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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

Effects of Rainfall and Land Use on Slope Erosion in Typical Debris Flow Small Watershed

Shuitu baochi yanjiu, 2023
[Objective]The influence and effect of rainfall and land use on the slope erosion in the debris flow small watershed was revealed to provide scientific basis for ecological control of debris flow.
CHAO Zengzu, LIANG Geng, LIU Shisheng, DANG Guangshan, ZHOU Yanyan, YUE Dongxia   +5 more
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Food Prices and Inflation Expectations in New Zealand

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food prices are conspicuous, and spending on food constitutes a considerable share of household expenditure. In this study, we use partially identified Bayesian structural vector autoregression models to analyze the effects of food price shocks on core inflation and 1‐ and 5‐year inflation expectations in New Zealand.
Puneet Vatsa, Gabriel Pino, Alex Acheampong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang, Andrew E. Anderson, Nicholas J. Pates, Eunchun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rainfall Erosivity Characteristics and Simple Estimation Method in Xiangxi River Watershed

Shuitu baochi yanjiu, 2013
Rainfall erosivity shows the potential ability of the soil loss caused by rainfall and it is very important for predicting soil loss quantitatively.A rainfall erosivity model using daily rainfall amounts to estimate half month rainfall erosivity directly
ZHANG Ge, LIU De-fu, SONG Lin-xu, ZHU Xiao-ming   +3 more
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Reconfiguring Fresh Produce Supply Chains in Response to Drought Risk: Evidence From the U.S. Broccoli Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drought is among the most severe and persistent threats to food supply chains, and relocating production to less drought‐prone regions offers a strategy to reduce this risk. This is particularly relevant for fresh vegetables, which are highly water‐intensive, yet drought‐driven reconfiguration strategies remain understudied.
Bingyan Dai, Miguel I. Gómez, Harry M. Kaiser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for the analysis of the influence of rainfall spatial organization and basin morphology on flood response [PDF]

, 2013
This work describes the derivation of a set of statistics, termed spatial moments of catchment rainfall, that quantify the dependence between rainfall spatial organization, basin morphology and runoff response.
Zoccatelli, Davide
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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Runoff Coefficient Value on Retention Ponds in Flores Island

Civil and Environmental Science Journal, 2019
Flores Island is one of four big islands in NTT province with an area ±13,540 km divided into 8 districts. The area is included in areas with unequal distribution of rainfall.
Denik Sri Krisnayanti, Wilhelmus Bunganaen, Elsy E. Hangge, Farah Munaisyah, Nurul A. Nursyam, Dian Noorvy Khaerudin   +5 more
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Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source