ICER2019ARtypologywork

Africa RISING Typology Work - Reference materials
Assembled for the Internally Commissioned External Review
July 2019 - April 2020

Peer reviewed journal articles

• | Capturing farm diversity with hypothesis-based typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development
• | A comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems - a case study in Northern Ghana
• | Creating adaptive farm typologies using Naive Bayesian classification
• | Characterising the diversity of smallholder farming systems and their constraints and opportunities for innovation: a case study from the northern region, Ghana
• | Complex systems - Simple solutions? The importance of social context for sustainable intensification

PowerPoint Presentations

• | Using typologies for technology targeting
• | Summary of farmer typologies in the Africa RISING baseline survey data
• | Typologies for farming systems analysis in Africa RISING
• | Why typologies? Approaching communities through learning about livelihood strategies and socio-economic stratification
• | Typology characterization of farmers in West Africa
• | Fitting technology options to farmer context in Mali
• | Integrated systems research for farms and livelihoods in Africa RISING phase II

Reports

• | Typology characterization of farmers in Africa RISING sites in Malawi
• | Typology characterization of farmers in Africa RISING sites in Ghana
• | Typology characterization of farmers in Africa RISING sites in Tanzania
• | Typology characterization of farmers in Africa RISING sites in Mali
• | Typology characterization of farmers in Africa RISING sites in Ethiopia
• | Characterization of farming systems in Africa RISING intervention sites in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana and Mali

Posters

• | A comparison of farm typology approaches in northern Ghana
• | Complex systems, simple solutions? Evaluating technologies for sustainable intensification in northern Ghana
• | Complex systems, simple solutions? Operationalizing diversity to understand technology adoption

Briefs

• | Comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems: A case study in northern Ghana
• | Targeting and bias in participatory research: Evidence from Malawi

Student theses

• | Improving the efficiency of agricultural development: Can farmer typologies be used to predict the adoption of agricultural innovations for the poorest farmers, and therefore, increase the impact of rural development programs on the rural poor?
• | Dealing with farming system diversity in northern Ghana: Typology approaches
• | Why do smallholder farmers in northern-Ghana choose to plough by hoe, with bullocks or with tractors?