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Productivity analysis of wheat (Triticum aestivium) in irrigated sub-tropics of Jammu

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022
Present study was carried out in Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir with 180 randomly selected wheat growers from three different blocks (R.S. Pura, Suchetgarh and Bishnah) with the objective to analyze the productivity status of wheat (Triticum ...
RAKESH KUMAR, P S SLATHIA, M S NAIN, B C SHARMA, S K GUPTA, NARINDER PANOTRA   +5 more
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Drivers of Crop Diversification: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Delta State Nigeria

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2021
Smallholder farmers in southern Nigeria have relied on the cultivation of cassava, yam, maize and plantain for their livelihood for generations. However, with rising climate variability and soil degradation, many farmers are adopting crop diversification
Odjuvwuederhie Emmanuel Inoni, Bayero Sule Gani, Elizabeth Sabo   +2 more
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Understanding farmers' cropping decisions and implications for crop diversity conservation: Insights from Central India

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 2021
Conserving crop diversity is promoted for global food system stability and creating local benefits like improved farmer nutrition, incomes and adaptive capacities.
Tanvi Agrawal, Mark Hirons, Alfred Gathorne-Hardy   +2 more
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Assessing rural farmers’ willingness to pay for crop insurance scheme: Evidence from Rwanda

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022
Agriculture plays a significant role in Rwanda’s economic growth but is still highly rain-fed with risks and losses caused by adverse natural and climate shocks. Agricultural insurance schemes are widely recognized as potential risk management strategies.
Jules Ngango, Fabrice Nkurunziza, Joseph Ndagijimana   +2 more
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Cropping Choices and Farmers’ Options [PDF]

, 2021
AbstractIrrigation being the main cause of aquifer depletion, agriculture is the first candidate to contribute to its solution. Options of agricultural planting structure in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are analyzed using various planting scenarios.
Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Haijing Wang, Yu Li, Lu Wang, Ning Li   +4 more
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The determinants of crop productivity and its effect on food and nutrition security in rural communities of South Africa

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionHigh crop productivity has the potential to improve the food and nutrition security status of not only smallholder farmers but also households in general.
Simphiwe Innocentia Hlatshwayo, Simphiwe Innocentia Hlatshwayo, Mjabuliseni Simon Cloapas Ngidi, Mjabuliseni Simon Cloapas Ngidi, Mjabuliseni Simon Cloapas Ngidi, Temitope Oluwaseun Ojo, Temitope Oluwaseun Ojo, Albert Thembinkosi Modi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Rob Slotow   +9 more
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Climate-induced conflicts and livelihoods of farming households in Nigeria: lessons from farmers-herdsmen conflict-ridden communities in Benue State

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2020
Helping conflict-affected persons requires an understanding of conflict impacts on their livelihoods. Hence, effects of farmers-herdsmen land-use conflict on livelihoods of farming households in Benue State were investigated. Data were collected from 110
Soomiyol Mnguashima Valentina, Fadairo Olushola   +1 more
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Factors influencing access to agro-processing training for small-scale crop farmers in Gauteng province of South Africa

Agriculture & Food Security, 2022
Background The agricultural economy has little room for emerging farmers and there is no strong support system available for the small-scale farmers venturing in agro-processing.
Danisile Leonah Mthombeni, Michael Akwasi Antwi, Oluwaseun Samuel Oduniyi   +2 more
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DETERMINANTS OF INFORMAL CREDIT DELINQUENCY AMONG FOOD CROP FARMERS IN RURAL NIGER DELTA OF NIGERIA [PDF]

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2016
The study examined the determinants of informal credit delinquencies among food crop farmers in rural Niger Delta of Nigeria using Akwa Ibom State as a case study.
Ubon A. ESSIEN, U. C. IBEKWE, S. B. AKPAN, N. G. BEN-CHENDO   +3 more
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Determinan Kesejahteraan Petani Tanaman Pangan di Provinsi Jawa Barat

Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian Indonesia, 2023
Every year, West Java Province becomes the third largest rice-producing province in Indonesia, with a production of 9.43 million tons in 2022. However, this condition is inversely proportional to the welfare of food crop farmers when viewed from the ...
Samuel Fery Purba, Astrina Yulianti, Yudha Raphael, Husnul Khotimah   +3 more
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