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The coffee sector and smallholder farmers
2022This chapter reviews the role of smallholders in coffee cultivation and the challenges they face. It reviews definitions, size and distribution of this group. The chapter then looks at structure and price volatility in the coffee market and its impact on smallholders, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A particular focus is women and young
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Pursuing Sustainable Productivity With Millions of Smallholder Farmers
Nature, 2018Sustainably feeding a growing population is a grand challenge, and one that is particularly difficult in regions that are dominated by smallholder farming. Despite local successes, mobilizing vast smallholder communities with science- and evidence-based management practices to simultaneously address production and pollution problems has been infeasible.
Xiaojun Shi, Xiaoqiang Jiao, Shiqing Li
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Multiplying Impact for Smallholder Farmers
Christian Relief, Development, and Advocacy: The Journal of the Accord NetworkSmallholder farmers around the world often find themselves at the nexus of poverty and environmental degradation. Promotion of savings groups has become a well-recognized strategy for addressing poverty. Evidence shows that while savings group promotion can result in positive impact, these results are often small.
Scott Sabin +9 more
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Agricultural biotechnology and smallholder farmers in developing countries
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2012Agricultural biotechnology holds much potential to contribute towards crop productivity gains and crop improvement for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Over 14 million smallholder farmers are already benefiting from biotech crops such as cotton and maize in China, India and other Asian, African and Central/South American countries ...
Vivienne M, Anthony, Marco, Ferroni
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Adaptation to climate change by smallholder farmers in Tanzania
2018In Sub-Saharan Africa, climate change is set to hit the agricultural sector the most and cause untold suffering particularly for smallholder farmers. To cushion themselves against the potential welfare losses, smallholder farmers need to recognize the changes already taking place in their climate and undertake appropriate investments towards adaptation.
Coretha Komba, Edwin Muchapondwa
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Ecosystem approach to sustainable aquaculture for smallholder farmers
2021 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2021Nataraj Kuntagod +5 more
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Towards Sustainable Digital Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers: A Systematic Literature Review
Sustainability, 2023Lucas Gumbi +2 more
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