Crop diversification impact pathways: lessons from practice to improve theory

Recent literature is reviewed to assess if and how crop diversification −one of the strategies to put agrobiodiversity to good use− contributes to stronger adaptive capacity and increased resilience. The aim is to generate new insights that could make the use of crop diversification more robust in theory and practice through improved design, implementation and evaluation strategies. In other words, to realize the full potential of crop diversification (Njeru, 2013).