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Phiri, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2024) Malawi farming experiment shows how simple changes can boost maize yields and improve soil. The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639

Phiri, A., Njira, K. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2024) Comparative effects of legume-based intercropping systems involving pigeon pea and cowpea under deep-bed and conventional tillage systems in Malawi. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 7 (20503). pp. 1-14. ISSN Online ISSN:2639-6696; Print ISSN:2639-6696

Binns, T., Nel, E., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Lynch, K. (2023) Africa: Diversity and Development 2nd edition. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9780367137410: 9780367137397

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2022) Conservation agriculture: To till or not to till? Academic Blog.

Mbewe, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2022) Local institutions and the Functional Landscape Approach in the Kafue flats: Summary of key findings. Project Report. University of Worcester.

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Wood, A. and Hailu, A. (2021) Wetlands in Ethiopia: lessons from 20 years of research, policy and practice. Wetlands, 41 (20). ISSN 1943-6246

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2021) What have wetlands ever done for us? Academic blog.

Mvula, Albert and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2021) Farmer experiences of Tiyeni’s ‘deep-bed farming’ conservation agriculture system in Malawi. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 45 (2). pp. 175-196. ISSN 2168-3573

Mvula, Albert and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2020) Farmer experiences of Tiyeni's 'deep-bed farming' system in Malawi. Working Paper. University of Worcester. (Unpublished)

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2020) Functional Landscape Approach. Technical Report. Self Help Africa.

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Mvula, Albert and Carrie, R. (2020) A Functional Landscape Approach to managing wetland social-ecological systems: Experiences from the Kankhulukulu project in Malawi. Working Paper. Wetland Action and The University of Worcester. (Unpublished)

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2019) The ‘Tiyeni’ deep-bed farming conservation agriculture system: a climate-resilient food system for Malawi? susthingsout.com.

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2018) Wetlands. In: The Routledge Handbook of African Development. Routledge African Handbooks . Routledge, London, pp. 232-247. ISBN 9781138890299

Wood, A., Sutcliffe, J.P. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2017) Baro-Akobo River Basin Wetlands: Livelihoods and Sustainable Regional Land Management (Ethiopia). In: The Wetland Book. Springer Netherlands, Van Godewijckstraat, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 1-8. ISBN 978-94-007-6173-5

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Mukumbwa, E., Kumwenda, G. and Chavula, I. (2017) The Tiyeni Deep-Bed Farming System: a Field Manual. Manual. Tiyeni. (Unpublished)

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Wooten, Tom (2016) “The Bugs Were a Bit Rubbish” Critical Reflections on the Malawi 2016 Student Fieldcourse. Project Report. University of Worcester. (Unpublished)

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Carrie, Rachael (2015) Creating Local Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Wetland Socio-ecological Systems: Lessons from the ‘Striking a Balance’ Project in Malawi. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 23 (1). pp. 40-52. ISSN Print: 1350-4509 Online: 1745-2627

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2014) Wetlands and Agriculture in Africa: Sustainable Development? susthingsout.com.

McCartney, Matthew, Wood, Adrian and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2014) Addressing the wetland and agriculture conundrum. CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).

Wood, A., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and McCartney, M. (2013) Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa. Earthscan, Abingdon. ISBN 978-1849714129

Wood, A., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and McCartney, M. (2013) Conclusions: Transforming Wetland Livelihoods. In: Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa. Earthscan, pp. 258-270. ISBN 978-1-84971-412-9

Wood, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2013) Functional Landscape Approach: Report of a Training Workshop held in Kasungu from 4th to 6th December 2012. Technical Report. Wetland Action.

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2013) Introducing Students to the Real World of International Development. In: Public engagement in the GEES disciplines: A good practice guide. The Higher Education Academy, pp. 15-16. ISBN 978-1-907207-92-1

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Hailu, A. and Semu, T. (2013) Local Institutions, Social Capital and Sustainable Wetland Management: Experiences from Western Ethiopia. In: Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa. Earthscan, pp. 85-111. ISBN 978-1-84971-412-9

Wood, A., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and McCartney, M. (2013) People-centred Wetland Management. In: Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa. Earthscan, Abingdon, pp. 1-42. ISBN 978-1-84971-412-9

Quirin, C. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2012) Food Security, Politics and Perceptions of Wildlife Damage in Western Ethiopia. International Journal of Pest Management, 58 (2). pp. 101-114. ISSN 0967-0874

Tromp, M., Remko, T., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Wood, A. (2011) Striking a Balance - Dambo Management and Poverty Reduction in Zambia & Malawi. [Video]

Binns, T., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Nel, E. (2011) Africa: Diversity and Development. Routledge, London. ISBN 978-0415413688

Lee, B., Binns, T. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2010) The Dynamics of Urban Agriculture in Hanoi, Vietnam. Field Actions Science Reports, Specia. ISSN 1867-8521

Wood, A., Hailu, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2010) The Nile Headwaters: Wetlands and Catchments in Highland Ethiopia. In: Integrated Watershed Management. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 89-98. ISBN Print ISBN 978-90-481-3768-8: Online ISBN 978-90-481-3769-5

Buch, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2009) South Africa's Working for Water Programme: Searching for Win-Win Outcomes for People and the Environment. Sustainable Development, 17 (5). pp. 129-141. ISSN 0968-0802

Maconachie, R., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Wood, A. (2009) Decentralization and Local Institutional Arrangements for Wetland Management in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. Applied Geography, 29 (2). pp. 269-279. ISSN 0143-6228

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Hailu, A., Semu, T. and Taffa, L. (2009) Local Responses to Marginalisation: Human-Wildlife Conflict in Ethiopia’s Wetlands. Geography, 94 (1). pp. 38-47. ISSN 0016-7487

Wood, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2009) Striking a Balance Policy Briefing Notes: 1. Valuing Wetlands for Livelihoods as the basis for Sustainable Management: The SAB Approach. Project Report. Wetland Action.

Wood, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2009) Striking a Balance Policy Briefing Notes: 2. Local Institutions and Wetland Management. Documentation. Wetland Action.

Wood, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2009) Striking a Balance Policy Briefing Notes: 4. Wetland Policies and Policies for Wetlands. Documentation. Wetland Action.

Wood, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2009) Striking a Balance Policy Briefing Papers: 5. Wetland Use as an Adaptive Response to Climate Change in E & S Africa: Sustainable Wetland Management & the Functional Landscape Approach. Documentation. Wetland Action.

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2008) The Resilience and Sustainability of Local Wetland Management Institutions in Illubabor and Western Wellega, Ethiopia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 29 (3). pp. 341-356. ISSN 0129-7619

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Wood, A., Finlayson, M. and van Halsema, G. (2008) Exploring Agriculture-Wetland Interactions: a Framework For Analysis. In: Scoping agriculture-wetland interactions: towards a sustainable multiple response strategy. FAO Water Reports (33). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, pp. 5-27. ISBN 9789251060599

Wood, A., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Maconachie, R. (2008) Small Swamp Wetlands in Southwest Ethiopia. In: Scoping agriculture-wetland interactions: Towards a sustainable multiple-response strategy. FAO Water Reports (33). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, pp. 65-72. ISBN 9789251060599

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Thawe, P. and Sampa, J. (2008) Striking a Balance (SAB): Maintaining Seasonal Wetlands & Their Livelihood Contributions in Central Southern Africa. Project Report. Wetland Action. (Unpublished)

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2008) Wetlands and Indigenous Knowledge in the Highlands of Western Ethiopia. In: Mountains: Sources of Water, Sources of Knowledge. Advances in Global Change Research (31). Springer, Netherlands, pp. 197-210. ISBN 978-1-4020-6747-1

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Wood, A. (2007) Local Institutions for Wetland Management in Ethiopia: Sustainability and State Intervention. In: Community-based water law and water resources management reform in developing countries. Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture . CABI International, Wallingford, pp. 130-145. ISBN 9781845933265

Binns, T., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Spellman, G. (2007) Sustainable Development (AS / A-Level Teacher Resource Pack). Philip Allan Updates. ISBN 1844893014

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2007) Taking Undergraduate Students from New Zealand to Africa - Virtually. University of Gloucestershire, Centre for Active Learning, University of Gloucestershire.

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2005) Wetland Sustainability and the Evolution of Indigenous Knowledge in Ethiopia. The Geographical Journal, 171 (4). pp. 306-323. ISSN Print ISSN: 0016-7398 Online ISSN: 1475-4959

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2005) Sustainable Management of Headwater Wetlands: the Role of Indigenous Knowledge in South-west Ethiopia. In: Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources: Research from Africa and India. United Nations University Press, Tokyo, pp. 60-86. ISBN Paperback: 92-808-1108-8

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2003) The Indigenous Evaluation of Wetlands Research in Ethiopia. Development in Practice, 13 (4). pp. 394-398. ISSN 0961-4524

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Wood, A. (2003) Wetland Cultivation and Hydrological Management in Eastern Africa: Matching Community and Hydrological Needs Through Sustainable Wetland Use. Natural Resources Forum, 27 (2). pp. 117-129. ISSN 14778947

Hailu, A., Wood, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2003) Interest Groups, Local Knowledge and Community Management of Wetland Agriculture in South-west Ethiopia. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 29 (1). pp. 55-63. ISSN Print: 0377-015X Online: 2320-5199

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2003) Indigenous Management of Wetlands: Experiences in Ethiopia. Kings SOAS Studies in Development Geography . Ashgate, Aldershot. ISBN 0754630447

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2002) The Hydrological Impacts and Sustainability of Wetland Drainage Cultivation in Illubabor, Ethiopia. Land Degradation and Development, 13 (1). pp. 17-31. ISSN 1085-3278

Wood, A., Hailu, A., Abbot, P. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2002) Sustainable Management of Wetlands in Ethiopia: Local Knowledge Versus Government Policy. In: Strategies for wise use of Wetlands: Best Practices in Participatory Management. Proceedings of a Workshop held at the 2nd International Conference on Wetlands and Development (November 1998, Dakar, Senegal). Wetlands International Global Series (8). Wetlands International IUCN, Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 81-88. ISBN 90-1882-0084

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2001) Indigenous Knowledge: Its Significance for Wetland Management in Illubabor Zone. In: Proceedings of the Wetland Awareness Creation and Activity Identification Workshop in Amhara National Regional State. Wetland Action, University of Huddersfield, pp. 52-59. ISBN 1862180342

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806, Hailu, A. and Wood, A. (2001) Proceedings of the Wetland Awareness Creation and Activity Identification Workshop in Amhara National Regional State. Wetland Action, University of Huddersfield. ISBN 1862180342

Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2001) Indigenous Hydrological Knowledge in Southwest Ethiopia. Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor, 9 (3). pp. 3-5. ISSN 0928-1460

Hailu, A., Abbot, P., Wood, A. and Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 (2000) Understanding Wetlands and their Management: a Guide for Extension. Technical Report. Ethiopian Wetlands Research Programme. (Unpublished)