Editorial: Sustainable soil fertility practices for smallholder farmers

Soil Fertility: QUEFTS and Farmers’ Perceptions

Soil fertility is one of many factors which influence farmers’ choices regarding agricultural production, fertilisation and soil and water conservation. Before we can study the effects however, we need to measure soil fertility. We use the QUEFTS model (QUantitative Evaluation of the Fertility of Tropical Soils Janssen et al., 1990), which predicts crop yields from chemical soil characteristics...

Pluriactivity: An Entrepreneurial Strategy for Smallholder Farmers

     Rural entrepreneurship is a new way in development theories for empowerment and capacity building in rural areas to change the current pattern of human living to a desirable and merit pattern. One of the manifestations of entrepreneurship is pluriactivity. Therefore, the purpose of this study was conducted on analyzing and pondering in the farmers' pluriactivity. Pluriactivity is defined a...

Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions on Climate Change and the Use of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

In developing regions with high levels of poverty and a dependence on climate sensitive agriculture, studies focusing on climate change adaptation, planning, and policy processes, have gained relative importance over the years. This study assesses the impact of farmer perceptions regarding climate change on the use of sustainable agricultural practices as an adaptation strategy in the Chinyanja...

Role of Livestock Projects in Empowering Women Smallholder Farmers for Sustainable Food Security in Rural Kenya

Climate change and smallholder farmers in Malawi