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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: From classical breeding to modern biotechnological advancement in horticultural crops - trait improvement and stress resilience

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Pankaj Kumar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WITH CHANGING DEMAND FOR ROW CROPS USING QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of the study was to ascertain the competitive and complementary potential of fresh vegetable production relative to traditional row crop production using a regional partial equilibrium model.
Epperson, James E., Lei, Li-Fen
core   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Toxicidad Vegetal

open access: yesLa Universidad, 2017
El ser humano ha utilizado por tiempos inmemoriales plantas medicinales para tratar enfermedades y malestares, en un inicio, de manera empírica mediante las prácticas realizadas por brujos y chamanes, quienes conocían un gran número de plantas con “poderes curativos” y el arte de medicar.
openaire   +2 more sources

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