G., Nyamugafata P., Chikowo R., Giller K.E.	2003	Partitioning of simulated rainfall in a kaolinitic soil under improved-maize fallow rotation in Zimbabwe.	Infiltration rate, Fallowing, Hydraulic conductivity, Porosity, Tillage	Agroforestry Systems, 59, 207-214.	Zimbabwe
Nyamangara J., Bergström L., Piha M.I., Giller K.E.	2003	Fertiliser use efficiency and nitrate leaching in a tropical sandy soil.	Fertiliser use efficiency, nitrate leaching, tropical sandy soil.	Journal of Environmental Quality, 32, 599-606.	All Countries
Nyamangara J., Piha M.I., Giller K.E.	2003	Effect of combined cattle manure and mineral nitrogen on maize N uptake and grain yield.	Manure, mineral nitrogen, maize N uptake, grain yield.	African Journal of Crop Science, 11, 289-300.	All Countries
Tittonell, P.	2003	Soil Fertility Gradients in Smallholder Farms of Western Kenya: Their Origin, Magnitude and Importance.	Soil Fertility Gradients, Smallholder Farms, Western Kenya	MSc Thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.	Kenya
Giller K.E., Cadisch G., & Palm C.A.	2002	The North-South Divide! Organic Wastes, or Resources for Nutrient Management?	nitrogen use efficiency, organic resource quality, N mineralization, cattle manure, tropical agriculture	Agronomie, 22, 703-709	All Countries
Giller, K.E.	2002	Targeting management of organic resources and mineral fertilizers: Can we match scientists’ fantasies with farmers’ realities? In: Balanced Nutrient Management Systems for the Moist Savanna and Humid Forest Zones of Africa	Targeting management of organic resources and mineral fertilizers	Book chapter in: Balanced Nutrient Management Systems for the Moist Savanna and Humid Forest Zones of Africa. pp. 155-171. CAB International, Wallingford.	All Countries

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