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Smallholder Farmer's Knowledge and Practice Towards Farm Biosecurity Measures to Prevent Infectious Diseases in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Proper biosecurity practice is crucial in animal farming to reduce the risk of diseases. The aim of this study was to assess smallholder farmers’ knowledge and practice towards farm biosecurity measures and associated factors among smallholder farmers. A
Birhan Agmas Mitiku, Ayele Adugna Gedifew, Temsegen Sendekie Ayalew   +2 more
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The sustainability of palm oil farming by certified independent smallholders in Jambi

Frontiers in Sustainability
IntroductionPalm oil plantation certification is important in promoting sustainable practices, but its implementation among independent smallholders often faces obstacles. Suboptimal readiness, limited insight, knowledge, human resources, and audit costs
Fuad Muchlis, Resti Prastika Destiarni, Dompak M. T. Napitupulu, Ahmad Zainuddin, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Araz Meilin   +5 more
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Linear Programming-Based Cropland Allocation to Enhance Performance of Smallholder Crop Production: A Pilot Study in Abaro Kebele, Ethiopia

Resources, 2018
Smallholder farmer crop production is a mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. A series of agricultural extension programs have been implemented since the 1950s in an effort to improve smallholder productivity.
Meselu Tegenie Mellaku, Travis W. Reynolds, Teshale Woldeamanuel   +2 more
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Smallholder sustainable agriculture practices for food security in local food systems

Cogent Food & Agriculture
Despite recent institutional initiatives aimed at improving food security situations across many countries, the availability, access, utilization, and stability of food, which are widely acknowledged to be critical conditions, are still very uneven. This
Jan Willem Swanepoel, Kingsley Nwenenda Orlu, Johan van Niekerk, Benjamin Manasoe   +3 more
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Evaluation of Mungbean Varieties for Northwest Cambodian Lowland Rice Systems

Proceedings, 2019
Small-scale agriculture is the economic, social and cultural foundation of Cambodian rural communities. Crop diversification is not widespread in these traditionally rice-producing smallholder farms.
Harry Campbell-Ross
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Piloting an Information and Communication Technology Tool to Help Addressing the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance in Low-Income Countries

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: Antimicrobial use (AMU) in livestock drives antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR has a significant impact on public health. While several interventions have been used to address this challenge, few have utilized Information and ...
Florence Mutua, Joshua Orungo Onono, Sofia Boqvist, Patricia Koech, Abdullahi M. Abdi, Hildah Karimi, Susanna Sternberg-Lewerin   +6 more
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Combating land degradation for sustainable smallholder agriculture and food sovereignty in Ghana’s Volta Region

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The severe and accelerating loss of land quality and productivity is widely acknowledged at all geographic scales, from the global scale down to the local level, across the world.
Armstrong Francis Tumawu, George Yao Kafu, Anthony Kangah, Mary Magdalene M. Tumawu   +3 more
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Dairy Goat Production Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis to Reframe Their Global Diversity

Animals
This review aims to emphasize the important role that goats and dairy goats play for many small-scale rural families worldwide, as well as to introduce a proposal for categorizing the main dairy goat production systems (DGPSs), using a multifactorial ...
Cesar A. Meza-Herrera, Cayetano Navarrete-Molina, Ulises Macias-Cruz, Gerardo Arellano-Rodriguez, Angeles De Santiago-Miramontes, Maria A. Sariñana-Navarrete, Ruben I. Marin-Tinoco, Carlos C. Perez-Marin   +7 more
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Sentinel-2 image based smallholder crops classification and accuracy assessment by UAV data

Geocarto International
Timely and accurate extraction of crop planting units plays a critical role in crop yield estimation, soil management, food supplies, and disaster warnings.
Kadierye Maolan, Yusufujiang Rusuli, Zhang XuHui, Yimuran Kuluwan   +3 more
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Collaboration to Address the Challenges Faced by Smallholders in Practicing Organic Agriculture: A Case Study of the Organic Sorghum Industry in Zunyi City, China

Agriculture
In many developing countries, organic agriculture is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for promoting rural economic development and improving farmer welfare.
Sheng Wu, Shanwei Li
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