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Smallholder farmers’ awareness of biofuel crops in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironmental Economics, 2016
In this study, 157 smallholder farmers from the OR Tambo and Chris Hani district municipality in South Africa were purposively sampled to participate in a survey.
Priviledge Cheteni
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Inputs and Finance in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
AbstractAgriculture remains the mainstay of most economies in Africa, accounting for 37% of gross domestic product (GDP), nearly 60% of export earnings, and over 76% of employment. Over the decades, agricultural value added has averaged 17%, growing at a rate of 1.4%.
openaire   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese farmers’ cooperatives and smallholder farmers

open access: yes, 2018
The general objective of this research is to obtain a better understanding of the characteristics and the development path of Chinese cooperatives and the effect of cooperatives on Chinese smallholder farmers. This objective is realized by identifying and assessing economic and non-economic factors affecting Chinese farmers’ choice of participating in ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing the resilience of smallholder livestock farmers to agricultural drought in South Africa: Implication for adaptive capabilities

open access: yesJàmbá, 2019
The aim of this study was to determine the factors that influence the resilience of smallholder farming households in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Ringetani Maltou, Yonas T. Bahta
doaj   +1 more source

A review of the potential and constraints for crossbreeding as a basis for goat production by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

open access: yesBulletin of the National Research Centre, 2022
Background The purpose of this review was to provide and synthesize validated and up-to-date scientific knowledge on the benefits and drawbacks of crossbreeding as a basis for goat production by Ethiopian smallholder farmers.
Belete Kuraz Abebe
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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