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Impact of agricultural diversity and market accessibility on dietary outcomes for households, women, and children in Bangladesh

International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology
Diversified agricultural production increases household food diversity, especially in developing nations where subsistence farming is prevalent. The goal of this study was to determine the factors associated with farm production, commercialization ...
Musammet Rasheda Begum, Injamamul Hasnine, Klinton Barua, Md. Shafiqul Islam Khan   +3 more
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Demand and Supply of Crop Infraspecific Diversity on Farms: Towards a Policy Framework for On-Farm Conservation [PDF]

Interest is increasing worldwide in on-farm conservation as a component of a strategy to conserve crop genetic resources. On-farm conservation may require outside support to small-scale farmers in areas of crop domestication and diversity.
Bellon, Mauricio R.
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Review: Towards the agroecological management of ruminants, pigs and poultry through the development of sustainable breeding programmes. II. Breeding strategies [PDF]

, 2016
Agroecology uses ecological processes and local resources rather than chemical inputs to develop productive and resilient livestock and crop production systems.
Belloc, Catherine, Bidanel, J., Brochard, M., Delaby, Luc, Dourmad, J. Y., Dumont, B., Ezanno, Pauline, Fortun-Lamothe, L., Foucras, G., Frappat, Brigitte, Gonzalez-Garcia, E., Hazard, D., Larzul, C., Lubac, S., Mignon-Grasteau, S., Moreno, C. R., Phocas, F., Tixier-Boichard, M.   +17 more
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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
wiley   +1 more source

Local and regional food production diversity are positively associated with household dietary diversity in rural Africa

Nature Food
Undernutrition and low dietary quality remain widespread issues in Africa. As most rural households in the region are involved in farming, the diversification of own farm production could improve their access to nutritious foods.
Thanh-Tung Nguyen, Matin Qaim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan

Food Policy, 2019
Increasing on-farm production diversity and improving markets are recognized as ways to improve the dietary diversity of smallholders. Using instrumental variable methods to account for endogeneity, we study the interplay of production diversity, markets
G. Zanello, B. Shankar, N. Poole
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Characteristics of Canada's Diverse Farm Sector [PDF]

Much of the research in the past on farm structure and economic well-being focused almost exclusively on farms based on their size, their contribution to total agricultural production, or national net farm income.
Niekamp, Deborah
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
wiley   +1 more source

Local Seed Markets and the Determinants of Crop Variety Diversity in Marginal Environments: The Case of Millet in Semi-Arid India [PDF]

The purpose of the research paper is to characterize biological diversity related to millets in the semi-arid regions of India at various spatial scales of analysis (e.g., farm household versus community levels) and place that evidence in a broader seed ...
Glewwe, Paul, Nagarajan, Latha, Smale, Melinda   +2 more
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