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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"small holder farmers"”.
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Assessment of Warehouse Receipt System Role in Improving Small Holder Farmers Income; A Case of Cashew Nuts Farmers in Mtwara Region
… Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) in improving the small holder farmer’s income (case study cashew nuts farmers in Mtwara Region) More specifically, the study intended to analyze the relationship between production, price, storage and cashew nuts farmers income increase at Mtwara region to analyze …
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Unlocking Africa's poverty trap : holistic approach to BOP investment in agribusiness
… an innovative business model that enables small-holder farmers to access affordable extension services, technical assistance and financial scheme, thereby improving their overall productivity level.
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Assessing the impacts of small-holder farming activities on Wetland Area in Nzhelele Agricultural Hub in the Vhembe District; Limpopo Province, South Africa
… case study research was to assess the impacts of small-holder farming activities on wetland area in Makhado Local Municipality, in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province. Data was collected through interviews and the main data collection tools were a questionnaire, Landsat 8 satellite and UAV images …
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Response of rodents to land use gradients in small-holder farms in Northern Limpopo: implications for ecologically-based rodent management (EBRM)
… and personal possessions that they may cause to small holder farmers. Small holder farmers live in a mixed landscape that is constantly changing. Such changes are changes in land use and they do not only affect rodent population dynamics and species composition, but also their ecosystem services …
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Dairy Value Adition Through Small Scale Dairy Processing Technology: A Case of Uwaso Group in Sokon 1 Ward Arusha – Tanzania
… the project of dairy value addition through small scale dairy processing technologies to improve household income. This is precisely because of the following advantages in Dairy production. It helps to increase long life of milk and it improves the quality of milk by producing products of …
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An assesment of the financial viability of investing in an animal drawn ripper
… used in Zambia-planting basins for hand hoe farmers and ripping for farmers with access to animal draft power and implements. Maize, cotton, soyabean, sunflower and groundnuts are among the major crops grown by the rural households and were hence considered in this study. Ripping requires …
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An assesment of the financial viability of investing in an animal drawn ripper
… used in Zambia-planting basins for hand hoe farmers and ripping for farmers with access to animal draft power and implements. Maize, cotton, soyabean, sunflower and groundnuts are among the major crops grown by the rural households and were hence considered in this study. Ripping requires …
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Empirical Studies in Production Economics and International Agricultural Development Issues
… that influence the agricultural development of small-holder farmers in Ecuador, namely, markets, food value chains, risk preferences, and risk perceptions. The third manuscript titled "Does the Use of Specialty Varieties and Post-Harvest Practices Benefit Farmers? Cocoa Value Chains in Ecuador" …
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Multiperiod farm planning to maximize smallholder farm income : a case study of Shinyanga region, Tanzania
… region, Tanzania. For the past two decades, smallholder farmers of Tanzania have been experiencing low farm earnings from the farming occupation. The problem of low farm income has trapped small holder farmers in a vicious cycle, which can be described as follows; farm earnings are low, farm …
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The effect of intermediary market power on grain prices in India and Brazil
… food security and the livelihoods of vulnerable small-holder farmers. Current research is limited in scope to merely estimating physical losses, which ignores the many effects of quality loss on value, food supply, health and safety, and ultimately, physical losses. To prevent quality losses, one …
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Factors affecting access to finance by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia
… finance from the bank’s perspective and not farmers. Therefore, this study sought to fill the gap and assess variables directly related to smallholder farmers access to finance. It further examines the dynamism of access to finance depending on location, gender and transport infrastructure. …
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Simple sequence repeat polymorphism screening for resistance to Cercospora Arachidila in groundnut(Arachis Hypogaea)Genotypes
Arachis sp. 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 …
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Organic manure effects on selected soil properties, water use efficiency and grain yield of sunflower
… is considered a good agricultural practice for smallholder farmers. However, the effect of organic manure on soil properties and crop yield depends upon its application rate and chemical composition. Climatic seasonal variability within the study area could adversely affect crop production. The …
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Comparative Resistance of Maize populations to the maize weevil,Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky
… a major threat to food security among the small-holder farmers in Africa. The Maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, is one of the most important storage pest for which breeding for resistance is the best option for reducing storage losses. A study was conducted to identify maize cob …
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Comparative Resistance of Maize populations to the maize weevil,Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky
… a major threat to food security among the small-holder farmers in Africa. The Maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, is one of the most important storage pest for which breeding for resistance is the best option for reducing storage losses. A study was conducted to identify maize cob …
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Economic Analysis of Farm Household Perceptions and Preferences for Salinity Intrusion Risk Reduction in the Mekong River Delta
… water use due to an expansion in the number of farmers planting three, rather than two, rice crops per year have generally extended the total area of salinity intrusion in the MRD. Adverse impacts of this increased salinity on rice and other forms of agricultural production are now occurring, …