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Environmental Sustainability of Soybean Production in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Cases of Production Systems in the South‐Kivu and Kasaï‐Lomami Provinces

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2026.
Small versus large scale soybean production systems' footprints. ABSTRACT Soybean is increasingly grown in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), produced mainly in small‐scale systems and supplied locally for human consumption. Prospects of large‐scale expansion and intensification, with potential environmental drawbacks, loom and call for a ...
Réussite Bugale Malembaka, Stephan Pfister, Braida Thom, Kokou Kintche, Johanna Jacobi   +4 more
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Does the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties Boost Productivity in Ghana? The Role of Technology, Management, and Structural Gaps

World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Agricultural development initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa have emphasized improved crop varieties as a pathway to food security, resilience, and rural poverty reduction. However, empirical evidence often focuses narrowly on plot‐level outcomes and overlooks whole‐farm effects and the substantial heterogeneity in farmers' management practices,
Kodjo Kondo, Renato A. Villano, Oscar Cacho, Omphile Temoso, Stephen Prah   +4 more
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How Institutions Shape the Effects of Agricultural Cooperatives on Their Members

Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 1078-1113, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Agricultural cooperatives represent a promising way of improving the quality of life of half a billion smallholders, who account for the vast majority of the world's food production. Yet, little is known about the institutional factors that explain the potential benefits of being a member of a cooperative.
Simon Cornée, Madeg Le Guernic, Damien Rousselière   +2 more
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Small is Beautiful: Empirical Evidence of an Inverse Relationship between Farm Size and Productive Efficiency in Small-Holder Cassava Production in Ideato North LGA of Imo State [PDF]

This study examined the relationship between farm size and technical efficiency in small holder cassava production in Ideato LGA of Imo state using data from a 2008 farm-level survey of 90 rural households.
Agbaeze, C.C, Asumugha, G.N, Okoye, B.C, Aniedu, O.C, Mbanaso, E.N.A   +4 more
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Ka'aguy Mba'apo: Indigenous Illicit Work and Strategic Opacity in the Interstices of the Paraguay–Brazil Border

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Indigenous Paĩ Tavyterã/Kaiowa communities along the Paraguay–Brazil border navigate illicit economies that have proliferated amid the expansion of soybean agribusiness and the withdrawal of the state. Drawing on long‐term ethnographic fieldwork in several communities on both sides of the border, it explores how ...
Paul Fabié
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Farmers Union All-State Camp

Teens at the Farmers Union All-State Camp at Camp Judson in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Highlights include the Badlands, flag raising, Badger Clark visit, national board members visit, and a puppet theater.
Farmers Union Education Service
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Sensitivity of welfare effects estimated by equilibrium displacement model: a biological productivity growth for semi-subsistence crop in Sub-Sahara African market with high transactions costs [PDF]

This paper discusses the application of the equilibrium displacement model (EDM) to estimate ex-ante the welfare effects of biological productivity growth for semi-subsistence crop and its impact on poverty reduction.
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
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Cassava farmers' insights and seed dealers enterprises in Nigeria

, 2022
Seed enterprise is an initiative and risk set up in the production of cassava stems from existing local seed varieties or improved seed varieties for economically sustainable profit.
Balogun, D.O.
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Market Systems Integration in Zambia's Aquaculture Sector: A Scoping Review of Value Chains, Supply Chains and Sustainability Challenges

Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Aquaculture is increasingly important to food security, nutrition, livelihoods and economic development in Zambia, yet sectoral growth depends on more than production capacity. This scoping review synthesised evidence on Zambia's aquaculture market systems, focusing on value chains, supply chains and persistent evidence gaps.
Enock Siankwilimba, Sahya Maulu, Joseph Mphande, Msumenji Phiri, Elvas G. Shaba, Ipaalo Ndhlovu, Sillah Siavwapa, Henry Bwalya, Given Mbewe, Mweemba Shimbetu, Kingdom Simfukwe, Oliver J. Hasimuna   +11 more
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Constitution of the Farmers' Alliance.

, 1885
Publication of the constitution of the Farmers' Alliance. Farmers' Alliance, known as Southern Farmers' Alliance, was formed in 1877 by Southern Farmers to address thier economic problems after the Civil War.Descriptive information derived from Texas ...
Grand State Farmers' Alliance of Texas
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