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Ecology and Society, 2018 Despite extensive research focused on increasing the sustainability and productivity of agricultural systems in the tropics, adoption rates of improved management solutions often remain low among smallholder farmers.
Ariani C. Wartenberg +5 more
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The role of community‐level institutions in smallholder land restoration
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract This review focuses on the role of community‐level institutions in the adoption of land restoration practices by smallholder farmers. Based on a systematic review of 72 peer‐reviewed articles from 33 low‐ and middle‐income countries, the review synthesizes recent empirical evidence on the various roles these institutions play in supporting ...
Daniel Wiegant, Soumya Balasubramanya
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TOWARDS MORE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COCOA TRADE [PDF]
Cocoa is a classic Third World cash crop. It is produced mostly by small, poor farmers in Africa, while its products - chocolate and sun tan oil - are consumed by rich consumers in North America and Europe.
Abbott, Philip C.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann +4 more
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Increased Cocoa Bean Exports under Trade Liberalization: A Gravity Model Approach [PDF]
Gravity models were developed to estimate the potential bilateral exports of cocoa under trade liberalization by the sixteen major cocoa producing countries to the US using panel data from 1989 to 2003.
Allen, Albert J. +3 more
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Modelling Farmers Investment in Agrochemicals: The Experience of Smallholder Cocoa Farmers in Ghana
Research in Applied Economics, 2014 تحلل الدراسة آثار محددات تبني المزارعين للكيماويات الزراعية واستثمارهم فيها من خلال جمع البيانات الأولية من 156 من مزارعي الكاكاو الذين تم أخذ عينات منهم في بلدية سيفوي وياوسو في غانا. تم استخدام تقنية إحصائية وصفية لتحليل الخصائص الديموغرافية والخصائص الخاصة بالمزرعة بالإضافة إلى معدل التبني والإنفاق على الكيماويات الزراعية.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.DNA fingerprinting is becoming the standard measurement procedure in crop adoption studies in the Global South, yet the lack of systematic and intentional sampling regarding which farmer to go to the plot with may bias results from these methods. We introduce a methodological innovation, Sampling for Socially Inclusive Adoption Studies (SSAS), to offer
Yoselyn Hernandez Chaves +12 more
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Poverty Situation of Cocoa Smallholders and Its Determinant in West Sulawesi, Indonesia
International Journal of Agriculture System, 2017 Poverty of cocoa smallhoders is still identifed as a serious issue in Indonesia. The general specific objectives of the research is to calculate the percentage of cocoa smallholders are living below the Provincial Poverty Line and identifying determinant
Nurlaela Nurlaela +1 more
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Machine Learning as a Strategic Tool for Helping Cocoa Farmers in Côte D'Ivoire. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2023 Ferraris S +4 more
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The functional role of ants in no‐till cropping systems
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Ants provide valuable ecosystem services in tropical agriculture, but their roles in temperate row crops remain poorly understood. Conservation practices such as no‐till farming and cover cropping support ant communities that contribute to pest suppression, weed seed removal, and soil quality, which can increase crop productivity.
Adegboyega O. Fajemisin +2 more
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