ABSTRACT
It is on small farms in developing countries that some of the most remarkable progress towards sustainable intensification has been made. Technologies and practices that have been adopted include crop variety improvements (many achieved through participatory breeding), integrated pest management, conservation agriculture, the system of crop intensification, agroforestry, small-scale aquaculture, the use of small patches of land, and integrating plant and animal components. Some cases show promising adoption at scale, where whole landscapes have been redesigned. Others show what is possible when community-scale efforts intersect with helpful policies. Much remains to be done, but the evidence shows that sustainable intensification in the developing world can achieve both higher yields and contribute to meeting a broad array of human development goals.
