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Farm Production Diversity in Aquaculture Has Been Overlooked as a Contributor to Sustainability

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Like many sectors, the expansion of aquaculture has issues related to sustainable resource use and environmental change. These challenges are widely recognised and are addressed with sectoral strategies.
Mark P. Johnson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Socioeconomic determinants of crop diversity in Bule Hora Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Crop diversification on the farm is a useful approach, especially in developing countries, where agriculture is the primary source of income. Crop diversity management on the farm is critical for reducing poverty, increasing farm revenue, creating jobs ...
Belay Maru, Melesse Maryo, Getahun Kassa
doaj   +1 more source

Smallholder Farming Households’ Make-or-Buy Decisions: Linking Market Access, Production Risks, and Production Diversity to Dietary Diversity

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
Production risk and market access put pressure on agricultural household production and food consumption decisions. Improving market access and promoting production diversity have been proposed as solutions to better agricultural household nutritional outcomes.
Keenan, M.R.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The relationship between training farmers in agronomic practices and diet diversification: a case study from an intervention under the Scaling Up Nutrition programme in Zambia

open access: yesAgriculture & Food Security, 2017
Background Agricultural production systems are a sustainable way of providing nutritious and diversified foods especially among rural households in developing countries.
Therese Mwatitha Gondwe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farm-level production diversity and child and adolescent nutrition in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry, longitudinal study.

open access: yesLancet Planetary Health, 2022
BACKGROUND Child malnutrition remains widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in rural areas where many households are involved in subsistence farming. Increasing farm-level production diversity (FPD) is often considered a useful strategy to improve
M. Khonje   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Regional Farm Diversity Can Reduce Vulnerability of Food Production to Climate Change

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2008
Food production must adapt in the face of climate change. In Europe, projected vulnerability of food production to climate change is particularly high in Mediterranean regions.
Pytrik Reidsma, Frank Ewert
doaj   +1 more source

Decision support algorithm to revamp homestead vegetable production for climate resilience and nutrition security

open access: yesSmart Agricultural Technology, 2023
Inadequate micronutrient diversity in diets remains a serious cause of malnutrition which is prevalent in rural areas especially in developing countries. The current study proposed a decision support algorithm for nutrition-sensitive vegetable production
Aniket Deo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Poultry Farmers’ Participation in Modern Food Retail Markets on Household Dietary Diversity: Lessons from Southeast Nigeria

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
This study analyzed the interrelationships between participation in MFRMs and dietary diversity of poultry farming households in Southeast Nigeria. We used cross-sectional data from poultry farmers in Southeast Nigeria and employed instrumental variable ...
Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil Health and Biodiversity Is Driven by Intensity of Organic Farming in Canada

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Organic farming is continuing to expand in Canada, with close to 6,000 producers farming over 2% of all agricultural land. There is insufficient evidence, however, of a trend toward larger average farm size and increasing specialization by these organic ...
Derek Henry Lynch
doaj   +1 more source

Three Decades of Changes in Brazilian Municipalities and Their Food Production Systems

open access: yesLand, 2020
Agricultural systems are heterogeneous across temporal and spatial scales. Although much research has investigated farm size and economic output, the synergies and trade-offs across various agricultural and socioeconomic variables are unclear. This study
Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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