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Family Strategies and Farming Changes: The Case of Family Farming in the Basque Country [PDF]

, 2017
Productive changes introduced by family dairy farms in the Basque Country seem to depend on a number of conditions, such as the farm's capacity for generating an adequate level of income, the possibility of finding an off-farm job, the family coming together on a common plan or strategy, whether the would-be successor sees the working conditions ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Exploring climate change adaptation practices and household food security in the Middle Eastern context: a case of small family farms in Central Bekaa, Lebanon. [PDF]

Food Secur, 2021
Al Dirani A, Abebe GK, Bahn RA, Martiniello G, Bashour I.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

U.S. Small Farms: Decline and Persistence? [PDF]

We use two comprehensive and representative USDA databases to assess the performance of small farms in the U.S. Farm production is shifting to much larger farms, and the number of small commercial farms is declining. Most large U.S.
MacDonald, James M., Hoppe, Robert A., Korb, Penelope J., O'Donoghue, Erik J.   +3 more
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Frank Hemenway at the Seabrook Farms scale house

, 1950
Frank Hemenway of Seabrook Farms is lounging under an umbrella, waiting to check out trucks to be weighed in at the scale ...

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Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Familly farms, graves, and belonging: migrations and the politics of belonging among Basotho in colonial Zimbabwe

Conserveries Mémorielles, 2013
The article explores the ways in which the Basotho, a late immigrant group into Gutu, have formulated strategies of belonging and anchored themselves among the dominant Karanga populations of south-eastern Zimbabwe.
Joseph Mujere
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Seabrook Farms Girls Basketball Team.

, 1949
The Seabrook Farms Girls Basketball Team practicing free ...

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Video and Text‐Based Supplemental Health Information and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Nutrient‐Enhanced Eggs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor, Michael J. Best, Anita R. Best, Ondulla T. Toomer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forage seeding in rangelands increases production and prevents weed invasion

California Agriculture, 2017
Increasing forage productivity in the Sierra foothill rangelands would help sustain the livestock industry as land availability shrinks and lease rates rise, but hardly any studies have been done on forage selections.
Josh Davy, Katherine Dykier, Tony Turri, Elise Gornish   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source