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System dynamics and the defintion of research domains for the northern Guinea Savanna of West Africa

dc.contributor.authorWeber, G.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:37:14Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:37:14Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citationWeber, G., Smith, J. & Manyong, M.V. (1996). System dynamics and the definition of research domains for the northern Guinea savanna of West Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 57, 133-148.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6468
dc.description.abstractThe northern Guinea savanna in Africa (NGS) with a season length of 151–180 days and an altitude below 800 m has long been recognized as highly suitable for crop production and animal husbandry. At present, land use intensity and farming as well as livestock systems vary widely across the zone. Subsistence farming and traditional pastoralism are present as well as intensive, market-oriented production of cash crops and highly integrated crop-livestock systems. This article presents an approach for addressing the challenge of technology development and transfer in the NGS. It is based on an analysis of the evolutionary change of agricultural systems. Exogenous and endogenous determinants have been identified for the formation of, at present, four agricultural systems, five major resource domains and at least ten major farming domains in the NGS. The domains cluster areas of similar resource endowments and development potential which are at a similar point along generalized evolutionary pathways. The additional differentiation of farmer domains integrates changes in equity and externalities into the concept. Resource degradation, biotic constraints and issues of equality are briefly analyzed according to the framework.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCrop Production
dc.subjectAnimal Husbandry
dc.subjectLand Use
dc.subjectFarming
dc.subjectSubsistence Farming
dc.subjectCash Crops
dc.subjectTechnology Transfer
dc.subjectAgricultural Systems
dc.subjectFarming Systems
dc.subjectIntensification
dc.subjectResource Management
dc.subjectCrop Management
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.titleSystem dynamics and the defintion of research domains for the northern Guinea Savanna of West Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.iitasubjectCrop Husbandry
cg.iitasubjectLand Use
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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