Smallholder agriculture
Policy reforms for smallholder agriculture: an analysis using household data for Vietnam
... of smallholder agriculture will decline in the face of rising part-time farming and rising rural wages in this middle- income stage of ...in agriculture will be lost and the country is likely to ...
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RESILIENCE OF IMPROVED MAIZE VARIETIES UNDER SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE IN TANZANIA
... In the climate change literature, stability and resilience are often used interchangeably to describe fluctuations in final crop yields after an extreme weather event. A cropping system is stable/resilient if it is able ...
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Weather index insurance for managing drought risk in smallholder agriculture: lessons and policy implications for sub-Saharan Africa
... The studies reviewed in this article show varying potential for the use of weather index insurance in smallholder agriculture at different levels (macro-, meso- and micro). Lack of trust in the product, the ...
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Profiling Agricultural Engineering Technologies for Mechanizing Smallholder Agriculture in Uganda
... mechanizing smallholder agriculture which is crucial to effective planning and strategy ...the smallholder agriculture context and standardizing of ...
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Case studies of lead firm governance systems in the context commercialization of smallholder agriculture in Uganda
... organic agriculture (OA), (iv) putting into practice the LF’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plans, (v) publicity and marketing needs of the LF, (vi) statutory regulation, (vii) market dynamics such as ...
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Constraints to commercialisation of smallholder agriculture in Tanintharyi division, Myanmar
... Myanmar is a country in rapid economic and political transition, with opportunities emerging for its smallholders to benefit from current economic growth. However many smallholders are trapped in semi-subsistence ...
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A modeling assessment of geneflow in smallholder agriculture in West Africa
... Purpose: Small-scale agriculture is an important issue for food security in Africa. In the context of Genetically Modified Organisms, approaches to quantify geneflow in small-scale systems are widely unexplored. ...
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Using High Resolution Data to Assess Land Use Impact on Nitrate Dynamics in East African Tropical Montane Catchments
... 2,932 m on top of the Mau Escarpment to 1,715 m at the outlet. The landscape is characterized by three main land use types: natural forest (NF), smallholder agriculture (SHA) and commercial tea and tree ...
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... in smallholder agriculture that improves: farm productivity, adaptation to climate variability and change and achievement of household and national developmental ...for smallholder farmers, ...
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... of smallholder agriculture is still grappling and has not yielded the desired results, despite the huge investment from ...the smallholder maize farmers; profile the goals and aspirations of these ...
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Opportunities for the smallholder sandalwood industry in Vanuatu. ACIAR Technical Reports No. 79
... weedy vine Glycine. Many smallholder plantings are also small (<1 ha) and are likely to benefit from roots growing onto the site from adjacent natural vegetation. Consequently, the spacing recommended for ...
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The impact of adoption of conservation agriculture on smallholder farmers’ food security in semi-arid zones of southern Africa
... conservation agriculture adoption on Food Consumption Score of farmers in Zimbabwe and ...conservation agriculture significantly improved the Food Consumption Score for farmers exposed to the ...
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Comparison of decent work status among smallholder pig farmers in Kenya; An empirical approach using Principal Components
... by smallholder enterprises which provide up to 60 % of the country’s ...enhance smallholder participation in neoliberal capitalistic markets demands compliance to sanitary and phytosanitary standards and ...
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The Technical Eciency of Smallholder Irish Potato Producers in Santa Subdivision, Cameroon
... of smallholder Irish potato farmers, and specifically with regard to their technical efficiency, in other countries, but less has been done on the efficiency of smallholder Irish potato farmers in ...
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Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
... of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, and that smallholder farmers produce the majority of food in the region, AGRA has developed a robust plan to empower ...increases smallholder access to ...
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Crop Residue Management in Conservation Agriculture Systems in Zimbabwe Smallholder Farming Sector: Importance, Management Challenges and Possible Solutions
... off-season. Smallholder farmers find permanent soil cover difficult or almost impossible to maintain due to the competition for crop residue for different household ...
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An agriculture and health inter-sectorial research process to reduce hazardous pesticide health impacts among smallholder farmers in the Andes
... The development of our research program has been an iterative process: starting with particular questions, and working with stakeholders to obtain results in an assess- ment phase. Research teams included health (DCC, ...
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Case Studies of Rural Development and Clean Agriculture in Lao PDR
... the agriculture policy, because a number of reforms were carried out under the New Economy ...in agriculture production is a significant cause of low income for farmers and poverty incidence (Oraboune ...of ...
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CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE WITH LEGUMINOUS SHRUBS AT DIFFERENT SPATIAL PATTERNS ENHANCES SMALLHOLDER PRODUCTIVITY OF MAIZE-LEGUME INTERCROPS IN DRY-LAND EASTERN KENYA
... by smallholder farmers (Morris et ...conservation agriculture (CA) technologies such as sustained soil cover (residue retention), micro-dosing and minimum or zero tillage, integrated with selected tree ...
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Collective action : improving smallholder rice farmers' value chain in Yogyakarta, Indonesia : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of AgriCommerce, at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
... helped smallholder rice farmers to build a competitive ...for smallholder rice farmers’ collective action: Firstly, this action required incentives and ...
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