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Livelihood diversification and the expansion of artisanal mining in rural Tanzania: drivers and policy implications [PDF]

, 2010
This paper provides an extended analysis of livelihood diversification in rural Tanzania, with special emphasis on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).
African Development Bank, Barry M., Dreschler B., Foeken D., Gibbon P., Government of Tanzania, Government of Tanzania, IMF, IMF, IMF, International Labour Organization – ILO, Labonne B., LADDER, Lange S., Madulu N. F., Malima V., Mung'ong'o C., Mwaipopo R., Mwakalobo A., Mwakalobo B. S. A., Mwanfupe D., Paavola J., Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Tanzania, Sundaram-Stukel R., United Nations Economic Commission for Africa – UNECA, USAID, World Bank   +27 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
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Smallholder challenges in the growing palm oil industry [PDF]

, 2015
This repository item contains a single issue of Issues in Brief, a series of policy briefs that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S.
Wissler, Laurie
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commercialisation: A meta-approach for agricultural development among smallholder farmers in Africa? [PDF]

, 2013
This paper presents a critique of commercialising smallholder farming for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. First it questions the validity of an overarching ‘metanarrative’ approach to development.
Chitundu, Maureen, Msoni, Ronald, Poole, Nigel   +2 more
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Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

Agribusiness, 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, Jason de Koff, James Muriuki, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa   +3 more
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Linking smallholders’ livelihood resilience with their adaptation strategies to climate impacts: insights from the Tibetan Plateau

Ecology and Society
Adaptation and livelihood resilience are two key concepts for understanding the climate change process of smallholder farmers, but the relationships between them are not well understood.
Xinjun He, Jianzhong Yan, Liang Emlyn Yang, Junying Wang, Hong Zhou, Xue Lin   +5 more
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Poultry producers’ perceptions of changing market conditions : a field study of the poultry production in Khartoum state of Sudan [PDF]

, 2012
Sudan has always showed great potential in the poultry industry, but it has not been until now that this potential has blossomed and is growing quickly. As large agribusinesses1are taking over the market shares within the urban areas, smallholders2 have ...
El-Obeid, Sara, Lundström, Ella
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, 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, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Adoption of conservation agriculture in Laos : a case study in the Mekong Corridor [PDF]

, 2010
Southern Sayaboury province has long been at the forefront of rural economic development in the Lao PDR. Over the past twenty years, livelihoods have undergone drastic changes and agriculture has become increasingly linked to the demand of the Thai ...
Jullien, Frédéric, Khamxaykhay, Chanthasone, Kongthong, Khamphane, Lestrelin, Guillaume, Tivet, Florent, Tran Quoc, Hoa   +5 more
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