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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Smallholder Farmer"”.
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The effect of cash constraints on smallholder farmer revenue
Many smallholder farmers in developing countries struggle to make ends meet. We develop a model that examines how markets catering to numerous smallholder farmers reach an equilibrium, while incorporating real world challenges that smallholder farmers face, namely a lack of long term planning and …
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Marrying water and soil: adaptation to climate by a smallholder farmer in Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe
… implemented by Mr Zephaniah Phiri Maseko, a smallholder farmer from Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe. Ethnographic data provides insight and lessons of his practices for rethinking existing strategies for adaptation to climate change. The concept of adaptation is probed i n relationship to the …
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Implementation Evaluation Of The Smallholder Farmer Support Programme And Its Likelihood Of Increasing Farm Productivity: A Case Of “Abalimi Phambili Project”, Jozini, Kwazulu-Natal
Farmer support programmes are aimed at assisting in unlocking barriers faced by smallholder farmers. These programmes were implemented many years ago by the public and private sector. However, research continues to show that the increase in the number of these initiatives and in …
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An analysis of agricultural commercialisation amongst smallholder farmers in Munyati Resettlement Area, Chikomba District, Zimbabwe
Smallholder farmer commercialisation has been identified as a way of increasing agricultural production, food availability, and farmers' incomes. Smallholder commercialisation can occur asa result of an increase in the production levels of "traditional" food crops or asa result ofa shift in …
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Multidimensional lack of financial inclusion: the case for agrarian value chain finance institutions in rural Eastern Cape
… Eastern Cape region has a diverse composition of smallholder farmers that conduct operations, mainly in rural dwellings, within an informal trading context. The study found a composition of informal and formally composed smallholder farmers that operate within and outside of value chains. …
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Rural credit and agricultural productivity; does access to credit matter? evidence from smallholder maize farmers in Zambia
… to credit on agricultural productivity among smallholder maize farmers in Zambia using the Endogenous Switching Regression Model (ESRM) to account for endogeneity in the farmer’s decision to access agricultural credit and consistently predicts productivity of farmers with access to …
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An economic analysis of a mechanized systems approach to cassava production in Sub-Saharan Africa
… with how those operations are delivered to the smallholder farmer, needs to be considered to better understand the opportunity for smallholder mechanization in cassava production.
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Determinants of soybean adoption and performance in northern Ghana
… crop to generate new sources of income for smallholder farmers. Yet as an unfamiliar commercial crop, soybean requires farmers to move beyond traditional production practices and market engagements in order to succeed. In this context soybean represents a long-jump agricultural technology, …
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Examining the drivers of adoption of climate-smart practices in smallholder farming systems of Zvimba District in Zimbabwe
… adverse impacts on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, elevating the urgency to increase agricultural productivity and incomes, and resilience of food and agricultural systems. Discourse is dominated by how climate change risks drive smallholder farmer risk perception and adaptation …
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Simple sequence repeat polymorphism screening for resistance to Cercospora Arachidila in groundnut(Arachis Hypogaea)Genotypes
… cultivation in Africa is largely by small holder farmers that lack the resources to counteract the negating effects of foliar disease Early Leaf Spot (ELS) caused by Cercospora arachidicola. C. arachidicola causes yield losses which on interaction with other pests and/ or diseases and favourable …
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Multiple ecosystem services in smallholder agriculture
… of multiple ecosystem services relevant to smallholder farmer livelihoods in the tropics, the production of wood and livestock forage and the structure and fertility of soils were examined in grazed and improved fallows in western Kenya. The objectives were to investigate fine-scale …
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How can smart technologies be applied by smallholder farmers for increased productivity and sustained livelihoods?
… farms, with minimal representation in the smallholder farming sector. On the other hand, a substantial amount of food in developing countries is produced by small scale farmers. Research Objective: The purpose of the study is to investigate the usage of smart technologies by smallholder …
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The Post-frontier: Land use and social change in the Brazilian Amazon (1992 - 2002)
… of the agricultural frontier by small landholder farmers continues to be one of the major drivers of land use change in the Amazon region. Much of the recent research in the Brazilian Amazon has been focused on modeling their behavior in order to prescribe policies that can curb current …
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Examining educational outcomes: A mixed methods evaluation of farmer-to-farmer initiatives and innovation lab paired assignments in Malawi and Zambia
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Towards supporting cohesive decision making across water, energy and food through understanding challenges in Malawi
… in agriculture, with a significant proportion of smallholder farmers; and 20% of the electricity generated in the basin coming from hydropower. In Malawi, one of the Zambezi basin riparian countries, 98% of electricity comes from hydropower, and more than 80% of their population is employed in the …
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The social and management factors that contribute to the ecological sustainability of oil palm plantations
… and interdisciplinary studies of both smallholder and industrial plantations in two key oil palm countries, aiming to provide a more holistic understanding of the social factors influencing plantation management, and the ecological effects of alternative management options. My first …