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Survey data on determinants and barriers to the adoption of improved maize seeds among smallholder farmers in the Katangese Copperbelt. [PDF]

Data Brief
Balasha AM, Fiore A, Michel MK, Tambwe AN.   +3 more
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

Smallholder farmers can achieve more sustainable wheat production through Consolidating Land for Uniform Practice. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Ren T, Yang X, Zhang W, Tang W, Li Y, Tian Y, Ren J, Yan J, Guo X, An Z, Zhang H.   +10 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

Understanding the factors behind non-adherence to pesticide safety guidelines among smallholder farmers in Fogera and MEcha districts, northwestern Ethiopia. [PDF]

BMC Res Notes
Chekol GM.
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

Mixed teff (Eragrostis tef, Poaceae) cultivation and consumption among smallholder farmers in South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Melese D, Asfaw Z, Woldu Z, Warkineh B, Amare E, McAlvay AC, Ruelle M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate‐Resilient Agri‐Food Systems (CRAFS): A Review of Approaches and Outcomes of Agri‐Food Systems

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is increasingly destabilizing agri‐food systems globally, with complex disruptions extending across production, distribution, and consumption. In response, climate‐resilient agri‐food system (CRAFS) approaches have gained prominence as a means to sustain food security under escalating climatic stressors.
M Manjurul Islam, Evan D. G. Fraser
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring smallholder farmers' access and participation in the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in selected counties of Kenya. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Kamau J, Okoyo C, Kanyui T, Mwandawiro C, Singh S, Drake L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence for Blue Transformation: A Review of Predictive Modeling and Decision Support Systems in Sustainable Aquaculture

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The FAO's “blue transformation” roadmap necessitates a fundamental shift towards precision aquaculture to meet global food security targets while minimizing environmental footprints. This review provides a comprehensive overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) and decision support systems (DSS) serve as pivotal enablers for the “better ...
Mustafa Öz, Enes Üstüner
wiley   +1 more source