With the rapidly changing economic environments and numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmers’ innovations may be essential in the livelihoods of rural farm households and need to be promoted. Yet a rigorous assessment of the impacts of farmer innovation is lacking. Consequently, we analyse the effect of farmer inn...

This paper 1 outlines the application of Systems Thinking in investigating ways to improve the returns to smallholder tree farmers in the Philippines. The paper illustrates how a systems approach was used in the conceptualisation of the project and how systems thinking facilitated a shared understanding of the how each individual’s research contributed to the broader project activities. Systems...

There is strong advocacy for agricultural machinery appropriate for smallholder farmers in South Asia. Such 'scale-appropriate' machinery can increase returns to land and labour, although the still substantial capital investment required can preclude smallholder ownership. Increasing machinery demand has resulted in relatively well-developed markets for rental services for tillage, irrigation, ...

Abstract The government of Rwanda is promoting agricultural intensification focused on the production a small number targeted commodities as central strategy to pursue joint policy goals economic growth, food security and livelihood development. dominant approach increase productive capacity land, crops animal resources has been through large-scale land consolidation, soil fertility management,...

The nucleus-plasma oil palm plantation partnership policy program began in 1977 through the People's Nucleus Plantation (PIR) pattern. This study aims to see how implementation of partnerships that exist between plasma farmers and companies measure level satisfaction as partners. research was conducted Musi Banyuasin Regency, Batanghari Leko District, with a sample 60 smallholders who partnered...

Smallholder farming in the Brazilian Amazon has changed markedly over the last few decades, following a pervasive swing to cattle production observed across the basin. These changes have brought opportunities for accumulating a modicum of wealth that were not available in the early stages of colonization. At the same time, they have reconfigured livelihood systems away from diversified agricult...

This study empirically tests the benefit of smallholders from organic farming in Bangladesh through their improved food security which is realised increased productivity and farm income. The respondent were picked up two districts namely Mymensingh Bogra. respondents (80) beneficiaries agriculture promotion project Agricultural University. Three years data collected by staff crosschecked with b...

In developing countries, supply chains are rapidly transforming. However, smallholder farmers, in particular, have experienced mixed impacts inclusion and exclusion from modern (MSC). Therefore, by taking Pakistan’s mandarin industry as a case, this study aims to analyze the farmers’ efficiency inclusiveness compare them across farm size categories, i.e., small, medium, large. For that purpose,...

The involvement of small-scale farmers in markets is crucial to alleviate poverty low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we examine the determinants welfare implications export participation for smallholders Kyrgyzstan, utilising household-level panel data period 2010-2013 employing fixed-effects estimations. Our research reveals that decision participate exports primarily influenced ...

Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa play a vital role achieving food security and nutrition, yet they are often overlooked by development policies lack access to the technology information needed increase their agricultural productivity. This is particularly true Malawi, where smallholder make up over 80% of population face range risks challenges, including vulnerability climate change, t...