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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, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong   +1 more
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs): The potential for enhancing the dissemination of agricultural information and services to smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

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, G. Makombe, A. Molotsi, K. Dzama, C. Mapiye   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Agricultural insurance access and acceptability: examining the case of smallholder farmers in Ghana

Agriculture & Food Security, 2021
Weather-related risks thwart agricultural productivity gains especially in the face of climate change. Agricultural insurance serves as a reliable risk mitigation instrument for coping with climate-related hazards.
D. Ankrah, N. Kwapong, Dennis Eghan, Francis Adarkwah, Dominic Boateng-Gyambiby   +4 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
doaj   +1 more source

Vulnerability of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Change-Induced Shocks in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia

Sustainability, 2021
Vulnerability assessment varies widely across households, countries, and regions. Though many previous studies assessed vulnerability to climate change, their unit of analysis was aggregate.
Titay Zeleke, F. Beyene, T. Deressa, J. Yousuf, Temesgen Kebede   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THE PERCEPTION OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS TOWARD MICRO-INSURANCE AS A RISK COPING STRATEGY IN ZIMBABWE

AGRISE, 2023
Microinsurance is an important risk mitigation strategy in smallholder farmers’ agricultural enterprises that are faced with intensifying climate change and unpredictability.
Chrispen Maireva
doaj   +1 more source

A Typology of the Level of Market Participation among Smallholder Farmers in South Africa: Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces

Sustainability, 2021
Smallholder farmers face several challenges that limit their access to markets and prevent them from taking advantage of market opportunities. This study sought to provide observed information on households’ involvement in the output market and to ...
S. I. Hlatshwayo, M. Ngidi, T. Ojo, A. Modi, T. Mabhaudhi, R. Slotow   +5 more
semanticscholar   +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

Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers’ participation in multiple output markets: Empirical evidence from Tanzania

PLoS ONE, 2021
A relatively large body of literature has documented the welfare effects of smallholder farmers’ participation in single-commodity output markets.
Julius Manda, C. Azzarri, S. Feleke, B. Kotu, L. Claessens, M. Bekunda   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source