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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
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza, Ibtissem Taghouti, José María Gil Roig   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of Sorghum Recombinant Inbred Lines (RIL) developed for rain-fed areas of Sudan [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2015
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) is the most widely produced and consumed cereal crop in Sudan. However, productivity is low since the crop is produced in favorable and unfavorable environments where the crop suffers from drought stresses at
Hassan El Tayieb Ibrahim, Gamar Yasir Ahmed, Elzein Ibrahim Nour Eldin, Ali Asma Mohamed, Ahmed Tareg Eltybe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Crop Forecast Similarity, Government Policies, and Macroeconomic Conditions Affect WASDE Forecast Accuracy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) play a central role in how agricultural commodity markets process information about supply, demand, and prices. This study examines how global and domestic shocks, as well as policy interventions, are reflected in the similarity of WASDE ...
Zhining Sun, Rabail Chandio, Ani L. Katchova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genome-Wide Characterization of the PaO Gene Family and Pyramiding Effects of Superior Haplotypes on Yield-Related Traits in Sorghum

Agronomy
The Pheophorbide a oxygenase (PaO) is a key enzyme in chlorophyll degradation and plays an important role in plant senescence. However, the PaO gene’s function in sorghum remains underexplored.
Jinbiao Li, Haoxiang Li, Ruochen Zhang, Yizhong Zhang, Juanying Zhao, Xiaojuan Zhang, Huiyan Wang   +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

Limestone reaction in sandy soil: Rate effects, limestone type, moisture regime, and time

Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment
An experiment was conducted in the greenhouse facilities of Embrapa Maize and Sorghum to evaluate the limestone reaction in sandy soil based on rates, limestone type, effective calcium carbonate equivalent (ECCE), and moisture regime over time.
Flávia Cristina dos Santos, Álvaro Vilela de Resende, Johnny Rodrigues Soares, João Hebert Moreira Viana, Monna Lysa Teixeira Santana, Silvino Guimarães Moreira, Manoel Ricardo de Albuquerque Filho   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genomics of Sorghum

International Journal of Plant Genomics, 2008
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a subject of plant genomics research based on its importance as one of the world's leading cereal crops, a biofuels crop of high and growing importance, a progenitor of one of the world's most noxious weeds, and a botanical model for many tropical grasses with complex genomes. A rich history of genome analysis,
openaire   +2 more sources

Crop insurance and irrigation behavior: The conditional role of pumping costs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Excessive water use for irrigation can accelerate the depletion of water resources, undermining agriculture's resilience to weather‐related shocks. Understanding how farmers make water use decisions is essential for developing effective water management policies.
Sungmin Cheu, Molly Sears
wiley   +1 more source

Exploiting sorghum genetic diversity for enhanced aluminum tolerance: Allele mining based on the Alt SB locus

Scientific Reports, 2018
Root damage due to aluminum (Al) toxicity restricts crop production on acidic soils, which are extensive in the tropics. The sorghum root Al-activated citrate transporter, SbMATE, underlies the Al tolerance locus, Alt SB , and increases grain yield under
Barbara Hufnagel, Claudia T. Guimaraes, Eric J. Craft, Jon E. Shaff, Robert E. Schaffert, Leon V. Kochian, Jurandir V. Magalhaes   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source