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Simple ETo-Based Rules for Irrigation Scheduling by Smallholder Vegetable Farmers in Laos and Cambodia

, 2022
Hand-held hoses and watering cans are widely used by smallholder farmers to irrigate vegetables in Cambodia and Laos. Overwatering is common. Technology change (e.g., low-pressure drip irrigation) has been used to improve irrigation efficiency but can be
Lucinda Dunn, Somphou, Inthong, John McPhee, Eberhard, Jochen, Sisouvanh, Phimmasone, McPhee, John, Jochen Eberhard, Sarith Hin, Tounglien Vilayphone, Mounsena, Phaythoune, Alice Melland, Melland, Alice, Veasna Touch, Vanndy Lim, Stephen Ives, Phimmasone Sisouvanh, Phaythoune Mounsena, Dunn, Lucinda, Lim, Vanndy, Inthong Somphou, Ives, Stephen, Uddin, Jasim, Touch, Veasna, Hin, Sarith, Jasim Uddin, Vilayphone, Tounglien   +25 more
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Determinants of market participation and intensity among smallholder sorghum farmers in Western Kenya: Implications for agricultural commercialisation and food security

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Despite Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) potential to enhance food security and livelihoods, the commercialisation of sorghum remains limited, with most production occurring under subsistence farming systems.
Collins M. Musafiri, Milka Kiboi, Onesmus K. Ng'etich, Abdirahman Zeila, Felix K. Ngetich   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Partnership 4.0: smallholder farmer partnership solutions

Heliyon, 2022
The current pseudo-partnership pattern causes the farmers' income to be low from the results of their farming activities, so a partnership pattern is needed that is able to create a mutual partnership. The research which was conducted in Cikarawang Village, Bogor Regency, West Java Province - Indonesia aims; (1) recognize the existing condition of ...
Sofyan Sjaf, Ahmad Aulia Arsyad, Afan Ray Mahardika, Rajib Gandi, La Elson, Lukman Hakim, Zessy Ardinal Barlan, Rizki Budi Utami, Badar Muhammad, Sri Anom Amongjati, null Sampean, Danang Aria Nugroho   +11 more
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From farm practices to societal outcomes: Greening the groundnut value chain in climate-vulnerable Malawi

Societal Impacts
Smallholder farming systems in Malawi face escalating climate risks, persistent food insecurity, gendered labor burdens, and public health threats from aflatoxin contamination. Groundnut is central to livelihood diversification and climate adaptation but
Assan Ng’ombe, Collins M. Musafiri, Milka Kiboi, Mupangi Sithole, Felix K. Ngetich   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Crop Diversification: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Delta State Nigeria

, 2021
Smallholder farmers in southern Nigeria have relied on the cultivation of cassava, yam, maize and plantain for their livelihood for generations. However, with rising climate variability and soil degradation, many farmers are adopting crop diversification
Elizabeth Sabo, Bayero Sule Gani, Odjuvwuederhie Emmanuel Inoni   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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

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
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Agricultural Drought on Smallholder Livestock Farmers: Empirical Evidence Insights from Northern Cape, South Africa

Agriculture, 2022
The Northern Cape Province of South Africa faces drought that limits human endeavours, and which explains the unpredictable progress in livestock production over time.
Yonas T. Bahta, Vuyiseka A. Myeki
doaj   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source