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Predicting Financial Stress in Young and Beginning Farmers in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes
Financial stress, Young and Beginning farmers, farm type, farming regions, operating leverage, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Farm Management,
Chintawar, Sachin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Boosting traditional management of Sahelian Faidherbia parks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Traits and functions of Apple?ring acacia (Faidherbia albida (Del.) Chev.), iconic species of sahelian agroforesters, are well known of agro?pastoralists farmers and scientists.
Madi, Oumarou P.   +4 more
core  

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 2002 Farm Bill: Revitalizing the Farm Economy Through Renewable Energy Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
2002 Policy Report.Reduced profit margins and low commodity prices have forced many to leave farming in the past decade, or rely increasingly on off-farm income, while more attractive opportunities in less volatile industries have deterred many young ...
Carol Werner, Jeremy Ames
core  

Economic and Environmental Tradeoffs in Cultivating Short Food Supply Chains With Urban Indoor Agriculture

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and opportunities for young farmers in the implementation of the Rural Development Program 2014–2020 of the Republic of Croatia

open access: yesOpen Agriculture
Today, all sectors of the economy are confronted with the problem of demographic renewal. The low number of young farmers and the lack of development opportunities for them pose major challenges for the agricultural sector.
Rogelj Mateja Jež   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determining smallholder farmers’ preferences for Push-Pull technology dissemination pathways in western Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes
The push-pull technology (PPT) has widely been disseminated to control stemborer (Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca) and Striga weeds (Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica) in maize fields in Kenya. This study examined farmers’ preferences for various
Amudavi, David M.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing food security among young farmers in Africa: evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. [PDF]

open access: yesAgric Food Econ, 2023
Adeyanju D   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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