Publications

The team members have produced, co-produced, edited and contributed to a wide range of published books, papers, project reports and magazines ranging from scientific writings, manuals, websites, editorials, opinion pieces and newspaper and other articles. Examples can be found on this page. Where the documents are available or can be ordered online links are provided.

At we apply a liberal copyleft policy to our material as we want to share it widely. However, the use of some of the material on this page is restricted by the copyright policy of the publications for which it has been produced. It is your responsibility to ensure that you follow the copyright rules.

Manuals and Guides

Mundie Salm (2007)
Facilitators' Manual for the Junior Farmer Field and Life school Programme in Mozambique. (in Portuguese: 8-module course plus Facilitators' Guide and Cultural Activities Guide). Maputo: FAO. 350 pp - pending.

Lengkeek Ard, Marian Koster & Mundie Salm (2007)
Mitigating effects of HIV/AIDS in small-scale farming. Agrodok series. 100 pp - pending.

Cover photo of Managing for Impact in Rural Development. A Guide for Project Monitoring & Evaluation.IFAD (2002)
Guijt I & Woodhill J, with J Wright and M Salm.
Managing for Impact in Rural Development. A Guide for Monitoring & Evaluation. Rome: IFAD.
(HTML version), (Zipped PDF version 3130 KB)

Information sharing between practitioners

Thanthriarachchi A, S Green & J Wright (2007)
A successful model for increasing the availability of quality seed in Sri Lanka. LEISA Magazine on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture, Summer, pending.

Wright J (2006)
Cuba's enforced ecological learning experience. LEISA Magazine on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture, June 2006 Vol 22 no.2. p. 6-9.

Wright J & Harvey M (2005)
Local organic agriculture and resilience to disasters: a major focus of HDRA's International Development Programme. Tropical Agriculture Association Newsletter, 25(2), July 2005, p. 3-7.

Wright J & Harvey M (2005)
Organic agriculture brings resilience to disasters. The Organic Way, Issue 179, Spring: 22-23.

Cover of LEISA Magazine 17(4) 2001Nielsen, F (2001)
The Push-Pull system: a viable alternative to Bt maize.
LEISA Magazine 17(4): 17-18.
ILEIA, Leusden, The Netherlands. (PDF 230 KB)

Salm A (1997)
Eight Tips from the Experts to Make Your CSA Project a Success. COGNITION: The Voice of Canadian Organic Growers. Summer: 23-24. COG, Ottawa, Canada.

Rios Labrada H and Wright J (1999)
Early attempts at stimulating seed flows in Cuba.
LEISA Newsletter 15(3/4): 38-39.
ILEIA, Leusden, The Netherlands. (PDF 273KB)

Opinion pieces

Cover photo

Nielsen F (2002)
Changing information flows in agriculture.
Editorial.
LEISA Magazine 18(2): 4-5.
ILEIA, Leusden, The Netherlands. (PDF 169KB)

Nielsen F (2001)
Genetic engineering: not the only option.
Editorial. LEISA Magazine 17(4): 4-5.
ILEIA, Leusden, The Netherlands. (PDF 150KB)

Scientific papers, books and book chapters

Wright J (2005)
Falta Petroleo! Perspectives on the emergence of a more ecological farming and food system in post-crisis Cuba. PhD Thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen. 351 pp.

Harris P, A Browne, H Barrett, F Gandiya & J Wright (2003)
Opportunities for export of organic livestock products from lower to higher income countries. Ecology and Farming (Sept.-Dec. 2003): 16-17.

Cover of 'Farmer Innovation in Africa '

Nielsen F (2001)
Why do farmers innovate and why don't they innovate more?
In: Waters-Bayer, Ann and Reij, Chris (eds), Farmer Innovation in Africa. Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, UK (pp 92-103).

Nielsen F (1998)
Issues in the Utilisation of Indigenous Knowledge in Agroforestry Research.
Ph.D. thesis. Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Maldonaldo LA, J Wright and GJ Scott (1997)
Constraints to the Production and Use of Potato: Results of an Investigation of National Programs in Asia. Asian Potato Journal.

Scott G, R Basay and J Wright (1996)
Potatoes: Thought for Food. Potato Business World, USA. 4(July): 8-12.

Nielsen F (1994)
Indigenous Agroforestry Systems in Southern Luwero District, Uganda. Working paper no. 94.16. Center for Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark (104 pp).

Coe R and Nielsen F (2000)
Scientific Fraud and ICRAF: A discussion paper. ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya.

Fernandes L, J Mejia del Cid, M Nishat, J Wright and J Zabaleta (1997)
Building a Bridge to Sao Jose do Norte: Diagnosis for Research Needs of Family Farms in Brazil. International Centre for development-oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA), Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Nielsen F (1996)
Methods for integrating indigenous knowledge and formal research in agroforestry. In: Proceedings from the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements' (IFOAM) 11th Scientific Conference, Copenhagen, August 11-15 1996. IFOAM, Tholey-Theley, Germany.

Zhang D, L Diaz and J Wright (1996)
Rapid Identification of Sweetpotato Cultivars Suitable for Non Traditional Use in Peru. Sub-project Annual Progress Report, IPC International Potato Centre, Lima, Peru.

Wright JE (1994)
Hemp as an Organic Rotation Crop. Research paper. Bioregional Development Group, Sutton, Surrey, UK.

Wright JE (1993)
Potential for Integrated Aquaculture in S.E. England. In: Desai P. (ed.), Bioregional Surrey. Bioregional Development Group, Sutton, Surrey, UK.

Conference presentation papers

Wright J (2007)
Relocalising food systems for food security: successes and challenges in Cuba. International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, 3-5 May 2007, Rome. FAO/IFOAM: 32-34.

Parrott N & Wright J (2007)
Influencing attitudes of public institutions towards organic agriculture as a means of promoting food security. International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, 3-5 May 2007, Rome. FAO/IFOAM: 7-9.

Choge SK, NM Pasiecznik, M Harvey, J Wright SZ Awan & PJC Harris (2006)
Prosopis pods as a human food in Kenya. Proceedings of International Symposium on the Nutritional Value and Water Use of Indigenous Crops for Improved Livelihoods, 19-20 Sept. 2006, University of Pretoria, South Africa: 114-118.

Wright J (2005)
The nationwide transformation to a more ecological agriculture for food security in Cuba. Congress Handbook, Shaping Sustainable Systems. 15th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Adelaide, South Australia: 182.

Wright J (2005)
Feeding the World with Ecological Agriculture: So What's Stopping Us? Proceedings, Sustainable World Conference, 14-15 July 2005, Portcullis House, House of Commons, London. Institute for Science in Society.

Harvey M & Wright J (2004)
Improving the agricultural component of disaster mitigation strategies for long term resilience. Presented at Second International Conference on Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Planning for Reconstruction, 22-23 April 2004, Coventry University, UK.

Wright J (2002)
Where There's a Will. Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Cuba. Presented at: Cultivating Communities, 14th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Victoria, Canada, 21-24 August, 2002.

Nielsen F, CS Farley and CS Wortmann (1997)
Opportunities and constraints for farmer participatory research for technology development and diffusion. Keynote address. In: Conference on participatory dryland agricultural research east of Mount Kenya - Programme, 21-24 January 1997, Embu, Kenya. ODA, Nairobi, Kenya.

Nielsen F (1997)
Why do farmers experiment with slow growing trees when they don't gain from it? A study from Central Uganda. In: Proceedings from ICCIG 1997, 11-14 January 1997, Ahmedabad, India.

Espinola N, J Wright, L Diaz and M van Hal (1996)
Productos Procesados de Camote. I Latin American Congress on Tropical Roots, 7-11 October 1996. Centro de Raizes Tropicais, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Appraisals, assessments and evaluations

Ingevall A, GM Yohannes, and F Nielsen (2001)
Who needs information? A study on the use and impact of the LEISA Magazine in Ethiopia. ILEIA, Leusden, The Netherlands.

Nielsen F, Y Guinand and J Okorio (1995)
Farmer participatory diagnostic research: Lakeshore banana-coffee land-use system of Uganda. ICRAF, Kampala, Uganda (105 pp).

Selected Journalistic Articles

Salm A (11 November 2002)
Dutch Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet: innocent fun or a racist tradition? Weekblad voor Wageningen UR. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Salm A (4 March 1999)
The challenge of team-building: 'Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing'. Weekblad voor Wageningen UR. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Salm A (25 February 1999)
Dutch PhD Defence a public event. Weekblad voor Wageningen UR. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Salm A (11 February 1999)
War in Sierra Leone affects agro-biodiversity: "Even the rebels need to grow food". Weekblad voor Wageningen UR. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Salm A (21 January 1999)
Miombo agroforestry economically and ecologically viable. Weekblad voor Wageningen UR. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Salm A (29 October 1998)
Dunglish: a persistent virus common to "Wageningers". Wageningen Universiteitsblad. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Salm A (1 October 1998)
Health promotion should build on how people think. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Salm A (17 September 1998)
Rebuilding Livestock Health Data in Somalia. Wageningen Universiteitsblad. Cereales, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Annual Report

Salm M, M Korteweg and M Glöge (1999)
NEWS! Yearbook 1997-98: "Made in Dignity". Network of European World Shops. Utrecht, The Netherlands. 26 pp.