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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 +6 more
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community StudiesClimate change-driven disasters are among the major problems facing the agricultural sector globally. This study examined the impacts of drought and floods on water availability and agricultural productivity in smallholder farms within the Overberg ...
Pitso Hemly Mashile +2 more
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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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Cogent Food & AgricultureSocial capital is considered one of the pertinent drivers of inclusive development for rural farmers. However, in scientific discourses, little is known about the determinants and types of social capital available to smallholder farmers and the ...
Kenneth Tengapoe +2 more
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Soil Fertility Management Choice in the Maize-Based Smallholder Farming System in Malawi [PDF]
The paper analyses the factors that affect smallholder farmers choice of soil fertility management options in Malawi using a two-stage maximum likelihood estimation procedure.
Tchale, Hardwick +2 more
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Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract The macaúba fruit, native to tropical and subtropical regions, has received considerable attention in recent years as a promising raw material for the production of advanced biofuels in Brazil. However, the development of large‐scale biomass requires overcoming significant challenges, such as designing circular biorefineries.
Fábio de A. Oroski +3 more
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Intensification of smallholder livestock production, is it sustainable? [PDF]
, 2010 This paper discusses sustainability perspectives of intensification of different types of smallholder livestock production. A main sustainability issue of intensification is its contribution to household incomes.
Udo, H.M.J., Steenstra, F.A.
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Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract Existing monitoring frameworks for sustainability certification schemes and labels (CSLs) have largely prioritised environmental aspects, while the social and economic pillars of sustainability remain comparatively underdeveloped. Also, dedicated circularity requirements tailored to biobased systems are still largely lacking, despite being ...
Iris Vural Gursel +5 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsThe participation of smallholder farmers in agricultural production outsourcing through organizational means is of significant importance for enhancing agricultural production capacity and promoting agricultural modernization.
Mei Qiao, Jing Wang, Bowen Wang
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Awareness and use of m-banking services in agriculture: The case of smallholder farmers in Kenya [PDF]
Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialization in developing countries. The ICT revolution in Africa has however brought an opportunity to ease this constraint.
Kirui, Oliver K. +2 more
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