Eike Luedeling

Eike Luedeling is a Senior Decision Analyst in Land Health Decisions at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Contact: e.luedeling(at)cgiar.org

Content authored by Eike Luedeling

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May 31, 2016
Can we build a better project: assessing complexities in development projects
When development workers congregate to discuss solutions and innovations, there’s often one big elephant in the room: a lot of development projects don’t work. How can we avoid making such mistakes?
- Marianne Gadeberg
- Eike Luedeling
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Blog Post
May 02, 2016
An agroforestry view on crop modelling
Global food and development policies are increasingly being supported by crop models, but current modelling approaches are unfit for this purpose. The models in use, many of which were developed in the 1970s and 1980s for high-input monoculture systems, ignore critically important aspects of sustainable agriculture.
- Eike Luedeling
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April 08, 2016
A holistic approach to improving development decisions
Translating research-derived technologies into impact on the ground can be a challenge. Especially when technologies come from on-station trials or small pilot areas, it is often unclear how they will perform under ‘real-world’ farm conditions.
- Eike Luedeling
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March 02, 2016
Tackling the unknown: Pragmatic ways to evaluate sustainability
As part of WLE's partnership with The Economist Events' Sustainability Summit, scientists from the World Agroforestry Centre explore how sustainability can be evaluated to improve decisions in development and business.
- Eike Luedeling
- Keith Shepherd
The Economist Events' Sustainability Summit 2016
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Blog Post
September 17, 2014
Do you trust your gut instinct?
For big decisions, like buying a car, we may do a bit of research; but most of the time, we simply follow our gut feeling as a guide. But do we want those who make decisions on some of the biggest issues in development to also follow their gut instinct? Decision analysis tools can improve the decision making process.