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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong +2 more
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FARMERS PERCEPTION ON ORGANIC MANURE USAGE AMONG ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN JALINGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TARABA STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]
Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2016 The study analysed the perception of organic manure use among arable crops farmers in Jalingo Local Government Area Taraba State, Nigeria. Structured questionnaires were used to collect primary data from 114 respondents who were proportionately and ...
Ibrahim Shehu USMAN +3 more
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The development of an integrated modelling system to support decisions on organic farms [PDF]
, 2002 This paper was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). An Integrated Decision Support System (IDSS) is developed which synthesises current understanding of organic farming by means of a ...
Julian, C. +3 more
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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
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Learning in context – improved nutrient management in arable cropping systems through participatory research [PDF]
, 2008 Participatory research (PR) provides opportunities to build knowledge relevant to site-specific farms conditions. This study used a PR approach to develop nutrient management strategies in stockless organic farming.
Naetterlund, Henrik, Wivstad, Maria
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Crop Planning using Stochastic Visual Optimization
, 2017 As the world population increases and arable land decreases, it becomes vital to improve the productivity of the agricultural land available. Given the weather and soil properties, farmers need to take critical decisions such as which seed variety to ...
Gupta, Bindu +5 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block +2 more
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF POVERTY AMONG ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN PLATEAU STATE
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2015 MAILUMO S.S., OMOLEHIN R., AJALA M.K.
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Socio-Economic Effects of Pastoralist Activities on Arable Crop Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria
Journal of Biotechnology and Agricultural ResearchThis study assesses the socio-economic effects of pastoralist activities on arable crop farmers in southwest Nigeria. Using a multistage sampling technique, data were collected from 160 crop farmers and 32 pastoralists through a structured and validated interview schedule and analyzed with descriptive statistics.
null Adebiyi Yemisi Blessing +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu +4 more
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