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Contract Farming and Children's Education: Evidence From Maize Producers in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming (CF) has continued to proliferate in the small farm sector of developing countries. While its effects on smallholders across welfare outcomes such as income and food security have been well documented, there are growing concerns about its broader social implications especially on children.
Francis E. Ndip, Abraham M. Adongo, Perez L. Kemeni Kambiet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Inclusion for Smallholders: Integrating a Resource Nexus Approach Into Agricultural Finance Systems

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers remain structurally excluded from the current agricultural finance system. Existing research in this area examines financial inclusion through fragmented environmental, social, and economic lenses, limiting system‐level understanding.
Vaibhav Aggarwal, Matthias Walz, Edeltraud Guenther   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental implications of using waste from sugarcane industry in agriculture

, 2014
The ethanol industry is of great importance to the Brazilian economy since the sugarcane is one of the most important monocultures in the country. Although its activities are regulated by numerous rules in order to minimize the environmental impacts, the
Christofoletti, Cintya A., Tornisielo, Valdemar L., Botellho, Rafael G., Correia, Jorge E. [UNESP]   +3 more
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Expansion of the Brazilian Sugarcane Bioenergy System Promotes Greenhouse Emission Reductions and Sustainable Development Without Compromising Food Security

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel, Sofia M. Arantes, Luciane C. Bachion, Marcelo M. R. Moreira, Marcelo Justus, David Chiaramonti, Lee R. Lynd   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sugarcane bagasse: Properties, production and uses

, 2018
Sugarcane bagasse is considered as a by-product from the sugaralcohol industries. However, from the last few decades, this biomass has been used mainly for energy generation by burning it in boilers.
Teran-Hilares, R., Silva, D. D.V., Santos, J. C., Ingle, A. P., Chandel, A. K., Brumano, L. P., Maitan, M. V., Da Silva, S. S., Carneiro, B. C., Silva, G. M., Ramos, L., Milessi, T. S.S., Dussan, K. J.M. [UNESP], Hernandez-Perez, A., Antunes, F. A.F., Felipe, M. G.A.   +15 more
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The Dynamic Impact of the Energy Transition on Food Security in Developing Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of persistent food insecurity and the global push for the transition toward clean energy in developing countries, understanding the association between clean energy access and food affordability is increasingly important to inform multisectoral policy interventions. Against this background, this study explores the dynamic impact
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Thierry M. Pondie, Aissatou Ndiaye, Götz Uckert, Katharina Löhr, Stefan Sieber   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the impact of climate change on South African agriculture: The case of sugar-cane growing regions

This study employed a Ricardian model that captures farmers' adaptation to analyze the impact of climate change on South African Sugarcane production under irrigation and dryland conditions. The study utilized time series data for the period 1977 to 1998
Poonyth, Daneswar, Hassan, Rashid M., Deressa, T.   +2 more
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The potential for ethanol production from sugarcane in Australia

, 2010
The Australian sugar industry processes approximately 35 million tonnes of sugarcane per year from 400 000 hectares of land. Sugar remains the principal revenue stream from sugarcane in Australia with less than 60 ML/y of fuel ethanol produced from final
O'Hara, Ian Mark
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Resource redeployment as an entry advantage in resource‐poor settings

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Scarcity of productive factors poses a challenge for firms entering underdeveloped regions. We theorize that incumbent firms can overcome scarcity of skilled human capital in local labor markets by redeploying workers from existing units.
Jasmina Chauvin, Carlos Inoue, Christopher Poliquin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sugarcane smut: the political economy of biosecurity

The discovery of sugarcane smut in one Queensland cane region, in June 2006, triggered a clear-cut biosecurity response aimed at containment and eradication.
Antony, George
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