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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Long-term random sampling confirms high-use areas and indicates declining abundance of juvenile smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Farmer NA, Brame AB, Dar R, Wooley AK, Heath LB, Yakich DM, Lombardo SM, Poulakis GR.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated veterinary practices and farm performance of small ruminants. [PDF]

Vet Anim Sci
Ziba D, Danso-Abbeam G, Mabe FN, Dagunga G, Ogundeji AA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A cross-sectional study of reproductive performance of improved dairy cattle in smallholder dairy farming in Tanzania. [PDF]

Trop Anim Health Prod
Ngou A, Laven R, Parkinson T, Kashoma I, Donaghy D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C, Xiaoli Etienne, Andres Trujillo‐Barrera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multilevel analysis of risk factors for clinical mastitis in dairy cows in Plateau State, Nigeria: a hierarchical mixed-effects logistic regression modelling approach. [PDF]

BMC Vet Res
Onyango J, Shittu A, Bolajoko MB, Fasina FO, Peters A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Occurrence of tetracycline residues in cattle manure from southern Malawi: implications for antimicrobial resistance and One Health

Kapalamula T, Masitala P, Mwenda N, Chatanga E, Nambala P, Mkakosya R, Manning S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genomic Sampling and Population Structure of Farmer-Maintained Varieties Reveal Previously Uncharacterized Diversity of Theobroma cacao L. in Costa Rica. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
Herrighty EM, Specht CD, Gore MA, Solano L, Estrada-Gamboa J, Hernandez CE, Tufan HA, Landis JB.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source