This deliverable presents a database of recent research activities, technologies, businesses and scientific projects concerning the agricultural sector in Europe and the western world as well as initiatives working with African smallholder farmers. In addition, an evaluation of the database entries is included in this report, which also addresses the relevance of the respective development for smallholder structures in West …
D1.3. Farming practices overview
This deliverable presents an overview and information on agroecological farming practices (AEP) and the effects on productivity, farm economic and ecosystem service indicators. A systematic literature was conducted to collect and retrieve the respective information. The report presents the results of various single agroecological practices such as diversified crop rotations and combined agroecological practices such as conservation agriculture and organic …
D1.1. – Survey and assessment toolbox for data collection
In this document, we intend to present the key achievements in the progress of developing a common conceptual methodological model for data collection at baseline for a plural assessment of the farming systems in Africa and select appropriate data collection tools to integrate a toolbox in the scope of SustInAfrica.