Smallholder farmer
The contribution of rural institutions to rural development: Study of smallholder farmer groups and NGOs in Uganda
... and smallholder farmer groups as sample rural institutions in addressing four main rural developmental objectives via improving health, education, agriculture and ...21 smallholder farmer ...
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The Effectiveness of Partnership Systems between NGOs and Smallholder Farmer Groups on Rural Development: The System Theory Perspective
... and Smallholder Farmer Groups for the case of ...and Smallholder Farmer Groups to effectively influence rural development, the interactions of the different parts of the partnership system ...
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Influence of knowledge utilization mechanisms on innovativeness of smallholder farmer groups
... among smallholder farmer groups in ...of farmer output expectation and technology enjoyment ...in farmer innovativeness adoption ...and farmer group success, output expectations from ...
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Transitory coping strategies of food-insecure smallholder farmer households: the case of Ilu Gelan District, West Shoa Zone, Oromia Reginal State, Ethiopia
... According to the information gathered from focused group discussion and key informant interview in the study districts, the use of these coping strategies depends on the most frequently used coping strategies they used. ...
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The Role of Smallholder Farmer Group in Delivery of Agricultural Services for Improved Livelihoods in Murang' a District, Kenya
... On average, about 52% of members indicated that their access to three agricultural services namely ; market i ng , extension and financial services had improved after joining farmer grou[r] ...
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Do smallholder farmer-led seed systems have the capacity to supply good-quality, fungal-free sorghum seed?
... Seed is the basic unit of crop production [13], and its quality is a primary determinant of yield and nutrition [9]. Yet seed is not only a vehicle for promoting produc- tivity, nutrition and resilience, but also an ...
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Amelioration of Acidic Soil to Increase Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc) Trotter) Yield on Smallholder Farmer Fields in Ethiopian Highlands
... Abstract: Crop productivity of Ethiopian highlands has been declining mainly due to high intensity of acidic soil thus amelioration is vital to improve soil properties and crop yield. Unfortunately, most farmers in ...
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Agricultural Diversification And Food Security: A Case Of Smallholder Farmer In Kano State, Nigeria
... In the same token, mixed farming is a system where by livestock are kept on a farm where crops are grown simultenously by the farmer. A mixed crop/ livestock farming system consists of integrated crop and ...
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Opportunities for the smallholder sandalwood industry in Vanuatu. ACIAR Technical Reports No. 79
... a smallholder farmer securing such a loan is limited, since the bank considers them as unemployed with little capacity to service the ...many smallholder farmers have no reliable source of income to ...
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BASIC FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR APPLICATION IN A BASIC SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
... This paper seeks to show how fuzzy logic control can be applied in the design of a basic smart irrigation system which can enable a smallholder farmer manage tasks a[r] ...
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Climate change impacts and adaptation among smallholder farmers in Central America
... different smallholder farmer contexts and experiences with climate change, it will be important to develop adaptation strategies that are flexible and can be tailored to specific farming con- texts and ...
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... two smallholder irrigation schemes in the surrounding ...(70) smallholder maize farmers in Qamata area, and thirty nine (39) smallholder maize farmers in Tyefu area, a random selection technique was ...
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Comparison of decent work status among smallholder pig farmers in Kenya; An empirical approach using Principal Components
... a farmer based marketing organisation were coded as discrete response variables, that is; 0 = ’No’ or 1 = ’Yes’ The frequencies for each response were used to compute an overall index for market access with higher ...
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Factors for successful development of farmer cooperatives in northwest China : a study at Shandan county, in Gansu Province : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of requirement for the degree of Master of Agricommerce at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... 125 the same products can join the cooperative. To gain a formal membership, a member has to buy at least one cooperative share. However, as the majority of farmers have limited capital for investment, both cooperatives ...
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Automation and the farmer
... In an ongoing project their shape is also scanned by machine vision so that their condition can be estimated. The data system is already able to operate gates, so that automatic drafting is possible. Now, of the animals ...
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Impact assessment of the 1990 East Coast technology transfer programme : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Farm Management, Massey University
... Farmer and Farm Details Areas of Alternative Pasture Species Sown Farmers' Views on Future Government Funding Farmer Use of Research Institutions Reasons for Farmer Participation in the [r] ...
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Impact assessment of the 1990 East Coast technology transfer programme : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Farm Management, Massey University
... Farmer and Farm Details Areas of Alternative Pasture Species Sown Farmers' Views on Future Government Funding Farmer Use of Research Institutions Reasons for Farmer Participation in the [r] ...
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Weed Management in Zimbabwean Smallholder Conservation Agriculture Farming Sector
... Zimbabwe smallholder farming sector contributing to smallholder poor yields, hence there is need to identify cropping systems that have potential to reduce weed pressure while improving crop ...
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Ecological and socio-cultural factors influencing in situ conservation of crop diversity by traditional Andean households in Peru
... Information on environmental conditions (soil types, slope degree, average rainfall and temperature, frost occurrence, vegetation and dominant components in the surrounding area, access to irrigation, among other topics) ...
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Comprehending smallholder maize enterprises` profitability with the current maize marketing system in Zimbabwe: A case of Mazowe district
... most smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are resource constrained and the harsh economic environment that has worsened the economic situation in the past decade, this is not surprising as input dealers have adopted ...
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