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Revista Brasileira de AgroecologiaThe 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 +4 more
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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
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Smallholders’ perspectives on sustainable agriculture intensification in Northern Ghana
Sustainable FuturesIn 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 +6 more
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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 +2 more
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Including Smallholders with Vertical Coordination
, 2021 The current chapter demonstrates an application of the theoretical framework of vertical coordination, more specifically the application of contracting in productive partnerships, to integrate smallholders into the value chain of a specialised crop.
Bitsch, Linda +4 more
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Typology of rubber based farming systems in Cameroon: lessons for future plantings [PDF]
, 2004 The rubber smallholder sector in Cameroon was developed in different zones, periods and conditions. As a result, the diversity of the rubber farms is important. So, a typology of the farms, mainly based on the strategy for the development of the farming
Chambon, Bénédicte, Michels, Thierry
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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan +2 more
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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 +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 +2 more
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Modeling multi-stakeholder forest management : the case of forest plantations in Sabah [PDF]
, 2005 The underlying decision theory of forest management changed from decisions made by the forest manager, a single stakeholder, to a decision-making process, which involves a variety of stakeholders with different goals.
Guizol, Philippe, Purnomo, Herry
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