Poor people and poor fields? : integrating legumes for smallholder soil fertility management in Chisepo, central Malawi.

This doctoral dissertation has been a journey of many steps, sometimes in rough terrain, sometimes with smooth horizons, but finally travelled through. During this journey, I interacted with countless friends who helped in one way or the other. It is impossible that I can mention all of them here, but many thanks to you all.

This study was one of the projects under the Participatory Approaches and Up-scaling (PAU) programme at Wageningen University coordinated by the Technology and Agrarian Development (TAD) Chairgroup. Financial support came from the Rockefeller Foundation (for my stay at Wageningen and field work), and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) through the CIMMYT Risk Management Project (RMP) for much of my field data collection. I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of them...