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Cropping School: Wir lernen gemeinsam mit und voneinander - eine kooperative Zusammenarbeit zwischen Landwirten, Wissenschaftlern und Beratern [PDF]
, 2019 Im Nordosten von Brandenburg (Deutschland) wird erstmalig das neue Konzept einer "Cropping School" erprobt, welches auf den Ansätzen der "Farmer Field Schools" und der "Stable Schools" basiert.
Anna Maria, Häring +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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Field schools for Kenyan dairy farmers [PDF]
, 2013 Currently over 1000 Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on integrated pest management (IPM) and/or integrated soil management are being successfully implemented in Kenya and many more in Africa as a whole. In 2001, the DFID/FAO project on Farmer Field Schools for
Minjauw, B. +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Advancements in Agricultural DevelopmentIn Honduras, sustainable livestock practices [SLPs] are gaining attention as strategies to address environmental degradation and improve rural livelihoods. However, their implementation and scaling remain uneven.
José Molina, Renzo Ceme, Pablo Lamino
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Participatory Research for Scientific, Educational, and Community Benefits
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2018 Supporting community food production is a key strategy for all the community-based partners in Food Dignity, a community-university research partnership dedicated to supporting and learning from food justice organizations.
Megan M. Gregory, Scott J. Peters
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Farmer research and extension [PDF]
In this brief, we learn that "combining technical innovations with collective action initiatives has been shown to lead to substantial farmer benefits.
Knox, Anna, Lilja, Nina
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Spider plant (Cleome gynandra) breeding priorities and preferences among landraces in Zimbabwe
Journal of Underutilised Crops ResearchBackground: Participatory approaches such as participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and participatory variety selection (PVS) methods empower farmers to play a greater role in the decision-making process and in shaping the future improvement of crops ...
Munyaradzi Mativavarira +5 more
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Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region: Report of training workshop, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 17-21 September 2019 [PDF]
, 2020 Bioversity International is implementing a Dutch-supported project entitled: Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region.
Fadda, Carlo +6 more
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