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Factors Affecting Smallholders' Perception of Climate Change in Eritrea. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Kidane TT, Lahiff E, Donnellan T, Crosse S, Hennessy T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contract Farming and Children's Education: Evidence From Maize Producers in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming (CF) has continued to proliferate in the small farm sector of developing countries. While its effects on smallholders across welfare outcomes such as income and food security have been well documented, there are growing concerns about its broader social implications especially on children.
Francis E. Ndip, Abraham M. Adongo, Perez L. Kemeni Kambiet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The end of the garden path? Analyzing smallholder tobacco farming income and decision-making in Mozambique. [PDF]

Global Health
Cunguara B, Silbuwe A, Drope J, Lencucha R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Financial Inclusion for Smallholders: Integrating a Resource Nexus Approach Into Agricultural Finance Systems

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers remain structurally excluded from the current agricultural finance system. Existing research in this area examines financial inclusion through fragmented environmental, social, and economic lenses, limiting system‐level understanding.
Vaibhav Aggarwal, Matthias Walz, Edeltraud Guenther   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing the Sorghum Microbiome for Enhancing Crop Productivity and Food Security Towards Sustainable Agriculture in Smallholder Farming. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Aina O, Donaldson L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen, Verónica Ramírez Cortés, Larissa Paola Gabriel Macedo Castro, Raquel Santiago Romo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk mapping of peste des petits ruminants virus spread in nine countries surrounding the black sea: a spatial multicriteria decision analysis approach. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Arede M, Beltrán-Alcrudo D, Benfield C, Casal J, Felix N, Ciaravino G, Allepuz A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Leveraging the Potential of Public Food Procurement to Achieve Multiple Food System Outcomes: Insights From a Policy Analysis in Australia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Government food procurement investment offers significant potential to advance health and sustainability goals; yet, integrating these dimensions into policy design has proved challenging. We mapped and analysed 38 food procurement and catering‐specific policies in Australia to identify ways to strengthen policy design: 20 governing ...
Carolina Venegas Hargous, Anne Marie Thow, Belinda Reeve, Erica Reeve   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antibiotic Residues in Raw Cow Milk Collected from Smallholder Dairy Farms in Kasama and Mbala, Zambia. [PDF]

Antibiotics (Basel)
Zulu GE, Hang'ombe BM, Mainda G, Kayesa E, Makungu C, Chipembo AC, Nchima G, Pondja A, Bila NM, Moiane B.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contribution of the Baobab Value Chain to Equitable Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) are central to income diversification and livelihood resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, the welfare implications of baobab commercialisation remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by analysing the contribution of the baobab value chain to household income, poverty reduction, and income ...
Frederick Frimpong, Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu, Dietrich Darr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source