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Sustainability, 2021 Farmland scale management (FSM) is an essential strategy to establish an appropriate management scale for agricultural production, enhance smallholder farmer production efficiency, and improve the utilization rate of farmland.
Baozhong Cai +3 more
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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 +6 more
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Determinants of Wheat Commercialization among Smallholder Farmers in Debre Elias Woreda, Ethiopia
Advances in Agriculture, 2020 Even though wheat commercialization has got great emphasis, smallholder farmers face challenges to participate in the wheat market. As a result, understanding the intensity of smallholder farmers’ wheat commercialization and factors affecting wheat ...
Birara Endalew +3 more
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From theory to reality: Evaluating smallholder farmers’ attitudes toward nature in Tanzania
Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023 This paper contributes to the understanding of the value base of smallholder farmers' relationships with their environment. It aims to identify and analyze Tanzanian smallholder farmers’ attitudes toward nature.The field was approached with a combined ...
Kerstin Schopp
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Sustainability, 2021 Climate change and variability is affecting maize (Zea mays L.) production in eastern Ethiopia but how farmers perceive the challenge and respond to it is not well documented.
Helen Teshome +4 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extreme swings in food prices can put food security at risk. Fertilizer prices are among the main drivers of food prices. This work explores the recurrent behavior of the extreme global fertilizer price fluctuations underlying food price dynamics.
Massimiliano Calvia
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Agrochemicals Use Practices and Health Challenges of Smallholder Farmers in Ghana
Environmental Health Insights, 2021 Background: Globally, Africa is one of the continents that uses the lowest quantity of agrochemicals in farming. However, unsafe chemical use practices are high among farmers in Africa, posing serious health and environmental consequences.
S. Demi, Suzanne R. Sicchia
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Review of the Challenges and Prospects in Agrivoltaics
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This articles reviews the recent prospects of agri‐photovoltaics (agri‐PV) across continents. The existing standards and pilot projects to standardize new codes and regulations are discussed. The state‐of‐the‐art agri‐PV scheme's benefits and lackings are presented. Community acceptance and policy barriers are also discussed where prospective solutions
Tanvir M. Mahim +2 more
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Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, 2020 PurposeIn the developing countries, formal credit has dominant role for the development of agriculture sector. It increases the farmer's purchasing power for better farm inputs and agricultural technology for high crop productivity.
A. Chandio +5 more
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Agricultural Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
Land, 2021 In the past decade, to improve crop production and productivity, Ethiopia has embarked on an ambitious irrigation farming expansion program and has introduced new large- and small-scale irrigation initiatives.
Markose Chekol Zewdie +7 more
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