Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Towards collaborative and integrative research in African environments -- 1.1. African environments in focus -- 1.2. Spiralling (mis)interpretations -- 1.3. Fragmented knowledge -- 1.4. Longitudinal knowledge guidance for researching African environments today -- 1.5. Towards shared research -- 1.6. Overview of contributions -- 1.7. References -- Soil classifications -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.1.1. Ohangwena region and villages -- 2.1.2. Collecting local soil knowledge -- 2.1.3. Scientific soil description -- 2.1.4. The Oshikwanyama soil units -- 2.1.5. Local soil types compared to international classifications -- 2.1.6. Advantages of combining local and scientific knowledges -- 2.2. Issues regarding the participatory approach in natural sciences -- 2.2.1. Translations of the concept of "soil" -- 2.2.2. Intergrades -- 2.2.3. Local experts -- 2.2.4. Accuracy of descriptions -- 2.3. Participatory research in natural sciences: reflections and challenges -- 2.3.1. Expectations and managing data -- 2.3.2. Dealing with complexity -- 2.4. Conclusion and perspectives -- 2.5. References -- Action research and reverse thinking for anti‐desertification methods -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Desertification in the Sahel region -- 3.3. Approach and research area -- 3.4. Agriculture in long‐term dry season and short rainy season -- 3.4.1. Temperature, rainfall and wind -- 3.4.2. Agriculture -- 3.4.3. Soil properties and land degradation -- 3.5. Local countermeasures against land degradation -- 3.5.1. "Waste is manure for our farmland" -- 3.5.2. First trial of urban waste‐induced land restoration -- 3.5.3. Emerging pastureland -- 3.6. Eight effects of urban waste use for land restoration -- 3.6.1. Safety issues with urban waste -- 3.6.2. Collecting waste from the city administration to resolve the financial deficit problem.

3.6.3. Inviting livestock into the fenced pastureland -- 3.7. Conflict prevention and livestock‐induced land restoration -- 3.8. Conclusion: urban waste, new institution and combating desertification -- 3.9. References -- Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1. The evolution of improved cookstove initiatives -- 4.1.2. Recent initiatives promoting clean fuels and cookstoves -- 4.1.3. Neglect of end‐user preferences -- 4.1.4. Limitations of fuel and ICS monitoring -- 4.1.5. Research problem and contribution -- 4.2. Methodological approaches -- 4.2.1. Bake/cook‐off events -- 4.2.2. Field‐based research in Benue State -- 4.2.3. Field‐based methodologies -- 4.3. End‐user priorities for cooking systems: results from the bake/cook‐off events -- 4.4. Community‐level perspectives on cooking systems and fuel choices in Benue -- 4.4.1. Class and gender as influences on ICS and fuel use -- 4.4.2. Access to firewood -- 4.4.3. Smoke‐related concerns versus household budget constraints -- 4.4.4. Socio‐cultural factors influencing stove and fuel stacking -- 4.4.5. User preferences for rapid cooking -- 4.4.6. Seasonal shifts in stove and fuel use -- 4.5. Incorporating end‐user preferences into stove interventions and SDG7 monitoring frameworks -- 4.6. References -- Fishing for food and food for fish -- 5.1 Research context -- 5.1.1. The establishment of a transdisciplinary research project -- 5.1.2. Integrating practices of participatory research -- 5.1.3. Project results -- 5.1.4 Issues with the participatory approach -- 5.1.5. Fieldwork - practice and training -- 5.1.6. Involvement of policy makers - key questions of management -- 5.1.7. Synthesis of research results -- 5.1.8. SUSFISH's participatory approach: lessons learned and problems -- 5.2. Key moments of participatory research.

5.2.1 Scenario development workshops - key to understanding -- 5.2.2. The debate is open: translational practices to negotiate meaning -- 5.2.3. The debate on gender -- 5.3. Conclusion and main learnings -- 5.4. References -- Conclusion -- 6.1. Explorations -- 6.2. Learning as a multidimensional and multilevel process -- 6.3. Dimensions of participatory research -- 6.4. Role of language and translation in interdisciplinary and intercultural research settings -- 6.5. Turning points in collaborative research processes -- 6.6. Towards shared research -- 6.7. References -- Authors.

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