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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Profile Changes in the Soil Microbial Community When Desert Becomes Oasis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The conversion of virgin desert into oasis farmland creates two contrasting types of land-cover. During oasis formation with irrigation and fertilizer application, however, the changes in the soil microbial population, which play critical roles in the ...
Chen-hua Li, Li-song Tang, Zhong-jun Jia, Yan Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial communities of continuously cropped, irrigated rice fields [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1997
In continuously cropped, irrigated rice fields, soil microbial biomass as measured by total phospholipid fatty acid concentrations declined during the second half of the crop cycle. This decline was also observed in other components of the microbial community assessed by viable counts, including denitrifiers and sporeformers.
W, Reichardt, G, Mascarina, B, Padre, J, Doll   +3 more
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Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mixed irrigation affects the composition and diversity of the soil bacterial community

Open Geosciences
Water resource shortage has become an important factor limiting agricultural sustainability in China. In addition, the development and utilization of unconventional water resources are greatly important for alleviating agricultural water resource deficit.
Zhao Jieru, Wang Juan, Cui Bingjian, Zhai Biyu, Hu Chao, Liu Yuan, Xia Lu, Liu Chuncheng, Li Zhongyang   +8 more
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Lamasba : an ancient irrigation community

Antiquités africaines, 1982
Bien que l'inscription de Lamasba, découverte en 1877 par Masqueray, soit l'un des plus importants documents de l'épigraphie romano- africaine et qu'à ce titre, elle ait déjà fait l'objet de travaux anciens comme ceux de F.G. de Pachtère, cette importance est néanmoins telle pour la connaissance de l'organisation économique et sociale de l'Afrique ...
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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

Drought-resistant wheat variety shapes soil fungal communities, enhancing nitrogen use efficiency under drought stress

Agricultural Water Management
Enhancing nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and crop water productivity (WPc) in drought-resistant wheat under limited irrigation is essential to mitigate water scarcity in the North China Plain (NCP).
Leyan Zhang, Jie Yang, Xin Wang, Jianheng Zhang, Jiaxin Xue, Guiyan Wang, Hongling Qin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetized water irrigation improves soil microenvironment and fruit quality of greenhouse peppers under continuous cropping

Guan'gai paishui xuebao
【Objective】Long-term continuous cropping in greenhouse vegetable production could cause soil degradation and microbial community imbalance, compromising crop fruit quality.
An Kairui, Xu Yongguang, Ma Xuesong, Hou Xiaojing, Jing Ruyan, Zhang Ying   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source