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Lives and Livelihoods in Smallholder Farming Systems of Senegal: Impacts, Adaptation, and Resilience to COVID-19

Land, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has had immediate and cascading impacts on global agricultural systems. In Senegal, the immediate impacts include inaccessibility of inputs due to disruption in markets and supply chains, availability of labor, and changes in crop ...
Prakash Kumar Jha, Gerad Middendorf, Aliou Faye, B. Jan Middendorf, P. V. Vara Prasad   +4 more
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Effects of spatial resolution of terrain models on modelled discharge and soil loss in Oaxaca, Mexico [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2021
The effect of the spatial resolution of digital terrain models (DTMs) on topography and soil erosion modelling is well documented for low resolutions. Nowadays, the availability of high spatial resolution DTMs from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) opens ...
S. Naranjo, S. Naranjo, S. Naranjo, F. A. Rodrigues Jr., F. A. Rodrigues Jr., G. Cadisch, S. Lopez-Ridaura, M. Fuentes Ponce, C. Marohn   +8 more
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Evaluating crop management options for sorghum, pearl millet and peanut to minimize risk under the projected midcentury climate scenario for different locations in Senegal

Climate Risk Management, 2022
With the growth of population, climate change is a threat to global food security. Understanding and identifying appropriate options of cropping systems and management practices at spatial (locations) and temporal (climate change) scale is important and ...
A. Araya, P.K. Jha, Z. Zambreski, A. Faye, I.A. Ciampitti, D. Min, P.H. Gowda, U. Singh, P.V.V. Prasad   +8 more
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Non-linear Interactions Driving Food Security of Smallholder Farm Households in the Western Highlands of Guatemala

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
In the western highlands of Guatemala, the indigenous population is one of the most marginalized communities. The food security of subsistence and infrasubsistence smallholders within this population still relies on domestic agricultural production as ...
Luis Barba-Escoto, Luis Barba-Escoto, Mark T. van Wijk, Santiago López-Ridaura   +3 more
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Describing capability, opportunity, and motivation for food safety practices among actors in the Cambodian informal vegetable market

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionSeveral Cambodian initiatives seek to improve nutritional outcomes via increased production and consumption of nutrient-dense foods, including vegetables.
Sabrina Mosimann, Keorimy Ouk, Nora M. Bello, Malyheng Chhoeun, Jessie Vipham, Lyda Hok, Lyda Hok, Paul Ebner   +7 more
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Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on vegetable production systems and livelihoods: Smallholder farmer experiences in Burkina Faso

Food and Energy Security, 2022
At the onset of COVID‐19, researchers quickly recognized the need for research on the consequences of the pandemic for agricultural and food systems, both in terms of immediate impacts on access to inputs and labor, disruptions in transportation and ...
B. Jan Middendorf, Hamidou Traoré, Gerad Middendorf, Prakash K. Jha, Djibril Yonli, Siébou Palé, P.V. Vara Prasad   +6 more
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Understanding Landscape Multifunctionality in a Post-forest Frontier: Supply and Demand of Ecosystem Services in Eastern Amazonia

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020
Sustainable food production requires approaches that reconcile agricultural production with the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.
Daniel Pinillos, Daniel Pinillos, Felix J. J. A. Bianchi, Rene Poccard-Chapuis, Marc Corbeels, Marc Corbeels, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell, Rogier P. O. Schulte   +10 more
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Describing food safety perceptions among growers and vendors in Cambodian informal vegetable markets

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Improving food safety often requires individuals or groups to adopt new food safety behaviors. Understanding individuals’ perceptions of food safety is an important step in creating programs that enable the adoption of such behaviors.
Sabrina Mosimann, Keorimy Ouk, Nora M. Bello, Malyheng Chhoeun, Leah Thompson, Jessie Vipham, Lyda Hok, Lyda Hok, Paul Ebner   +8 more
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Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2017
For agriculture to play a role in climate change mitigation strategies to reduce emissions from inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer through a more balanced and efficient use are necessary.
Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Clare Stirling, Tek B. Sapkota, M. L. Jat, Michael Misiko, Simon Attwood   +5 more
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Equipment Development for Small and Urban Conservation Farming Systems

Agriculture, 2020
The number of local small farms in the USA is on the rise due to a consumer demand for locally grown produce such as tomatoes. These farms often use small walk-behind tractors, but most field activities are still performed by hand requiring heavy ...
Ted S. Kornecki, Manuel R. Reyes
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