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Jàmbá, 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
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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
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Crop Biotechnology and Smallholder Farmers in Africa
, 2022 The tools of genetic engineering and modern biotechnology offer great potential to enhance agricultural productivity, food and nutritional security, and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. Large and long-term investments have been made in several countries in Africa to access, develop, and commercialize safe biotechnology crops ...
Endale Gebre Kedisso +7 more
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Adoption of Improved Maize Seed by Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique [PDF]
The objective of this paper is to investigate factors influencing the adoption of improved maize seed by smallholder farmers in Mozambique. The data used in this study were obtained from a national random sample of 4,908 smallholder farmers conducted by ...
Christy, Ralph D. +2 more
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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Weather and Climate Extremes, 2019 Rural smallholder farmers, who exercise rain fed agriculture for their livelihoods, make up the largest proportion in Ethiopia. This article examined the awareness and perception of rural smallholder farmers about climate change in Adama district ...
Hurgesa Hundera +2 more
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Logistic modelling of smallholder livestock farmers’ adoption of tree-based fodder technology in Zimbabwe [PDF]
Based on field data collected from 131 small scale dairy farmers that were randomly selected from four agro-ecological zones, this study assessed the potential of adoption of fodder bank technology as a means for improving livestock production and income
Ajayi, Olu Clifford, Jera, R.
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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
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Credit access, productivity and poverty reduction in Malawi: a conditioned mixed process approach
Discover AgricultureMost 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
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, 2019 Producer groups and commodity clusters provide vital underpinning to the smallholder farmer institutions supported by Oxfam in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan.
Khalikov, Farhod +2 more
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