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Title: Adoptability of sustainable intensification technologies in dryland smallholder farming systems of West Africa

Date Published: 2015
Author/s: Woittiez Lotte, Descheemaeker Katrien and Giller E Ken
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Funding Agency :
Copyright/patents/trade marks: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Journal Publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Affiliation: International Crops Research Institute for the SemiArid Tropics
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Abstract:

Agricultural intensification in Africa is a necessary development, if rural poverty is to be reduced and
sufficient food is to be produced for the increasing and urbanizing populations. For agriculture to
be sustainable in the long run, the intensification process should not greatly reduce environmental
quality or degrade natural vegetation; hence the term ‘sustainable agricultural intensification’ has
been defined as a change in the production system towards increased input use leading to increased
productivity, according to agroecological principles and without adverse environmental impacts or the
cultivation of new land