Helena Shilomboleni
Biographic Data
| ID | 668512 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helena Shilomboleni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helena |
| FAMILY NAME | Shilomboleni |
| SIGNATURE | SHILOMBOLENI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9875-6484 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Grant writing training for undergraduate students
Building resilience in Africa’s smallholder farming systems
In this paper we use a scoping review to examine how the concept of resilience is framed and empirically applied with respect to agricultural development interventions in smallholder farming systems in Africa. We reviewed a total of 50 studies and found that most focused on two major strategies for building resilience. The first approach prioritized matching solutions, like Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), to the biophysical attributes of problem…
Scaling climate resilient seed systems through SMEs in Eastern and Southern Africa
This article examines the potential role of agri-business SMEs in scaling climate resilient seed systems through inclusive business models in Eastern and Southern Africa. Over the last decade, donors and policymakers have coalesced behind a private-sector scaling agenda for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in which small-and-medium enterprises, multinational corporations and financial institutions are recognized for their potential to contribute t…
Gene-editing technologies for developing climate resilient rice crops in sub-Saharan Africa
Over the last 2 decades, rice has become one of the most important staple crops for sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates show that average consumption of rice has tripled over the last 3 decades, from 9.2 million metric tons (Mt) in the early 1990s to 31.5 million Mt in 2018, with West and Central Africa accounting for nearly two-thirds of this share. The demand for rice, however, has placed an enormous economic burden on African countries, whereby they…
Africa’s gene revolution
Matthew Schnurr’s latest book, Africa’s Gene Revolution, interrogates the potential of genetically modified (GM) crops to enhance the livelihoods of Africa’s smallholder farmers. The author’s entry
Political economy challenges for climate smart agriculture in Africa
Scaling up research-for-development innovations in food and agricultural systems
The last decade has seen a growing interest in scaling up innovations to realise wider benefits from development investments. While numerous proven technologies, products and models have been successfully piloted, scaling them up through expansion, adoption and replication has proved challenging, particularly in poor regions of the world. The low uptake of innovations is partially attributed to the design of technologies, in a manner that is not …
African Green Revolution, food sovereignty and constrained livelihood choice in Mozambique
This article examines the complicated food security agendas of the African Green Revolution and the food sovereignty models in Mozambique. Drawing on fieldwork conducted by the author in Mozambique in 2014 and 2015, the paper analyses how smallholder farmers engage with these two agrarian models. Whereas the literature frequently presents the African Green Revolution and the food sovereignty in oppositional frames, this paper finds that farmers i…
Growing Out of Poverty
Political economy challenges for climate smart agriculture in Africa
Scaling up research-for-development innovations in food and agricultural systems
The last decade has seen a growing interest in scaling up innovations to realise wider benefits from development investments. While numerous proven technologies, products and models have been successfully piloted, scaling them up through expansion, adoption and replication has proved challenging, particularly in poor regions of the world. The low uptake of innovations is partially attributed to the design of technologies, in a manner that is not …
Growing Out of Poverty
African Green Revolution, food sovereignty and constrained livelihood choice in Mozambique
This article examines the complicated food security agendas of the African Green Revolution and the food sovereignty models in Mozambique. Drawing on fieldwork conducted by the author in Mozambique in 2014 and 2015, the paper analyses how smallholder farmers engage with these two agrarian models. Whereas the literature frequently presents the African Green Revolution and the food sovereignty in oppositional frames, this paper finds that farmers i…
Scaling up research-for-development innovations in food and agricultural systems
The last decade has seen a growing interest in scaling up innovations to realise wider benefits from development investments. While numerous proven technologies, products and models have been successfully piloted, scaling them up through expansion, adoption and replication has proved challenging, particularly in poor regions of the world. The low uptake of innovations is partially attributed to the design of technologies, in a manner that is not …
Political economy challenges for climate smart agriculture in Africa
Africa’s gene revolution
Matthew Schnurr’s latest book, Africa’s Gene Revolution, interrogates the potential of genetically modified (GM) crops to enhance the livelihoods of Africa’s smallholder farmers. The author’s entry
Scaling climate resilient seed systems through SMEs in Eastern and Southern Africa
This article examines the potential role of agri-business SMEs in scaling climate resilient seed systems through inclusive business models in Eastern and Southern Africa. Over the last decade, donors and policymakers have coalesced behind a private-sector scaling agenda for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in which small-and-medium enterprises, multinational corporations and financial institutions are recognized for their potential to contribute t…
Gene-editing technologies for developing climate resilient rice crops in sub-Saharan Africa
Over the last 2 decades, rice has become one of the most important staple crops for sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates show that average consumption of rice has tripled over the last 3 decades, from 9.2 million metric tons (Mt) in the early 1990s to 31.5 million Mt in 2018, with West and Central Africa accounting for nearly two-thirds of this share. The demand for rice, however, has placed an enormous economic burden on African countries, whereby they…
Building resilience in Africa’s smallholder farming systems
In this paper we use a scoping review to examine how the concept of resilience is framed and empirically applied with respect to agricultural development interventions in smallholder farming systems in Africa. We reviewed a total of 50 studies and found that most focused on two major strategies for building resilience. The first approach prioritized matching solutions, like Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), to the biophysical attributes of problem…
Grant writing training for undergraduate students
Agriculture (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Food security (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (4 works) · Agricultural economics (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)