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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
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Disease control during livestock movement among smallholder farming actors in Kisumu West Sub-County, Kenya. [PDF]

Vet Anim Sci
Owili JA, Maat H, van Mierlo B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Postharvest Losses Along the Small-Scale Fish Value Chain in Bangladesh: Perceptions, Determinants and Implications for Food Security. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
Islam MJ, Das R, Sarkar T, Chowdhury S, Ilham HK, Jahan E, Islam AHMS.   +6 more
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cocoa cultivation as an engine of rural development: Impact on the configuration of livelihoods strategies of rural households in Colombia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hernández-Nuñez HE, Gutiérrez-Montes I, Suárez JC, Andrade HJ, Bernal Núñez AP, Sánchez Castillo V, Gutiérrez GA, Casanoves F, Flora CB.   +8 more
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
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Underutilised Crops for a Sustainable Future: Promoting Resilience and Nutrition in Global Food Systems. [PDF]

Physiol Plant
Moreira D, Santos C, da Silva MN, Pinto E, Knez M, Iannetta P, Tran F, Czeglédi A, Bassignana CF, Migliorini P, Landschoot S, Dewitte K, Haesaert G, Mattas K, Chiffoleau Y, Vasconcelos MW.   +15 more
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Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen, Wei Zhang, Julian M. Alston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasitic Contamination of Fresh Vegetables Marketed and Cultivated in Small-Scale Farms in Hosanna Town and Its Surrounding Areas, Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res
Yohannes G, Gebremariam A, Baraki Y.
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