Effects of changing farming practices in African agriculture
Information on the effects of changing agricultural management on crop and livestock performance is critical for developing evidence-based policies, investments, and programs. Evidence for Resilient Agriculture (ERA) v1.0.1 presents a dataset that harmonizes and aggregates 112,859 observations from 2,011 agricultural studies taken place in Africa between 1934 and 2018. The dataset includes information on the effect of 364 combinations of management practices and technologies on 87 environmental, social, and economic indicators of outcomes. Observations are geolocated and temporally tagged and thus can be linked to other datasets such as historical weather, soil properties, and road networks. ERA offers a new resource for understanding the impacts of changing farming practices under diverse environmental contexts, providing data to support strategic interventions aimed to enhance productivity, resilience, and sustainability of African agriculture.
Authors
- Lucas Manda
- Todd S. Rosenstock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1958-9500)
- Elijah Musyoki Mumo
- Clara Champalle
- Helena Ström
- William English (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5197-2342)
- Meryl Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5065-7401)
- Peter Steward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3985-4911)
- Katherine L. Tully (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6190-2679)
- Nictor Namoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5249-2746)
- Dorcas Kagwiria
- Anna Madalinska
- Hannah Kamau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5949-9684)
- Christine Lamanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6773-7352)
- Namita Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1473-7718)
- Anatoli Poultouchidou
- Janie Rioux
- Scott McFatridge
- Alex Nduah
- Anna-Sarah Eyrich
- Babra Ombewa
- Julia Shuck
- Akinwale O. Akinleye
- Lolita Muller
- A.N. Gitau
- Erica Atieno
- Patrick Bell
Institutions
- CGIAR (FR)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IT)
- Ceres (US)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (CA)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT (IT)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (KE)
- Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (NG)
- Independent Sector (US)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (KE)
- African Centre for Technology Studies (KE)
- African Conservation Centre (KE)
- Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (KE)
- Ouranos (CA)
- Costco Wholesale (United States)
- World Agroforestry Centre (KE)
- International Livestock Research Institute (KE)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03805-z
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.37
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- European Commission
- Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Foreign Agricultural Service