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Plant Breeding, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fall armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith) has emerged as a serious pest since 2016 in Africa, affecting the food security and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, especially those growing maize. Native genetic resistance to FAW is essential for reducing yield loss.
Adamu Masari Abubakar +6 more
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Challenges to Modernization of Agricultural Food Production Using Improved Technologies [PDF]
Agribusiness, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
Tho, Kendi Mayenguas
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A livelihoods study of fishers and farmers in Quang Tri Province [PDF]
, 2001 This is the report of a livelihoods study team working together with villagers from two communes in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam: Ta Long Commune in Dakrong District and A Tuc Commune in Huong Hoa District.
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Food Gifting and Household Food Security
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food gifting provides an important means of risk sharing in agrarian economies where farming households have limited access to formal credit and insurance markets. Food gifting is also an important source of food for households that are struggling with food scarcity.
Shaoyan Sun, Henry An, Philippe Marcoul
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Integrative Framework for Understanding (Im)mobility Across Geographical Contexts
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we present an integrative analytical framework for understanding (im)mobility across different geographical and thematic contexts. We contend that previous literature on (im)mobility has underplayed the psychosocial mechanisms underlying perceived capabilities and aspiration formation.
Aneta Stoker +5 more
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Food Agricultural Sciences and Technology (FAST), 2023 The objectives were to study 1) personal and socio-economic factors 2) knowledge of cassava production, 3) acceptance of transferring innovations in the production of quality cassava stalk, and 4) problems and obstacles.
Phakwilai Yodthong +3 more
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Toward crop variety recommender systems
Agricultural &Environmental Letters, Volume 11, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract Choosing an optimal crop variety to plant is one of the most important decisions faced by farmers. Nowadays, recommender systems are almost ubiquitous in several human activities, except in agriculture, and more deeply absent in crop variety decision‐making.
David Brown
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What Do Complex Adaptive Systems Look Like and What Are the Implications for Innovation Policy? [PDF]
This paper explores the use of complex adaptive systems theory in development policy analysis using a case study drawn from recent events in Uganda. It documents the changes that took place in the farming system in Soroti district during an outbreak of ...
Clark, Norman, Hall, Andy
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Farmers’ adoption of NextGen cassava varieties in Imo State, Nigeria
Journal of Agriculture and Food SciencesThe study analyzed farmers’ adoption of NextGen cassava varieties in Imo State. The study specifically ascertained cassava farmers’ awareness of NextGen cassava varieties in Imo State; identified the NextGen cassava varieties available to cassava farmers in the study area; determined the level of adoption of NextGen cassava varieties among cassava ...
Juochi P. Okoroh +3 more
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Ethephon Promotes Sprouting and Increases Vigor in Yam Seed‐Tubers
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, Volume 54, Issue 1, March 2026.The yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is of social and economic relevance for small farmers in Northeast Brazil, but its cultivation is hindered by the low quality of propagative material and a long dormancy period exceeding 90 days. This study evaluated the effect of Ethephon doses and different tuber segments of the São Tomé variety on sprouting and seedling ...
Lucas Kennedy Silva Lima +4 more
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