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Sources of wheat production technical inefficiency among smallholder farmers in Northwestern Ethiopia: Beta regression approach

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023
Wheat production is dominated by a subsistence smallholder production system. Additionally, more than 4.7 million smallholder farmers are engaged in wheat production. However, poverty is chronic and pervasive among smallholder farmers.
Birara Endalew, Mezgebu Aynalem, Adugnaw Anteneh, Habtamu Mossie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of ecosystem-based adaptation practices by smallholder farmers in Central America [PDF]

, 2017
There is growing interest in promoting the use of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) practices to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, however there is limited information on how commonly these practices are used by smallholder farmers and ...
Avelino, Jacques, Cardenas, Jose Mario, Donatti, Camila I., Harvey, Celia A., Martinez-Rodriguez, Milagro, Rapidel, Bruno, Vignola, Raffaele, Vilchez Mendoza, Sergio José   +7 more
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I share because I care! Smallholder farmers’ perceptions of the usefulness of word of mouth for their market participation decisions [PDF]

IIM Ranchi Journal of Management Studies
Purpose – The approach to integrate concepts from different disciplines so as to solve the problems facing smallholder farmers has gained momentum in recent years.
Ismail Juma Ismail, David Amani, Ismail Abdi Changalima, Isaac Kazungu   +3 more
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Market participation decision of smallholder farmers and its determinants in Bangladesh [PDF]

Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2015
This paper explores the market participation decision of smallholder farmers in Bangladesh and tries to sort out the most important factors that influence smallholder farmers' decision to participate in the output market to sell their produce in ...
Gani Osmani Ataul, Hossain Elias
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Opportunities and challenges for seasonal climate forecasts to more effectively assist smallholder farming decisions

South African Journal of Science, 2020
The ability of smallholder farmers to utilise seasonal climate forecast (SCF) information in farm planning to reflect anticipated climate is a precursor to improved farm management.
Bright Chisadza, Abbyssinia Mushunje, Kenneth Nhundu, Ethel E. Phiri   +3 more
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User-centred design of a digital advisory service: enhancing public agricultural extension for sustainable intensification in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2020
Sustainable intensification (SI) is promoted as a rural development paradigm for sub-Saharan Africa. Achieving SI requires smallholder farmers to have access to information that is context-specific, increases their decision-making capacities, and adapts ...
Daudi, Happy, Etten, Jacob van, Gevel, Jeske van de, Mgimiloko, Majuto Gaspar, Ortiz-Crespo, Berta, Quirós, Carlos F., Steinke, Jonathan   +6 more
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Assessing the adaptive capacity of smallholder cocoa farmers to climate variability in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana

Heliyon, 2023
This study assessed the adaptive capacity of smallholder cocoa farmers to address the adverse effects of climate variability in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana.
Frank Baffour-Ata, Philip Antwi-Agyei, Louisa Boakye, Lester Simon Nii Aryee Tettey, Muriel Nana Efua Fosuaa Forson, Albright Ewenam Abiwu, Emmanuel Gyenin, Rebecca Naa Merley Larbi   +7 more
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Analysis of smallholder farmers' dynamics of knowledge sharing, skill transfer, and participation in using biogas (application of social network analysis)

Sustainable Futures
Air pollution, population growth, and the lack of fossil energy sources are critical factors that drive people toward clean and renewable energies in the current century. Biogas is suitable for rural farmers as a source of clean energy.
Nasim Izadi, Heshmatollah Saadi, Leila Kooshki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change impacts and adaptation among smallholder farmers in Central America

Agriculture & Food Security, 2018
Background Smallholder farmers are one of the most vulnerable groups to climate change, yet efforts to support farmer adaptation are hindered by the lack of information on how they are experiencing and responding to climate change.
Celia A. Harvey, Milagro Saborio-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Martinez-Rodríguez, Barbara Viguera, Adina Chain-Guadarrama, Raffaele Vignola, Francisco Alpizar   +6 more
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Diversified and Sustainable Business Strategy of Smallholder Farmers in the Suburbs of Taiwan

Agriculture, 2022
Taiwan’s smallholder farmers are transforming into a diversified business model to respond to the transformation of economic structures and the demand for sightseeing and recreation.
Ching-Sung Lee, Yen-Cheng Chen, Pei-Ling Tsui, Ming-Chen Chiang   +3 more
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