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  1. Understanding and informing decisions on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa
  2. Fertilisers differentially affect facultative and obligate parasitic weeds of rice and only occasionally improve yields in infested fields
  3. Quantifying rice yield gaps and their causes in Eastern and Southern Africa
  4. Adoption by adaptation: moving from Conservation Agriculture to conservation practices
  5. Safeguarding human and planetary health demands a fertilizer sector transformation
  6. Mixed outcomes from conservation practices on soils and Striga-affected yields of a low-input, rice–maize system in Madagascar
  7. Status quo of chemical weed control in rice in sub-Saharan Africa
  8. Inefficiency of manual weeding in rainfed rice systems affected by parasitic weeds
  9. Increasing paddy yields and improving farm management: results from participatory experiments with good agricultural practices (GAP) in Tanzania
  10. Women's access to agricultural technologies in rice production and processing hubs: A comparative analysis of Ethiopia, Madagascar and Tanzania
  11. Combined effects of cover crops, mulch, zero-tillage and resistant varieties on Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze in rice-maize rotation systems
  12. FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON MECHANICAL WEEDERS FOR RICE PRODUCTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
  13. Delayed or early sowing: Timing as parasitic weed control strategy in rice is species and ecosystem dependent
  14. Slavery in plants: how the facultative hemi-parasitic plant Rhamphicarpa fistulosa can completely dominate its host
  15. Farmers’ knowledge, use and preferences of parasitic weed management strategies in rain-fed rice production systems
  16. Variability and determinants of yields in rice production systems of West Africa
  17. Genetic variation and host-parasite specificity ofStrigaresistance and tolerance in rice: the need for predictive breeding
  18. Dualistic roles and management of non-cultivated plants in lowland rice systems of East Africa
  19. Parasitic weed incidence and related economic losses in rice in Africa
  20. Rice yields under Rhamphicarpa fistulosa-infested field conditions, and variety selection criteria for resistance and tolerance
  21. On the interaction between weed and bird damage in rice
  22. Host influence on germination and reproduction of the facultative hemi-parasitic weedRhamphicarpa fistulosa
  23. Electronic support tools for identification and management of rice weeds in Africa for better-informed agricultural change agents
  24. Labor-Saving Weed Technologies for Lowland Rice Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
  25. Participatory appraisal of institutional and political constraints and opportunities for innovation to address parasitic weeds in rice
  26. Systems approaches to innovation in pest management: reflections and lessons learned from an integrated research program on parasitic weeds in rice
  27. RAAIS: Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (Part II). Integrated analysis of parasitic weed problems in rice in Tanzania
  28. RAAIS: Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (Part I). A diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex problems and innovation capacity
  29. Do NERICA rice cultivars express resistance to Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. and Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze under field conditions?
  30. Rhamphicarpa fistulosa, a widespread facultative hemi-parasitic weed, threatening rice production in Africa
  31. Bird, weed and interaction effects on yield of irrigated lowland rice
  32. Can the parasitic weedsStriga asiaticaandRhamphicarpa fistulosaco-occur in rain-fed rice?
  33. Narrowing the rice yield gap in East and Southern Africa: Using and adapting existing technologies
  34. Determinants of parasitic weed infestation in rainfed lowland rice in Benin
  35. Weed management in upland rice in sub-Saharan Africa: impact on labor and crop productivity
  36. Identifying the problem weeds of rice-based systems along the inland-valley catena in the southern Guinea Savanna, Africa
  37. Systems approaches to innovation in crop protection. A systematic literature review
  38. Sustainable rice production in African inland valleys: Seizing regional potentials through local approaches
  39. FAILURE AND SUCCESS FACTORS OF IRRIGATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE OUÉMÉ AND ZOU VALLEYS IN BENIN
  40. Genotypic trade-offs between water productivity and weed competition under the System of Rice Intensification in the Sahel
  41. Land Use and Biodiversity in Unprotected Landscapes: The Case of Noncultivated Plant Use and Management by Rural Communities in Benin and Togo
  42. Improving irrigated rice production in the Senegal River Valley through experiential learning and innovation
  43. Yield, water productivity and nutrient balances under the System of Rice Intensification and Recommended Management Practices in the Sahel
  44. Rhamphicarpa fistulosa, a parasitic weed threatening rain-fed lowland rice production in sub-Saharan Africa – A case study from Benin
  45. Pre-attachment Striga hermonthica resistance of New Rice for Africa (NERICA) cultivars based on low strigolactone production
  46. New Rice for Africa (NERICA) cultivars exhibit different levels of post-attachment resistance against the parasitic weeds Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica
  47. Cultivar and Weeding Effects on Weeds and Rice Yields in a Degraded Upland Environment of the Coastal Savanna
  48. Host-plant defence against Striga spp.: reconsidering the role of tolerance
  49. Challenges for weed management in African rice systems in a changing climate
  50. Plant characteristics associated with weed competitiveness of rice under upland and lowland conditions in West Africa
  51. Rice production with less irrigation water is possible in a Sahelian environment
  52. Addressing current and future problems of parasitic weeds in rice
  53. Weed competitiveness of the lowland rice varieties of NERICA in the southern Guinea Savanna
  54. Ex ante impact assessment of herbicide resistant rice in the Sahel
  55. Weed Management in Rice‐Based Cropping Systems in Africa
  56. Why NERICA is a Successful Innovation for African Farmers
  57. CO2-assimilation and chlorophyll fluorescence as indirect selection criteria for host tolerance against Striga
  58. Effects of host plant genotype and seedbank density on Striga reproduction
  59. Characterization of host tolerance to Striga hermonthica
  60. How can field selection for Striga resistance and tolerance in sorghum be improved?
  61. Spatial variability of soil pH and phosphorus in relation to soil run-off following slash-and-burn land clearing in Sumatra, Indonesia