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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incentivizing smallholder farmers' green production behaviors with nudges: an experimental survey study in Heping Town, China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionGreen agricultural development has become a key activity in global sustainable transformation. The Chinese government has actively promoted the transition to green agricultural production through diversified policies. However, the main target
Guoliang Li, Fanghua Liang, Jiakui Chen
doaj   +1 more source

On smallholder farm and farmer diversity

, 2019
Feeding the world sustainably is one of today’s greatest challenges. The urgency to produce more food from a dwindling resource base calls for a sustainable intensification of agricultural production. Globally, 83% of all farm systems are smallholder farms, whose productivity could increase through the adoption of improved agricultural technologies and
openaire   +3 more sources

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought and flood impacts on agricultural water availability in smallholder farms in the Overberg District, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies
Climate change-driven disasters are among the major problems facing the agricultural sector globally. This study examined the impacts of drought and floods on water availability and agricultural productivity in smallholder farms within the Overberg ...
Pitso Hemly Mashile, Evans Shoko, Bongani Ncube   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends and Current Situation of China's Meat Sector

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the world's largest meat producer, consumer, and importer, China's meat sector has undergone profound transformation over the past decade, driven by biological crises (e.g., African Swine Fever), environmental policies, and global market integration. This study analyzes the sector's production restructuring, consumption diversification, and
Zengyong Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

Credit access, productivity and poverty reduction in Malawi: a conditioned mixed process approach

Discover Agriculture
Most policy discussions have been centred on improving smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity as a way of reducing poverty in SSA. IFAD acknowledges that higher agricultural productivity can hasten sustainable agriculture development and poverty ...
Blessings Bolola Nyirongo
doaj   +1 more source

Access to social capital and smallholder agricultural practices: the case of smallholder farmers in North-Western Ghana

Cogent Food & Agriculture
Social capital is considered one of the pertinent drivers of inclusive development for rural farmers. However, in scientific discourses, little is known about the determinants and types of social capital available to smallholder farmers and the ...
Kenneth Tengapoe, Issah Baddianaah, Abubakar Shehu Yaradua   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source