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Socioeconomic Determinants and Perceptions of Smallholder Farmers towards Agroforestry Adoption in Northern Irrigated Plain, Pakistan

Land, 2023
Amid the epoch of global overpopulation, the agroforestry system can intervene as a novel practice that can safeguard agricultural sustainability, provide a means of livelihood, yield ecological benefits, and contribute to household food security ...
Shahzad Ahmad, Haiping Xu, E. M. B. P. Ekanayake   +2 more
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The impact of livelihood resilience and climate change perception on farmers' climate change adaptation behavior decision [PDF]

Forestry Economics Review
Purpose – Adopting adaptive behavior has become a basic measure for farmers because the increasingly severe climate change is affecting agricultural production. Perception is a critical first step in adopting adaptive behaviors.
Ming Yang, Fangyuan Xing, Xiaomeng Liu, Zimeng Chen, Yali Wen   +4 more
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Do farmers care about pollinators? A cross-site comparison of farmers’ perceptions, knowledge, and management practices for pollinator-dependent crops

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2021
Pollinator conservation has become a key challenge to achieve sustainable agricultural landscapes and safeguard food supplies. Considering the potential negative effects of pollinator decline, international efforts have been developed to promote agri ...
Violeta Hevia, Marina García-Llorente, Rodrigo Martínez-Sastre, Sara Palomo, Daniel García, Marcos Miñarro, María Pérez-Marcos, Juan Antonio Sanchez, José A. González   +8 more
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Comparing smallholder farmers’ climate change perception with climate data: the case of Adansi North District of Ghana

Heliyon, 2019
This study adopted mixed methods design and employed questionnaire and interview to investigate climate trends and smallholder farmers' perception of climate change as well as the relationship between climate data and farmers' perception, and the ...
Peter Asare-Nuamah, Ebo Botchway
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Soil acidity under multiple land-uses: assessment of perceived causes and indicators, and nutrient dynamics in small-holders’ mixed-farming system of northwest Ethiopia

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2017
Knowledge on farmers’ perspectives is of paramount importance in order to design appropriate agricultural research and development interventions attuned to local farming systems.
Ermias Abate, Shimelis Hussein, Mark Laing, Fentahun Mengistu   +3 more
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Biosafety Measures, Socio-Economic Impacts and Challenges of Bt-brinjal Cultivation in Bangladesh

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
This study surveyed the onsite biosafety measures adopted by the farmers cultivating Bt-brinjal, the socio-economic impact, and the challenges of Bt-brinjal cultivation in Bangladesh through interviews of 101 farmers from 26 Upazila (administrative ...
Muhammad Shahidul Haque, Nihar Ranjan Saha   +1 more
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Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and Its Impacts on Agriculture

Hydrology, 2022
Climate change and climate variability drive rapid glacier melt and snowpack loss, extreme precipitation and temperature events, and alteration of water availability in the Himalayas.
Ramesh Shrestha, Biplob Rakhal, Tirtha Raj Adhikari, Ganesh Raj Ghimire, Rocky Talchabhadel, Dinee Tamang, Radhika KC, Sanjib Sharma   +7 more
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Risk perception, risk attitude, and adoption of water-saving irrigation technology in China—from the perspective of risk reduction

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Farmers can better withstand extreme drought risks by actively adopting water-saving irrigation technologies (WSIT). To increase farmers' adoption of WSIT, this paper, based on the survey data of 469 households in Heilongjiang Province, Liaoning Province,
Yan Shang, Yanzhong Huang, Yan Zhang
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Place-based perceptions, resilience and adaptation to climate change by smallholder farmers in rural South Africa

International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2020
Unprecedented global climate change caused by human actions is becoming a challenge to agricultural systems’ ability to meet and sustain production demands for food and raw materials for the increasing world population.
WA Tesfuhuney, EH Mbeletshie
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A sociohydrological model for evaluating the drought resilience of indigenous and modern dryland irrigation systems in Sri Lanka

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Over the millennia, indigenous small tanks (small reservoirs or ponds) have served to store rainwater and surface runoff to irrigate drylands. However, despite their significance, small tanks have been gradually abandoned in drylands over the past ...
Romitha Wickramasinghe, Shinichiro Nakamura   +1 more
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