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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Smallholders Farmers"”.
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The impact of farm input subsidies on economic efficiency of maize production in Malawi
… these efficiencies of 12, 271 smallholder maize farmers from 2010 IHS3 dataset in Malawi. Descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier approach as and a Cobb-Douglas production function were applied. Yield responsiveness to production inputs was estimated by computing input elasticities. The …
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Factors Influencing Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
… sustainable development programs. Empowering farmers to increase productivity by educating them to use conservation agriculture (CA), a more sustainable alternative to the traditional slash-and-burn agricultural practice, could contribute to reducing vulnerability, alleviate food insecurity, …
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Psychological insights for sustainable agricultural transformation
… emissions. In Thailand, with the majority being smallholders, farmers are under pressure to reduce emissions from their operations which constitute 15.2% of the country’s total emissions while simultaneously facing financial struggles with incomes below the national poverty line. Data reveals a …
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A cross-cultural examination of measurement invariance of smallholders in Kenya, Uganda, Mali and Lesotho
… multiple countries could be compared. Using 918 farmers sampled from Kenya, Uganda, Mali, and Lesotho, I conducted exploratory factor analysis and scale reliability tests to determine whether the item loadings and factors were equivalent across populations. No factor structure could be obtained …