A qualitative model of smallholder agriculture with a few core variables and two allocation rules for labour and investment in agricultural resources was developed to cover spatial heterogeneity in Northeast Brazil. This region is characterised by large natural and socio-economic variance, recurrent droughts and widespread rural poverty. The resulting system dynamics essentially consists of a c...

the paper determined optimum farm plan for food security among smallholder farmers in imo state, nigeria. data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire from 180 smallholder crops farmers in imo state. data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, frequency distribution and percentages), budgetary analysis and linear programming model. results show that the mean age of...

The emergence of satellite sensors that can routinely observe millions of individual smallholder farms raises possibilities for monitoring and understanding agricultural productivity in many regions of the world. Here we demonstrate the potential to track smallholder maize yield variation in western Kenya, using a combination of 1-m Terra Bella imagery and intensive field sampling on thousands ...

Enabling Collective Action for Smallholder Market Access Discussions about poverty reduction inevitably include the need to increase small landholders’ ability to participate successfully in market exchanges. However, smallholders must be aware of new opportunities and challenges brought about by changes in the global agricultural economy. Prominent among these changes Enabling Collective Actio...

The potential of smallholder irrigated agriculture to enhance food security and alleviate rural poverty has led the South African Government to prioritise and invest significantly in irrigation establishment, rehabilitation and revitalisation. The question addressed in this study pertains to the extent to which smallholder irrigation has been able to reduce poverty in the rural communities to j...

The paper determined optimum farm plan for food security among smallholder farmers in Imo State, Nigeria. Data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire from 180 smallholder crops farmers in Imo State. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, frequency distribution and percentages), budgetary analysis and linear programming model. Results show that the mean age of...

The paper determined optimum farm plan for food security among smallholder farmers in Imo State, Nigeria. Data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire from 180 smallholder crops farmers in Imo State. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, frequency distribution and percentages), budgetary analysis and linear programming model. Results show that the mean age of...

the study compared economic efficiency among smallholder farmers who practiced low external input technology [leit] and high external input technology [heit] agriculture in a harsh macroeconomic environment typified by inadequate fertilizer subsidy in imo state, nigeria. cross sectional data generated from 160 smallholder farmers randomly selected from 2 out of the 3 agricultural zones in imo s...

this study analyzed the determinants of the productivity of smallholder arable crop farmers with a particular focus on land fragmentation using the simpson index as measures of land fragmentation in imo state of nigeria. data collected by using structured questionnaire and interview schedules were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics; simpson index and regression analysis. results showe...

The location of smallholder dairies is generally a function of location of market demand, access to market, suitable production potential of the land, absence of serious disease, access to veterinary services, access to adapted dairy breeds, and availability of supplemental feeds. Traditionally, smallholder dairying has been represented by the number of cattle used for milk production reported ...