Books & Papers

(M. Ferroni* retired as Foundation Director in 2017; P. DasGupta** is our Advisor Emeritus, I. Barker, C. Otto & S. Steiner are former employees***. For more information about the Syngenta Foundation authors in bold text, see our Team page). Further publications are available on topic-related pages. 

• Getting down to earth (and business): Focus on African Smallholders' Incentives for Improved Soil Management. D. Klauser, C. Negra, FSUFS, October 2020
• Smallholder mechanization induced by yield-enhancing biological technologies: Evidence from Nepal and Ghana. H.Takeshima, Y. Liu. Agricultural Systems (184), September 2020
• Employee perceptions of organizational growth at a rapidly expanding non-profit, June 2020 summary of an MBA thesis by L. Koever.
• A novel seed treatment-based multiplication approach for cassava planting material, Plos One, March 2020. Authors include Caroline Otto***, A. Balmer, D. Klauser & M. Robinson.
• Soil health constraints contributing to maize yield gap in Upper Tana watershed of Murang’a County, Kenya, paper presented at KALRO soil science meeting, November 2019. Authors include D. Klauser & S. Steiner***.
• Israeli Agricultural Innovation: Assessing the Potential to Assist Smallholders, SFSA Policy Working Paper, A. Tal, Tel Aviv University, 2019
• Enabling smallholders’ descendants to farm with pride: How the Syngenta Foundation defines sustainable agriculture, working paper by S. Winter, Y. Zhou & P. Castle, July 2019
• How can digital solutions help to feed a growing world? An introduction with case studies, Syngenta Foundation & EY, May 2019. Contributors include R. Berlin, M. Pannatier, S. Winter and P. Castle.
• Motivations and Mental Models Associated with Smallholder Farmers’ Adoption of Improved Agricultural Technology: Evidence from Use of Quality Seed Potato in Kenya, J. Okello, Y. Zhou, I. Barker***. E. Schulte-Geldermann, Eur J Dev Res (2019) 31: 271-272.
• Innovations and Revolutions in Indian Agriculture: A Review, Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 8 (2018), A. Gulati and R. Juneja, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). 
• Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Fruit and Vegetable Productivity and Consumption are Needed to Achieve Global Nutrition Security, Position Paper resulting from a workshop organized by the Aspen Global Change Institute, co-authored by C.Otto*** and D.Klauser, November 2018.
• Supporting Indian Farms the Smart Way, Eds. A. Gulati, M. Ferroni*, Y. Zhou (Academic Foundation book, ISBN 13: 978-93-327-0472-5, launched September 2018). Read the summary.
• Implementation of stewardship in African agricultural public research and development institutions, W. Alhassan, V. Anthony, P. Rudelsheim, JABSD, May 2018
• Back to the village? Motivations for leaving and prospects for return. Rural-urban migration in Bangladesh and Senegal, S. Bastawy & P. Castle, SFSA Working Paper, March 2018
• Suitability evaluation system for the production and sourcing of agricultural commodities, I Jausli et al., ScienceDirect online, February 2018. (Paper on the SFSA-supported CONSUS project).
• Reducing transaction costs in contract farming: the case of Farmforce, F. Brugger***, chapter in Digital Technologies for Agricultural and Rural Development in the Global South, 2018 (CABI book)
• The Private Sector and India’s Agricultural Transformation, M. Ferroni and Y. Zhou, Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, February 2018.
• Challenges in monitoring and managing plant diseases in developing countries, D. Klauser, Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, January 2018
• Technology generation to dissemination: lessons learned from the tef improvement project*. Euphytica (2018) 214:31, January 2018. Among the authors are our D. Klauser, V. Johnson-Chadwick, M. Robinson, I. Barker, with further SFSA staff acknowledged. (See also our tef page). 
• For three papers co-authored by Director S. Winter shortly before joining us, see his biography. These are on lessons from multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI) in ag, on MSI & climate change, and on climate risks and Tanzanian maize (corn). 
• Adaptation to climate change: a case study of two agricultural systems from Kenya, J.O. Stefanovic, Y Zhou et al., December 2017)
• The Business of Plant Breeding / Market led approaches to new variety design, G.J. Persley & V. Anthony (Eds.), 2017, ISBN139781786393814 (CABI book)
• Business, philanthropy and business-like philanthropy: Observations from a corporate foundation in agriculture, M. Ferroni & P. Castle, SFSA working paper, November 2017
• "Commercial Agriculture by Indian Smallholders - from farm prospects to firm realities", P. DasGupta**, 2017 (Book). Read a summary and review.  For author info, ISBNs & inquiries, see here.
• Strengthening Regional Agricultural Integration in West Africa: Key Findings & Policy Implications, Ed: J. M. Staatz, B. Diallo, N. M. Me-Nsope. (Individual book sections are available here). 
• Determinants of the Use of Certified Seed Potato by smallholders in Central & Eastern Kenya (authors include SFSA's Y. Zhou and I. Barker), Agriculture 2016, 6, 55
• Crop Yields and Food Security in an Increasingly Affluent World, M. Ferroni and Y. Zhou, in The World in 2050, ed. H. Kohli, Oxford University Press, 2016
• Crop Yields and the Prospect for Food Security, M. Ferroni* and Y. Zhou, Emerging Markets Forum, Tokyo, November 2015 
• Projected Demand and Supply for Various Foods in West Africa: Implications for Investments and Food Policy, Y. Zhou and J. Staatz, Food Policy, 2016.
• "Production de semences de riz" (2015). Manuel pour les agents chargés de former des producteurs. Avec l'Université de Wageningen et IFDC. Parmi les auteurs: C. Renou. 
• Asian rice economy changes and implications for sub-Saharan Africa, R.T Adjao & J.M. Staatz, 2015.
• Knowledge-Driven Development: Private Extension and Global Lessons, Y. Zhou and S.C. Babu, 2015. Academic Press, Elsevier. (Book: see here for a synopsis).
• Agricultural advice via radio in local languages: benefits and gaps: P. Castle, Certificate of Advanced Studies at Basel University, extended essay 2014