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ADAMTEY, N., MUSYOKA, M. W., ZUNDEL, C., COBO, J. G., KARANJA, E., FIABOE, K. K. M., MURIUKI, A., MUCHERU-MUNA, M., VANLAUWE, B., BERSET, E., MESSMER, M. M., GATTINGER, A., BHULLAR, G. S., CADISCH, G., FLIESSBACH, A., MÄDER, P., NIGGLI, U. & FOSTER, D. 2016. Productivity, profitability and partial nutrient balance in maize-based conventional and organic farming systems in Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 235, 61-79.
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AMUDAVI, D. M., KHAN, Z. R., WANYAMA, J. M., MIDEGA, C. A. O., PITTCHAR, J., HASSANALI, A. & PICKETT, J. A. 2009. Evaluation of farmers’ field days as a dissemination tool for push-pull technology in Western Kenya. Crop Protection, 28, 225-235.
BABENDREIER, D., WAN, M., TANG, R., GU, R., TAMBO, J., LIU, Z., GROSSRIEDER, M., KANSIIME, M., WOOD, A., ZHANG, F. & ROMNEY, D. 2019. Impact Assessment of Biological Control-Based Integrated Pest Management in Rice and Maize in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Insects, 10.
BELLAMY, A. S. 2010. Weed control practices on Costa Rican coffee farms: is herbicide use necessary for small-scale producers? Agriculture and Human Values, 28, 167-177.
BUCKLES, D. & TRIOMPHE, B. 1999. Adoption of mucuna in the farming systems of northern Honduras. Agroforestry Systems, 47, 67-91.
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. Agricultural Systems, 134, 24-35.
CHAPAGAIN, T., PUDASAINI, R., GHIMIRE, B., GURUNG, K., CHOI, K., RAI, L., MAGAR, S., BK, B. & RAIZADA, M. N. 2018. Intercropping of maize, millet, mustard, wheat and ginger increased land productivity and potential economic returns for smallholder terrace farmers in Nepal. Field Crops Research, 227, 91-101.
CHEPCHIRCHIR, R. T., MACHARIA, I., MURAGE, A. W., MIDEGA, C. A. O. & KHAN, Z. R. 2017. Impact assessment of push-pull pest management on incomes, productivity and poverty among smallholder households in Eastern Uganda. Food Security, 9, 1359-1372.
CONSTANTINE, K. L., KANSIIME, M. K., MUGAMBI, I., NUNDA, W., CHACHA, D., RWARE, H., MAKALE, F., MULEMA, J., LAMONTAGNE-GODWIN, J., WILLIAMS, F., EDGINGTON, S. & DAY, R. 2020. Why don’t smallholder farmers in Kenya use more biopesticides? Pest Manag Sci, 76, 3615-3625.
D’ANNOLFO, R., GEMMILL-HERREN, B., AMUDAVI, D., SHIRAKU, H. W., PIVA, M. & GARIBALDI, L. A. 2020. The effects of agroecological farming systems on smallholder livelihoods: a case study on push–pull system from Western Kenya. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19, 56-70.
DANIEL, R., BORINES, L. M., SOGUILON, C., MONTIEL, C., PALERMO, V. G., GUADALQUIVER, G. A., PEDROSO, M., MARCELINO, R., DIONIO, B. T., JURUENA, M. H. & GUEST, D. 2014. Development of disease management recommendations for the durian and jackfruit industries in the Philippines using farmer participatory research. Food Security, 6, 411-422.
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DOWD-URIBE, B. 2014. Engineering yields and inequality? How institutions and agro-ecology shape Bt cotton outcomes in Burkina Faso. Geoforum, 53, 161-171.
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HERNANDEZ-AGUILERA, J. N., GÓMEZ, M. I., RODEWALD, A. D., RUEDA, X., ANUNU, C., BENNETT, R. & VAN ES, H. M. 2018. Quality as a Driver of Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains: The Case of the Relationship Coffee Model. Business Strategy and the Environment, 27, 179-198.
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KANSIIME, M. K., GIRLING, R. D., MUGAMBI, I., MULEMA, J., ODUOR, G., CHACHA, D., OUVRARD, D., KINUTHIA, W. & GARRATT, M. P. D. 2020a. Rural livelihood diversity and its influence on the ecological intensification potential of smallholder farms in Kenya. Food and Energy Security, 10.
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