Thierfelder, C.    

Firstname:C. 
Surname:Thierfelder 
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Institute:International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Harare, Zimbabwe 
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Publications as Author



2025

Modelling the climate change adaptation potential of notillage maize systems in southern Africa, Rusinamhodzi, L ., Berre, D., Thierfelder, C., Lopez-Ridaura, S. and Corbeels, M., in: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, volume 30, number -: 36, pages 1-26, ISSN 1381-2386, 2025. [DOI]
 

2024

Understanding adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Southern Africa: insights from household and community surveys and their implication for scaling: a synthesis report..., Chikoye, D., Alene, A., Hirpa Tufa, A., Ngoma, H., Marenya, P. and Thierfelder, C., 2024.
 
Too fast or too slow: the speed and persistence of adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa, Ngoma, H., Marenya, P., Hirpa Tufa, A., Alene, A., Matin, M. A., Thierfelder, C. and Chikoye, D., in: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, volume 208, number -: 123689, pages 1-14, ISSN 0040-1625, 2024. [DOI]
 
Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers: the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa, Thierfelder, C., Mhlanga, B., Ngoma, H., Marenya, P., Matin, M. A., Hirpa Tufa, A., Alene, A. and Chikoye, D., in: Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, volume 39, number -: e7, pages 1-16, ISSN 1742-1705, 2024. [DOI]
 

2023

Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two-wheel tractor-based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe, Ngoma, H., Marenya, P., Hirpa Tufa, A., Alene, A., Chipindu, L., Martin, M. A., Thierfelder, C. and Chikoye, D., in: Journal of International Development, pages 1-22, ISSN 0954-1748, 2023. [DOI]
 
Willingness to pay for agricultural mechanization services by smallholder farmers in Malawi, Hirpa Tufa, A., Alene, A., Ngoma, H., Marenya, P., Manda, J., Matin, M. A., Thierfelder, C. and Chikoye, D., in: Agribusiness, volume 40, number 1, pages 248-276, ISSN 0742-4477, 2023. [DOI]
 
Analysis of adoption of conservation agriculture practices in southern Africa: mixed-methods approach, Hirpa Tufa, A., Kanyamuka, J. S., Alene, A., Ngoma, H., Marenya, P., Thierfelder, C., Banda, H. and Chikoye, D., in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, volume 7, number -: 1151876, pages 1-25, ISSN 2571-581X, 2023. [DOI]
 

2022

Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture, MacLaren, C., Mead, A., van Balen, D., Claessens, L ., Etana, A., de Haan, J., Haagsma, W., Jack, O., Keller, T., Labuschagne, J.*, Myrbeck, A., Necpalova, M., Nziguheba, G., Strauss, J.*, Swanepoel, P. A.*, Thierfelder, C., Topp, C., Tshuma, F.*, Verstegen, H., Walker, R., Watson, C., Wesselink, M. and Storkey, J., in: Nature Sustainability, volume 5, pages 770-779, ISSN 2398-9629, 2022. [DOI]
 
Combining multiple technologies: integrated soil fertility management, Bekunda, M., Chikowo, R.*, Claessens, L ., Hoeschle-Zeledon, I., Kihara, J., Kizito, F., Okori, P., Sognigbé, N. and Thierfelder, C., pages 134-144, chapter 10, CAB International, ISBN 978-1-800-62160-2, 2022. [DOI]
 
Taking technologies to a greater scale, Sseguya, H., Chikowo, R.*, Chimonyo, V ., Chipungu, F., Groot, J. C. J., Muthoni, F. K., Ngulu, F. and Thierfelder, C., pages 145-156, chapter 11, CAB International, ISBN 978-1-800-62160-2, 2022. [DOI]
 

2021

Machine learning model accurately predict maize grain yields in conservation agriculture systems in southern Africa, Muthoni, F. K., Thierfelder, C., Mudereri, B. T., Manda, J., Bekunda, M. and Hoeschle-Zeledon, I., 2021.