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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2001 Thirty-three dairy farms in the Norwegian counties of Østfold and Akershus in which cubicle sheds had been in use for at least one year and with a herd size of less than 60 cows, were contacted and asked to participate in a study.
Myren HJ, Kjæstad HP
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Input Credit Provision for Cotton Production: Learning from African Neighbors and Meeting Zambia’s Challenges [PDF]
1. Smallholder farmers in Africa require reliable access to purchased production inputs and credit to take advantage of export opportunities from production of cotton. 2. Unregulated and poorly coordinated markets for cotton, production inputs and credit
Kabwe, Stephen, Tschirley, David L.
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Technical change in Finnish grass silage production
Agricultural and Food Science, 2008 Stochastic production frontier analysis is applied in decomposing output growth of grass silage production to technical change, technical efficiency change, scale effect and input growth.
T. SIPILÄINEN, M. RYHÄNEN
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Parse JournalThis contribution presents a series of artistic practices that reflect different aspects of indigenous placemaking. Common among several indigenous cultures is a relationship to land based on principles of reciprocity, where giving and taking is a ...
Geir Tore Holm +4 more
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An assessment tool and integrated index for sustainable oil palm production [PDF]
, 2010 Many prominent sectors of the international agricultural commodities market have been calling upon their stakeholders to define and implement social responsibility and sustainability benchmarks, aiming at product quality and production practices ...
Caliman, Jean-Pierre +2 more
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Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2009 This paper highlights the attitude of farmers towards the Second National Fadama Development Project (NFDP-II) implementation at the local level in Nigeria.
A E Agwu, H O Abah
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The role of opinion leaders in the diffusion of new knowledge : the case of integrated pest management [PDF]
The paper reviews the literature on the characteristics and impact of opinion leaders on the diffusion of new knowledge, concluding that there is no clear evidence on whether opinion leaders are more effective if they are similar in socioeconomic ...
Feder, Gershon, Savastano, Sara
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Structured or spontaneous dissemination of DMC techniques in small-scale cotton-base agriculture ? The northern Cameroon case study [PDF]
, 2010 The northern Cameroon cotton-based agricultural region, as well as the whole of the western and central African cotton belt is mainly characterised by a cotton based agriculture extension program implemented and monitored by the cotton companies.
Abou Abba, Abdoulaye +3 more
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Erratum to: A contrast among farmers’ ethnic groups: is this a social polarization tendency? [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 Taridala Sitti Aida Adha +3 more
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The determinants of the performance of dairy smallholders in Malawi
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2017 Milk production in Malawi is stagnating although neighbouring countries steadily increase outputs. In this paper, we explored the determinants of the performance of dairy smallholders.
Ivo Baur +3 more
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