Results 231 to 240 of about 579,638 (290)

Climate crisis and policy inaction in Indonesia

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We surveyed voters and politicians in advance of the 2024 Indonesian election to measure preferences for environmental policy. We find that politicians underestimate voter concerns. We conducted an informational experiment with politicians to correct these misperceptions, and we document evidence of learning but no greater support for policy ...
Allan Hsiao, Nicholas Kuipers
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of improved maize varieties on agricultural productivity and technical efficiency among smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: an empirical analysis. [PDF]

GM Crops Food
Mdoda L, Tamako N, Gidi LS, Naidoo D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Impacts of a national lockdown on smallholder farmers’ income and food security: Empirical evidence from two states in India

, 2020
F. Ceballos, Samyuktha Kannan, B. Kramer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Social Reproductive Roots of Agrarian Contention: Gendered Labor amid Peasant Struggles in Tunisia

Antipode, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper revisits the Tunisian 2010–2011 uprising and its ensuing decade of agrarian contention as a crisis of social reproduction stemming from the combined effects of depletion and dispossession. It traces the lineages of the grievances that continue to animate the Tunisian countryside to the multiple and often enmeshed labours—both ...
Dhouha Djerbi
wiley   +1 more source

Smallholder farmers' participation in small-scale irrigation system: Insight from Lume district, Ethiopia. [PDF]

Heliyon
Idahe D, Solomon Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica

Antipode, EarlyView.
Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
wiley   +1 more source

Disability and labour market participation among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS One
Bechange S, Jolley E, Jeyam A, Okello G, Wekesa B, Schmidt E.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of agricultural cooperatives in improving mechanization levels: Differences between outsourcing machinery services and household‐owned machines

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Although mechanization is reshaping rural and agricultural development by reducing drudgery through substituting farm labourers, improving input use efficiency and increasing farm productivity, the level of mechanization in developing countries still needs improvements.
Wanglin Ma, Junpeng Li, Amaka Precious Nnaji, Edinam Dope Setsoafia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Awareness and adoption of climate-resilient practices by smallholder farmers in central and upper Eastern Kenya. [PDF]

Heliyon
Asule PA, Musafiri C, Nyabuga G, Kiai W, Kiboi M, Nicolay G, Ngetich FK.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The sustainability performance of agricultural cooperatives: A systematic literature review

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how the literature addresses the sustainability performance of agricultural cooperatives through four key dimensions: economic and financial, environmental, social and governance. As key entities within the social economy, agricultural cooperatives play a crucial role in advancing sustainable development goals due to their ...
Pierre Chollet, Geoffroy Enjolras, Iciar Pavez, Louis‐Antoine Saïsset   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source