Publications
The Banana hill 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.
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.
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.
Nielsen, 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
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.
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.