xii
Integrating Smallholder Farmers to Commodity Value Chains
in Sub- Saharan Africa: Challenges, Prospects and Policy Issues . . . . . . . . 407
Fredy Timothy Mlyavidoga Kilima and Lusato Revocatus Kurwijila
Economic Rationale of Using African Weaver Ants, Oecophylla longinoda
Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Sustainable Management
of Cashew Pests in Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Gration M. Rwegasira, Maulid M. Mwatawala, Rozalia G. Rwegasira,
Abdullah N. Rashidi, Nene Wilson, and William George
Part VI Upscaling Innovative Technologies on Smallholder Farms
Determinants of ISFM Technology Adoption and Disadoption
Among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Central Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Joseph S. Kanyamuka, Charles B. L. Jumbe, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert,
Abdi- Khalil Edriss, and Wezi G. Mhango
Exploiting Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi- Rhizobia- Legume
Symbiosis to Increase Smallholder Farmers’ Crop Production
and Resilience Under a Changing Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru, Morris Muthini, Mercy Martha Muindi,
Omwoyo Ombori, Shem Bonuke Nchore, Steve Runo,
and John M. Maingi
Availability, Access and Use of Weather and Climate Information
by Smallholder Farmers in the Kilombero River Catchment,
Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
E. P. Ruth, J. J. Kashaigili, and A. E. Majule
Gender Differentiation in the Adoption of Climate Smart
Agriculture Technologies and Level of Adaptive Capacity
to Climate Change in Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Tasokwa Kakota Chibowa, Gry Synnevag, Beston Maonga,
and Michael Mainje
Smallholder Farming in Mara and Iringa Regions, Tanzania:
Current Practices, Constraints and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
J. J. Kashaigili
Impact of Farm Input Subsidies Vis-à-Vis Climate-Smart
Technologies on Maize Productivity: A Tale of Smallholder
Farmers in Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Samson Pilanazo Katengeza
Digital Storytelling as an Agricultural Extension Communication
Tool in Smallholder Farming and Fishing Communities in Malawi . . . . . 569
Neil Gordon Davey and Michael Kirby Moulton
Contents
Integrating Smallholder Farmers to Commodity Value Chains
in Sub- Saharan Africa: Challenges, Prospects and Policy Issues . . . . . . . . 407
Fredy Timothy Mlyavidoga Kilima and Lusato Revocatus Kurwijila
Economic Rationale of Using African Weaver Ants, Oecophylla longinoda
Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Sustainable Management
of Cashew Pests in Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Gration M. Rwegasira, Maulid M. Mwatawala, Rozalia G. Rwegasira,
Abdullah N. Rashidi, Nene Wilson, and William George
Part VI Upscaling Innovative Technologies on Smallholder Farms
Determinants of ISFM Technology Adoption and Disadoption
Among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Central Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Joseph S. Kanyamuka, Charles B. L. Jumbe, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert,
Abdi- Khalil Edriss, and Wezi G. Mhango
Exploiting Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi- Rhizobia- Legume
Symbiosis to Increase Smallholder Farmers’ Crop Production
and Resilience Under a Changing Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru, Morris Muthini, Mercy Martha Muindi,
Omwoyo Ombori, Shem Bonuke Nchore, Steve Runo,
and John M. Maingi
Availability, Access and Use of Weather and Climate Information
by Smallholder Farmers in the Kilombero River Catchment,
Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
E. P. Ruth, J. J. Kashaigili, and A. E. Majule
Gender Differentiation in the Adoption of Climate Smart
Agriculture Technologies and Level of Adaptive Capacity
to Climate Change in Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Tasokwa Kakota Chibowa, Gry Synnevag, Beston Maonga,
and Michael Mainje
Smallholder Farming in Mara and Iringa Regions, Tanzania:
Current Practices, Constraints and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
J. J. Kashaigili
Impact of Farm Input Subsidies Vis-à-Vis Climate-Smart
Technologies on Maize Productivity: A Tale of Smallholder
Farmers in Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Samson Pilanazo Katengeza
Digital Storytelling as an Agricultural Extension Communication
Tool in Smallholder Farming and Fishing Communities in Malawi . . . . . 569
Neil Gordon Davey and Michael Kirby Moulton
Contents