Publications
Published Articles
APR 2025
Kwenda IW, Falconnier GN, Cardinael R, Affholder F, Couëdel A, Baudron F, Franke AC, Nyagumbo I, Mabasa S, de Freitas M, Pret V, Diop S, Magwaza EF, Chikowo R, 2025. Intercrop overyielding is maintained under estimated water and nitrogen stress in maize-cowpea on-farm trials in semi-arid Zimbabwe. Field Crops Research 327, 109890 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.
MAR 2025
Manyanga, M., Gérard, F., Pedzisa, T., et al., 2025. Assessing Maize Enterprise Viability among Smallholder Farmers in Murehwa District, Zimbabwe: Implications for Socioeconomic Policy. Research on World Agricultural Economy. 6(1): 639–653. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/rwae.
Manyanga M, Gérard F, Pedzisa T, Jourdain D, Belard A, Hanyani-Mlambo B, Coquereau A and Affholder F (2025)
Prospects for improving the food and economic security of smallholder maize-based farming systems: a farmer
typology approach in Zimbabwe. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 9:1437865. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1437865
Valentin Pret, Gatien N. Falconnier, François Affholder, Marc Corbeels, Regis Chikowo, Katrien Descheemaeker. (2024) "Farm resilience to climatic risk – a review"
FEB 2025
Nyawasha, R.W., Falconnier, G.N., Todoroff, P., Wadoux, A.M.J.-C., Chikowo, R., Coquereau, A., Leroux, L., Jahel, C., Corbeels, M., Cardinael, R., 2025. Drivers of soil organic carbon stocks at village scale in a sub-humid region of Zimbabwe. Catena 252, 108843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
FEB 2024
Targeting smallholder farmers for climate information services adoption in Africa: A systematic literature review
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2405-8807(24)00005-0
Rejoice S. Nyoni, Guillaume Bruelle, Regis Chikowo, Nadine Andrieu, (2024) Targeting smallholder farmers for climate information services adoption in Africa: A systematic literature review, Climate Services, Volume 34, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2024.100450.
OCT 2023
The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa
Falconnier, G. N., Cardinael, R., Corbeels, M., Baudron, F., Chivenge, P., Couëdel, A., Ripoche, A., Affholder, F., Naudin, K., Benaillon, E., Rusinamhodzi, L., Leroux, L., Vanlauwe, B., & Giller, K. E. (2023). The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa. Outlook on Agriculture, 00307270231199795. https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270231199795
SEPT 2023
Adoption of agroecological intensification practices in Southern Africa: A scientific review
Mark Manyanga, Tarisayi Pedzisa & Benjamine Hanyani-Mlambo (2023) Adoption of agroecological intensification practices in Southern Africa: A scientific review, Cogent Food & Agriculture, 9:1, 2261838, DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2023.2261838
APR 2023
Four-component net radiometers to quantify albedo and heat fluxes in conservation agriculture
Diop, S. (2023). Four-component net radiometers to quantify albedo and heat fluxes in conservation agriculture. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4, 678. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00432-x