نتایج جستجو برای: smallholder farmers

تعداد نتایج: 35754  

Journal: :Frontiers in sustainable food systems 2023

EDITORIAL article Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 23 May 2023Sec. Land, Livelihoods and Security Volume 7 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1208932

2016
Yuichiro Amekawa Jan Flora Gail Nonnecke Teresa Downing-Matibag

Agroecological practices increasingly have been recognized as major development alternatives that could ensure rural people’s basic needs while enhancing the ecological capacities grounding their livelihoods. This paper explores the multifaceted dimensions of agroecological practices that could potentially address the compelling livelihood necessities of less advantaged smallholder farmers in d...

Journal: :Science 2005
Malcolm J Gardner Richard Bishop Trushar Shah Etienne P de Villiers Jane M Carlton Neil Hall Qinghu Ren Ian T Paulsen Arnab Pain Matthew Berriman Robert J M Wilson Shigeharu Sato Stuart A Ralph David J Mann Zikai Xiong Shamira J Shallom Janice Weidman Lingxia Jiang Jeffery Lynn Bruce Weaver Azadeh Shoaibi Alexander R Domingo Delia Wasawo Jonathan Crabtree Jennifer R Wortman Brian Haas Samuel V Angiuoli Todd H Creasy Charles Lu Bernard Suh Joana C Silva Teresa R Utterback Tamara V Feldblyum Mihaela Pertea Jonathan Allen William C Nierman Evans L N Taracha Steven L Salzberg Owen R White Henry A Fitzhugh Subhash Morzaria J Craig Venter Claire M Fraser Vishvanath Nene

We report the genome sequence of Theileria parva, an apicomplexan pathogen causing economic losses to smallholder farmers in Africa. The parasite chromosomes exhibit limited conservation of gene synteny with Plasmodium falciparum, and its plastid-like genome represents the first example where all apicoplast genes are encoded on one DNA strand. We tentatively identify proteins that facilitate pa...

The present study examined the perception of smallholder pineapple farmers on Global GAP standard compliance, assessed compliant farmers’ rate of adherence to standard requirements, and compared the average farm profit of Global GAP compliant and non-compliant pineapple farmers in Akuapem South Municipal Area of Ghana. The study used mainly farm level data solicited from 150 randomly selected p...

2017
Joseph M. Kungu Michel M. Dione Francis Ejobi Michael Ocaido Delia Grace

BACKGROUND Prevalence studies report Taenia solium cysticercosis in pig and human populations in Uganda. However, the factors influencing occurrence in smallholder pig production systems are not well documented and little is known about farmers' perceptions of T. solium cysticercosis or farmer practices that could reduce transmission. METHODS To determine the risk factors, perceptions and pra...

2013
Lotte S. Woittiez Mariana C. Rufino Ken E. Giller

Common lands provide smallholder farmers in Africa with firewood, timber, and feed for livestock, and they are used to complement human diets through the collection of edible nontimber forest products (NTFPs). Farmers have developed coping mechanisms, which they deploy at times of climatic shocks. We aimed to analyze the importance of NTFPs in times of drought and to identify options that could...

2016
Sonia Akter Timothy J. Krupnik Frederick Rossi Fahmida Khanam

Theoretically, weather-index insurance is an effective risk reduction option for small-scale farmers in low income countries. Renewed policy and donor emphasis on bridging gender gaps in development also emphasizes the potential social safety net benefits that weather-index insurance could bring to women farmers who are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change risk and have low adaptive ...

2012
Aggrey J.D. Ambali Daimon Kambewa

Bananas and plantains are important for food security and income, but they are beset with numerous abiotic and biotic challenges that drastically reduce yield. Consequently, a range of technologies have been developed to tackle the various constraints. This study was carried out to determine the adoption potential of improved banana cultivars by smallholder farmers in Malawi. The study was carr...

2008
Harsha de Silva

This paper considers the specific role of information and communication technologies [ICT] in reducing transaction costs in agriculture by enabling timely and affordable communication. Segmenting transaction costs in to several components, the paper isolates the costs associated with information search as the specific costs that could be influenced through ICT. Analyzing the findings of a case ...

2011

Delivering improved seeds to smallholder farmers in the developing world is an efficient and sustainable method of increasing crop yields and quality. Unlike fertilizers, pesticides and equipment, seeds can be produced locally for distribution to farmers or self-saved. Furthermore, improved varieties of horticultural crops often reduce dependence on synthetic pesticides, improve food safety, re...

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