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Women's Off‐Farm Employment and Dietary Quality in Rural Africa

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off‐farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analysed links between off‐farm employment and well‐being, but mostly at the household level, not considering that household members may be affected differently.
Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca, Matin Qaim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Are Climate-Smart Practices Important in Burkina Faso? [PDF]

Plant Environ Interact
Bado B, Thiombiano N, Tito NT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Promoting Methane Reductions Through Behavioural Nudges and Informational Boosts: A Field Choice Experiment in Japanese Rice Farming

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural methane emissions represent a significant contributor to global climate change, with irrigated rice cultivation being one of the primary sources. Despite the availability of effective mitigation technologies, their adoption often remains limited due to behavioural and institutional constraints.
Shengyi Du, Katsuya Tanaka, Hiroki Sasaki, Tetsuya Horie, Shinya Horie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial incubation in family poultry farming systems in Brazil: technical feasibility and incubation performance. [PDF]

Poult Sci
Alves KCA, Zangeronimo MG, Alvarenga RR, Souza OF, Lobato HC, Oliveira JMF, Silva AG, Martins JMS, de Paula KC, Geraldo A, Lara LJC, Araújo ICS.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

he Voice of Smallholders in Shaping Priorities : Chapter F3 of the report on The state of foresight in food and agriculture and the roads toward improvement [PDF]

, 2012
Bourgeois, Robin
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Sustainable Livestock Decisions in a Post‐Conflict Frontier: Evidence From Colombia's Orinoquía

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Orinoquía region is one of Colombia's principal agricultural frontiers and has been shaped by long‐standing armed‐conflict dynamics that continue to influence land governance, producer incentives, and investment decisions. Efforts to promote sustainable cattle production emphasize two key practices: sustainable pasture management ...
Hernando Flórez‐Díaz, Emiliano Lopez Barrera, Adriana María Molina‐Romero, Diana Elisa Correa‐Pinilla, Carlos Fontanilla‐Díaz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migrant labour flows and interconnected agrarian transformations in Southern China. [PDF]

Agric Human Values
Xu Y, Wang C, Ye J, Kham SS, Ra D, Franco JC, Borras SM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reallocation Effects of Internalizing Externalities: Evidence From China's Straw Burning Ban

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the reallocation effects of a typical environmental policy aiming to internalize externalities: the straw burning ban across China. The ban prohibited the traditional farming practice of burning straw while compelling the labour‐intensive practice of straw utilization.
Wenyuan Hua
wiley   +1 more source

Designing on-farm trials: an example with interventions to improve micronutrient status of grain crops. [PDF]

NPJ Sustain Agric
Lark RM, Manzeke-Kangara MG, Kihara JM, Broadley MR.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source