Agroecological practices and the contribution of organic soil fertility amendments on soil and maize productivity under conservation agriculture (CA) along a declining rainfall gradient in Zimbabwe. Research questions What current agroecological climate-smart crop...

Accompanying Zimbabwean small-holders towards ecological intensification: the contribution of experimental economics to design effective policies. Research questions This research aims to answer the following questions: 1. How can we incentivize farmers to adopt...

Prospective modelling of possible landscape configurations for agro-ecological transition in ZimbabweResearch questions Which landscape configurations would contribute to agro-ecological intensification by increasing the production of ecosystem services and decreasing...

Impact of climate change on production and recycling of crop biomass and soil nitrogen use: a case study with maize under extreme rainfall events in Zimbabwe.Research questions Impact of extreme rainfall events on synchronization/asynchronization between the need of...

A farming systems spatial analysis on the impacts of key insect pest and disease pressure on smallholder farms across a climate gradient in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. Research question The research aims to assess the impacts of pests and diseases in...

Assessing the impact of agroecological intensification on food security, household resilience and poverty reduction in Murehwa district of Zimbabwe.Research questions What are the different types of farms in the maize-based farming system of Murehwa district? What is...

Integrated weed management strategies for sustainable crop production across a climate gradient in Zimbabwe Research questions To what extent are smallholder farmers in different agroecological regions exposed to weed pressure and what are the dominant weed species...

Impact of albedo change on the climate benefit of conservation agriculture in sub-humid Zimbabwe. Research question What are the biogeophysical effects of tillage and mulch management, if they are different depending on the soil type (soil colour), if they offset or...

The use of Climatic Information Services (CIS) to support smallholder farmers’ transition to agroecological farming under climate change. Research question How can CIS be used to support farmers in their transition to more agroecological and more climate change...

Sustainable intensification and climate risk assessment of Zimbabwean farming systems for resilience building perspective. Research question This research will investigate how does climate change and farmers’ context influence risk associated with sustainable...