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Smallholder farmer resilience to water scarcity
Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2021 AbstractWater scarcity poses one of the most prominent threats to the well-being of smallholder farmers around the world. We studied the association between rural livelihood capitals (natural, human, social, financial, and physical) and resilience to water scarcity.
Francisco X. Aguilar +4 more
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Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 Agricultural production by smallholder farm households is a means of livelihood for many rural households in developing economies, including Africa. Commercializing smallholder farmers in the agricultural sector is an indispensable path to boost economic
Kusse Haile +2 more
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Metafrontier analysis of commercial and smallholder tomato production: A South African case
South African Journal of Science, 2018 South African agriculture is a dualist agricultural system with well-developed commercial farmers and resource-poor smallholder farmers. In an effort to address the dualist nature of agriculture, the South African government has developed a strategic ...
Jabulile Z. Gwebu, Nicolette Matthews
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Operational challenges faced by smallholder farmers: a case of Ethekwini Metropolitan in South Africa [PDF]
Environmental Economics, 2016 The study is aimed at establishing the impact of access to capital, access to markets, access to information and access to technology on competitiveness of smallholder farmers on the market in Ethekwini Metropolitan in South Africa.
Joel Mutero +2 more
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Evidence of Climate Change Coping and Adaptation Practices by Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana
Sustainability, 2021 Evidence on how coping practices for immediate climate variations can transform into long-term adaptive capacity are relatively limited. This study addressed this gap by identifying the coping practices for short-term climate variations and the ...
Philip Antwi‐Agyei +1 more
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Information Development, 2021 The transformation of smallholder farming is poised to be one of the key drivers of achieving the dual objectives of food security and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
O. Mapiye +4 more
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Land, 2022 Drought is a natural phenomenon which can cause widespread socio-economic and environmental impacts. Recent predictions suggest that drought frequency and intensity will increase in Southern Africa; therefore, there is a need for more scientific ...
S. Ruwanza +2 more
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People and Nature, 2022 1. Restoring the degraded Atlantic Forest is one of the biggest conservation chal lenges in Brazil. In a biome with high human presence, understanding the po tential for restoration approaches, such as agroforestry, to provide benefits to smallholder ...
Yara Shennan‐Farpón +3 more
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Smallholder Farmers Contribution to Food Production in Nigeria
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 Several studies have shown that smallholder farmers produce most of the food in low-income and developing countries and form the backbone of the country’s food supply.
Jeffrey Chiwuikem Chiaka +5 more
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Advancing the science and practice of ecological nutrient management for smallholder farmers
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Soil degradation is widespread in smallholder agrarian communities across the globe where limited resource farmers struggle to overcome poverty and malnutrition.
L. Drinkwater, S. Snapp
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