Results 191 to 200 of about 686,231 (386)

From Theatre to Transformation: Learning, Action, and Diffusion for SDG2 in Cambodia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The arts are envisioned as able to help address the longstanding ‘implementation gap’ between research and realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For SDG2 (Zero Hunger), Forum Theatre offers a participatory alternative to top‐down interventions, yet its impacts have not been evaluated using rigorous, mixed‐methods that are ...
Brian R. Cook, Nicholas Harrigan, Van Touch, Kirt Hainzer, Angelo Imperiale, Tsend‐Ayush Ganbaatar, Bonny Coombe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Design of Public Food Procurement to Leverage Positive Food Systems Outcomes: A Framework of Actions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is substantial potential for the procurement of food by public institutions to contribute to Sustainable Development across multiple environmental, social, and economic outcomes. In this study we used theories of policy instrumentation and learning to analyse global guidance for designing public food procurement instruments to leverage ...
Erica Reeve, Carolina Venegas Hargous, Penny Farrell, Dori Patay, Holly Rippin, Anna Roesler, Anna Peeters, Anne Marie Thow   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Recommendations: Training Smallholder Oil Palm Farmers in Good Agricultural Practices

, 2017
Lotte S. Woittiez, M.A. Slingerland, Elne Jacobs, Carien Meppelink, Craig Zondag, P.I. Rietberg   +5 more
openalex   +2 more sources

The farm decision role of price information from commodity exchanges: an ex-ante evaluation using quasi-rational price expectations in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2011
Farmers use different information to predict future returns upon which they base current decisions. In designing information systems, knowledge about the information set used by farmers is relevant to have insight into the necessary information that ...
D'Haese, Luc, D'Haese, Marijke, Getnet, Kindie, Verbeke, Wim, Viaene, Jacques   +4 more
core  

Ecological and Technological Insights to Enhance Rice Production: A Machine Learning Approach for Sustainable Agriculture in Granma, Cuba

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid the quest for sustainable agriculture, this study explores key ecological and technological factors influencing crop production under climate change. We conduct a comprehensive assessment of temperature, biomass, farmer education, renewable energy devices, greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on rice yields in Granma, Cuba, from ...
Afzal Ahmed Dar, Zhi Chen, Sergio RodrIguez‐Rodríguez, Fariborz Haghighat, Chunjiang An, Roberto Alejandro García Reyes, Beatriz González‐Rosales   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Aversion among Smallholder High-value Crop Farmers in the Southern Philippines [PDF]

, 2015
Several elicitation techniques were employed to gauge the attitudes to risk of smallholder high-value crop farmers in the southern Philippines. Results showed varying degrees of risk aversion, neutrality, and preference among smallholder farmers ...
Domingo, Sonny N., Jones, Randall, Mullen, John, Parton, Kevin A.   +3 more
core  

Exclusion and Exposure: How Social Inequality and Marginalization Shape Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation in Rural Communities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change affects all individuals, regardless of wealth, social class, or religious background, though its impacts and adaptation strategies vary. While existing literature examines climate change adaptation based on farming categories, geographic regions, and cropping systems, limited research explores how social class shapes adaptation ...
Nasir Abbas Khan, Ataharul Chowdhury, Ashfaq Ahmad Shah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains: a perspective from the smallholder cocoa farmer

Frontiers in Sustainability
This research examines the potential outputs, outcomes, and impacts of the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG) on the smallholder cocoa farmers in West Africa. The study primarily relies on a literature review and an
Sarah Katharina Kraft, Matthew Quayson, Florian Kellner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Value chain mapping and marketing efficiency of smallholder cowpea farmers in Capricorn and Waterberg districts of Limpopo province

, 2018
Christina Magosea Masegela, Isaac B. Oluwatayo, Masegela, C., Oluwatayo, I.   +3 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Fibre Feeds Impact on Milk Fatty Acids Profiles Produced by Smallholder Dairy Farmers

, 2021
Despal Despal, L.A. Sari, Idat Galih Permana, Rika Zahera, D Anzhany   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source