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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

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

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

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 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).

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

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

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

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 (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 (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 (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

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

Book Section

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

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

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

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

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 (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

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

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

Report

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.

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, 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)

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.

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, 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)

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)

Book

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

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

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

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 (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, 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

Video

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]

Other

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.