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Trends and Current Situation of China's Meat Sector

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the world's largest meat producer, consumer, and importer, China's meat sector has undergone profound transformation over the past decade, driven by biological crises (e.g., African Swine Fever), environmental policies, and global market integration. This study analyzes the sector's production restructuring, consumption diversification, and
Zengyong Zhu
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Credit access, productivity and poverty reduction in Malawi: a conditioned mixed process approach

Discover Agriculture
Most policy discussions have been centred on improving smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity as a way of reducing poverty in SSA. IFAD acknowledges that higher agricultural productivity can hasten sustainable agriculture development and poverty ...
Blessings Bolola Nyirongo
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What are the Key Constraints in Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Farmers in Africa? Empirical Evidence from Kenya [PDF]

The idea that smallholder farmers are reasonably efficient has triggered much debate in Sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, efficiency of smallholder farmers has implications for choice of development strategy; reason being that Sub-Saharan countries derive over
Owuor, George, Shem, Ouma A.
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Heat Stress in Quail: Impacts on Health and Productivity, and Mitigation Strategies

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Heat stress disrupts physiological homeostasis in quail, inducing oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and metabolic imbalance, which impair growth, reproduction, product quality, and welfare. Integrating nutritional, environmental, and genetic–epigenetic strategies enhances thermotolerance, sustains productivity, and supports climate‐smart quail ...
T. A. Eletu, I. A. Anjola, L. O. Fasasi, D. P. Fadipe, A. T. Afuye, F. O. Fasanya, O. E. Oke   +6 more
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Incentivizing smallholder farmers' green production behaviors with nudges: an experimental survey study in Heping Town, China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionGreen agricultural development has become a key activity in global sustainable transformation. The Chinese government has actively promoted the transition to green agricultural production through diversified policies. However, the main target
Guoliang Li, Fanghua Liang, Jiakui Chen
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Ecosystem-based adaptation address the adaptation needs of smallholder farmers? Insights from smallholder coffee and subsistence farmers in Central America [PDF]

, 2015
In many regions, climate change is having significant adverse impacts on the agricultural production and livelihoods of smallholder farmers, with important consequences for global food security..
Alpizar, Francisco, Avelino, Jacques, Bautista Solis, Pavel, Cardenas, Adriana, Donatti, Camila I., Harvey, Celia A., Martinez-Rodriguez, Milagro, Rapidel, Bruno, Saborio, Milagro, Vignola, Raffaele, Viguera, Barbara   +10 more
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Debunking the Myth: A Dive Into the Role of Relational Capital in Sustainable Food Production Systems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The shift towards sustainable food production is essential to address the urgent dual challenges of climate change and population growth, with agricultural cooperatives playing a vital role in this transformation. However, many cooperatives struggle to deliver the expected value to their members.
Ismail Badraoui, Tarik Saikouk, Nejib Fattam, Ahmed Hamdi, Vikas Kumar   +4 more
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Collective action : improving smallholder rice farmers' value chain in Yogyakarta, Indonesia : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of AgriCommerce, at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2017
Collective action has been widely accepted as one of the strategies to improve smallholder farmers’ capability to gain benefit from the agrifood value chain. This is also part of the working policy of the Government of Indonesia. Nevertheless, there is
Ahmad, Shaf Rijal
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Technological Innovations for Smallholder Farmers in Ghana [PDF]

, 2016
This chapter explores which community-based technologies have the greatest potential for reducing poverty and vulnerability among many smallholder farmers in Ghana. To this end, the stochastic dominance test was applied to rank outcomes from the different technologies used by the smallholder farmers in the study area.
Samuel Asuming-Brempong, Alex Barimah Owusu, Stephen Frimpong, Irene Annor-Frempong   +3 more
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Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem, Lucila M. S. Campos, Tais Provensi, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour   +3 more
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