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Dreaming of a Smallholding

Sociologia Ruralis, 2010
AbstractThe article examines a phenomenon associated with the rural idyll – the dream of becoming the owner of a smallholding in the countryside. Much research and policy concern in Norway have focused upon rural–urban migration trends and the consequences of the urbanisation process on the sustainability of rural communities.
Blekesaune, Arild, Haugen, Marit Synnøve, Villa, Mariann   +2 more
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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

How Does Patient Capital Enhance Agribusiness Resilience? Evidence From Chinese Listed Agribusinesses

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In emerging economies where smallholder farming dominates agricultural production, agribusinesses serve as critical intermediaries linking smallholders to broader markets, and their resilience directly affects agricultural sustainability. Short‐term‐oriented capital is reluctant to adequately finance highly uncertain and cyclical agricultural ...
Siyuan Lyu, Jianling Qi, Liling Jiang, Ronghua Jin, Yuanhao Yu, Lingjing Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smallholders’ perspectives on sustainable agriculture intensification in Northern Ghana

Sustainable Futures
In the quest to improve food security for a growing population with minimal environmental impact, assessing smallholders’ perceptions and practices of sustainable agriculture intensification (SAI) is a prerequisite for achieving Sustainable Development ...
Ebenezer N.K. Boateng, Gerald Atampugre, Patricia Solis, Simon Mariwah, Ishmael Mensah, Christine Furst, Benjamin K. Nyarko   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Diversity and location: key elements to the production of agroecological technical novelties by smallholders

Revista Brasileira de Agroecologia
The institutionalization of the industrial agriculture regime weakened the potential of novelties production by smallholders. Novelties here are understood as specific types of innovations, necessary to find solutions to the current multifaceted ...
Pauline Hélène Cécile Marie Cuenin, Marcelo Leles Romarco de Oliveira, Maria Izabel Vieira Botelho, Leonardo Van den Berg, Irene Maria Cardoso   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) and productivity: the case of smallholders in Kwara State, Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2019
In rural Nigeria, most households cannot afford food products rich in vitamin A which gave rise to the introduction of bio-fortified agricultural produces. One of these is the Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSP). Although introduced about six years ago,
Babatunde Raphael Olanrewaju, Omoniwa Adeyemi Esther, Adeniyi Adebanke Elizabeth   +2 more
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Smallholder telecoupling and potential sustainability

Ecology and Society, 2018
Smallholders are crucial for global sustainability given their importance to food and nutritional security, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation.
Karl S. Zimmerer, Eric F. Lambin, Steven J. Vanek   +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

Factors influencing adoption of crossbred cattle in different agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh

Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment, 2020
Crossbred cattle farming by small farm holders are one of the promising agricultural activities to enhance financial and nutritional status of the rural people of Bangladesh.
M. A. Quddus
doaj   +1 more source