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School meals as a market for smallholder agriculture: Experimental evidence from Ghana
Governments and international development partners investing over $40 USD billion a year in school meals have shown interest in linking these programs with agriculture sector development, through what has become known as “Home-Grown” school feedin
Women and small-scale irrigation: A review of the factors influencing gendered patterns of participation and benefits
Small-scale irrigation is expanding rapidly in parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, offering smallholder farmers an opportunity to improve their livelihoods, diets, and resilience to climate change among other benefits.
The impact of Ethiopia’s direct seed marketing approach on smallholders’ access to seeds, productivity, and commercialization
Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia.
Technology intensification and farmers’ welfare: A case study from Karnataka, a semi-arid state of India
Technology adoption has been advocated as an important way to improve agricultural productivity and welfare of farmers in the semi-arid regions across the globe.
The Government’s policy measures such as travel restrictions, lockdowns, and restrictions on economic and social activities, aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, had affected the livelihoods and food security of smallholders in Nigeria.
Are smallholder farmers credit constrained? Evidence on demand and supply constraints of credit in Ethiopia and Tanzania
Credit constraint is considered by many as one of the key barriers to adoption of modern agricultural technologies, such as chemical fertilizer, improved seeds, and irrigation technologies, among smallholders.
Drivers of adoption of small-scale irrigation in Mali and its impacts on nutrition across sex of irrigators
Irrigation is an important strategy to increase agricultural productivity, improve nutrition security and reduce climate-related risks in rural Africa, but adoption of this technology has been low.
Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam
Despite the growth of agrifood markets, and gradual structural transformation, smallholders persist in Asia.
Poultry production in Burkina Faso: Potential for poverty reduction and women’s empowerment
Poultry rearing is widespread in rural Burkina Faso, and contributes to both the food security and cash income of smallholders farmers.
Heterogeneous effects of marketing contracts and resource-providing contracts on household income
In the existing literature, the effects of contract farming on household welfare were examined with mixed results. Most studies looked at single contract types.
This study analyzed the financing gaps relative to production frontier of rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria.
Building a climate change-resilient food system in Korea: The case of extension and technology dissemination services
Evaluating risk of aflatoxin field contamination from climate change using new modules inside DSSAT
Aflatoxins affect the health of close to 70 percent of the population of the world through contaminated food.
Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal
Food quality and safety have been the central issues of food economics and are considered among the most important food attributes. However, evidence of the impact of food safety consciousness on consumers' food purchasing behavior is limited.
Social networking amid social differentiation in the adoption of improved technologies: A case study in Rajasthan, India
This paper evaluates the role of social networks in the adoption of mustard hybrids.
Empowering smallholder farmers’ organizations through non-public extension service providers: A case study and lessons from Mozambique
The role and impact of non-state extension services providers have not been studied adequately. In this paper, we assess the performance of the non-State extension service provision through farmers organization (FOs) in Mozambique.
Most studies of agricultural transformation document the impact of agricultural productivity on macroeconomic indicators of development.
The feasibility of Picture-Based insurance (PBI): Smartphone pictures for affordable crop insurance
Smallholder farmers are increasingly exposed to weather extremes but lack access to affordable insurance products to protect their livelihoods from catastrophic crop damage.