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Climate change impacts on agricultural trade and food security in emerging economies: case of Southern Africa
Climate change has been a significant threat to sustainable agriculture impacting trade and food security. This research investigates the impacts of...
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Effect of microclimatic physical factors on in vitro morphogenesis of plants: a systematic review
Biotechnology has revolutionized plant propagation by providing plant tissue culture as a rising alternative platform to conventional methods. In the...
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Assessing the impact of a personalised application-based nutrition intervention on carbohydrate intake in rural Benin
BackgroundThis study aims to assess the effect of a personalised nutrition intervention on nutrient intake in rural Benin as a tool to tackle the...
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The impact of contract farming on income of smallholder vegetables farmers in the central rift valley of Ethiopia
Recently, due attention was given to the commercialization of smallholder agriculture through contact farming, ho** that it would bring the...
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Vulnerability and adaptation of maize smallholder farmers to climate change: a Sub-Saharan African context
This study analyzed smallholder maize farmers' perceptions of climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies in the eastern Democratic...
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Validation of farmers’ on-farm irrigation scheduling for optimal water utilization in Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Unwise use of irrigation water in water-scarce areas exacerbates water scarcity, diminishes crop yield, and leads to resource wastage. In the Tigray...
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Household food security in the agropastoral communities of rural southern Kyrgyzstan
BackgroundIn mountainous nations like Kyrgyzstan households face substantial environmental and infrastructural challenges as they strive to achieve...
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Crop diversification and income of agricultural households in India: an empirical analysis
The present study empirically tests the relationship between crop diversification and farm income. The study area is India, the fifth largest economy...
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Determinants of household food expenditure in Tanzania: implications on food security
BackgroundFood expenditure in develo** countries particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa constitutes about 65–70% of total household expenditure....
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The Tahitian chestnut [Inocarpus fagifer (Parkinson ex F.A.Zorn) Fosberg, Fabaceae], a neglected multi-purpose tree from the Asia–Pacific region
The Tahitian (or Polynesian) chestnut Inocarpus fagifer is distributed widely in tropical South-East Asia and in the Pacific region. It is an...
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Impact of participation in social capital networks on the technical efficiency of maize producers in Southwest Nigeria
Maize is a staple food and one of the important sources of starch for many households. However, maize yield in Nigeria remains one of the lowest in...
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Mobile App for Eucalyptus bucking—Value Chain Optimization for Smallholders
Eucalyptus plantations are a notable source of income for smallholders and private landowners in Thailand. The main uses of eucalyptus are for energy...
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Glass Half Full or Half Empty? The Contribution of Cacao in Traditional Agroforestry Systems to the Income of Indigenous Peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon
The chakra is the traditional agroforestry system of the Kichwa people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Over time, it has incorporated cash crops...
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Nitrogen uptake in lentil cultivar mixtures is not predictable from pure stands performance but is correlated with agronomic parameters and experimental conditions
BackgroundIn the context of rising costs of raw materials and environmental degradation caused by livestock farming, the agri-food sector faces...
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Land Use and Land Cover, and Small-Scale Forest Expansion in Northwestern Ethiopian Highlands
In the northwestern highlands of Ethiopia, rapid land use land cover (LULC) change and small-scale forest expansion has taken place due to the...
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Factors That Shaped the Forestry Extension System in Japan: Adoption and Adaptation of the United States Model After World War II
Systems for small-scale forestry are occasionally shaped by adopting models used by other countries. Such adoption is localized and adapted to suit...
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Seedling survival and plantation success in the drylands of Northern Ethiopia
We studied tree seedling survival rates and plantation success of the Growth and Transformation Plan I—GTP I (2011–2015) in the drylands of Northern...
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Farmer’s understanding and adoption of agricultural practices in southern part of India
India is fulfilling the consumption requirement of its pulses and oilseeds largely through importing. Andhra Pradesh is a leading state in the...
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Genetic diversity, correlation and genotype × yield × trait (GYT) analysis of grain yield and nutritional quality traits in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) genotypes in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
Selecting sorghum genotypes with higher grain yield and nutritional quality is essential to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition in arid and...
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Integrated modelling of the determinants of household food insecurity during the 2020–2021 COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda
BackgroundThe determinants of household food insecurity (HFI) do not act in isolation, and are known to be complex, stochastic, nonlinear, and...
