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... Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) technology for rice, which makes rice resistant to its two most destructive insect pests, is an alternative to insect‐resistant genetically modified (GM) rice. We advance an economic framework to determine ex ante the planting share of CRISPR rice in China under uncertainty about pest severity and analyse its most significant facto ...
... Both African elephants (Loxodonta spp.) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) across their range come into conflict with people because of their crop-raiding behavior, which presents profound impediments to farmer livelihoods. In response, a series of interventions, designed to reduce elephant crop raiding have been applied. Based on an extensive review of elephant crop-raiding studies publishe ...
farmers, etc ; agroecology; humans; peasantry; politics; Show all 5 Subjects
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... “Autonomy,” as a desirable state, is a notion often used by food sovereignty‐oriented farmer movements and scholars studying repeasantization. The term is predominantly used rather casually, relying on presumed meanings, but van der Ploeg's book The New Peasantries seeks to elaborate a particular meaning of autonomy as a characteristic feature of the peasantry. The desire of farmers/peasants for a ...
... In recent years, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have emerged as an important institutional mechanism for aggregation and improving the economy of small holders. To address the challenges faced by the marginal and small farmers in accessing markets and realizing the right price for their produce, procuring quality inputs at affordable prices and accessing technology, FPOs have come into force ...
farmers, etc ; economic evaluation; loans; markets; prices; India; Show all 6 Subjects
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... An attempt has been made to analyse the evaluation of FPO in the ollakur block of Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu. A sample of 60 famers who were member of FPOs and benefited to the scheme in ollakur block was selected at random. The required primary data were collected and analysed using price spread analysis, response priority index and Garrett's ranking technique. The results showed that the ...
farmers, etc ; food quality; food security; nutritional status; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The role of seed systems in nutrition of smallholder farmers has received little attention. This review mapped evidence of impact on nutrition, identifying themes from 43 studies as direct seed supply, improving seed access, and adoption of improved seed. Results had more positive than mixed/negative impacts on food security, household resilience, dietary quality, and diversity and/or nutrition st ...
farmers, etc ; mangoes; mechanization; modernization; peasantry; zinc; Mozambique; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This paper reviews the latest mechanisation programme by the Mozambican government, asking how it is politically driven and how it shapes and is shaped by agrarian structures. Old ideas about agrarian dualism are reproduced today, albeit with a new language of public-private partnerships that are seen as potentially driving the modernisation of the peasantry. State-sponsored and privately-run serv ...
farmers, etc ; qualitative analysis; surveys; water shortages; Iran; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Previous studies have shown that enhancing adaptive capacity can reduce vulnerability of farmers to water scarcity and improve their resiliency against environmental changes in the Social-Ecological Systems (SES). The present study aims to evaluate, measure, and compare the dimensions of farmers’ adaptive capacity in rural areas in west of Iran facing escalating water scarcity in the recent years. ...
farmers, etc ; hazelnuts; land policy; organic production; Italy; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Organic farming is supported in the European Union (EU), among others, via area-based organic payments, targeting better environmental standards, as well as consumers’ demand for organic products. Despite the wide interest growing on hazelnut production in non-traditional production areas in Italy, supply of organic hazelnuts remains negligible. At the same time, evidences show that Italian farmer ...
farmers' markets, etc ; agribusiness; databases; prepared foods; sales; Show all 5 Subjects
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... US farmers market managers must be strategic in deciding which vendors sell at their markets. They would benefit from understanding how market characteristics impact vendor sales, although the few studies that have explored this topic have found inconclusive results. We use a unique panel database of sales at 13 farmers markets to estimate how vendors' sales are influenced by the characteristics o ...
farmers, etc ; Internet; pollution; regression analysis; research; surveys; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... People’s weak perceptions of environmental pollution (PEP) threaten the achievement of the Global Sustainable Goals, especially in rural areas. However, Internet use may improve farmer’s PEP. Thus, based on survey data from rural China, this study uses an endogenous switching regression model (ESRM) to remove the selection bias and quantitatively evaluate the impact of Internet use on the farmers’ ...
farmers, etc ; agriculture; agroecology; diagnostic techniques; farms; humans; France; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The agroecological transition of agriculture not only requires changes in practices but also in ways of thinking and in their underlying values. Agroecology proposes broad scientific principles that need to be adapted to the singularities of each farm. This contextualization leads to the identification of agroecological practices that work locally and could serve as evidence-based practices to be ...
farmers, etc ; agricultural research; qualitative analysis; researchers; texture; weaving; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This research aimed to identify the practices used by actors while innovating digitally in the field of agriculture. We also attempted to depict if and how they experience disruptions associated with the emergence of digital technologies. A qualitative research design permitted us to uncover that work‐ and system‐related disruptions follow the process of agricultural digitalisation. The study also ...
farmers, etc ; income; jute; paddies; social capital; wheat; India; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The objective of the study is to examine the nature of farmer producer companies, which help to raise the income levels of farmers’ households in West Bengal. The study is based mainly on secondary sources taken from existing literature and some primary data have also been collected from two Farmer Producer companies of Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal through telephonic interview. FPCs will ...
farmers, etc ; markets; specialty crops; supply chain; United States; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Metrics that assess farmer sustainability performance have emerged as a leading approach to fostering continuous improvement in the sustainability of agriculture. As multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) have developed sustainability metrics for US agriculture, these initiatives are entering a new phase focused on the adoption of metrics. This paper examines the approaches being used by two MSIs, F ...
farmers, etc ; income; livelihood; motivation; sustainable agriculture; trees; villages; Madagascar; Show all 8 Subjects
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... This paper explores key elements of an extension approach for enhancing the sustainability and realizing the scaling-up of tree growing by smallholder farmers in rural remote areas where extension services seldom reach and access to external markets is difficult. By referring to the case in Madagascar, the paper discusses that creating a certain number of local trainers is effective because they f ...
farmers' markets, etc ; business enterprises; ethics; journals; resource management; Spain; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The importance of the collective management of immaterial resources is a key variable in the valorisation of products in a post-industrial economy. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how, in post-industrial economies, it is possible to devise alternative forms of mediation between producers and consumers, such as organic farmers' markets, to curb the appropriation of rent by transnational and ...
farmers, etc ; Common Agricultural Policy; agrobiodiversity; landscapes; sustainable agriculture; Europe; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Agri-environmental schemes (AESs) have been implemented in many countries in Europe. However, there is mixed evidence about their effectiveness. Several studies in different countries suggest that AESs are more effective when designed at landscape level and implemented by groups of collaborating farmers (‘farmer collectives’). The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has enabled groups of farmers t ...
farmers, etc ; agricultural education; cheesemaking; cheeses; decision making; motivation; stakeholders; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Purpose: Knowledge Sharing (KS) is seen as a promising framework for renewing advisory systems in agriculture, but its practical application remains an important area of research. In particular, it is important to increase the motivation of farmers to participate in decision-making. Game-based support seems to be applicable to a long-term process of KS. Approach: The authors spent one year develop ...
farmers, etc ; interviews; issues and policy; risk; social impact; technology; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Technological advancement is seen as one way of sustainably intensifying agriculture. Scholars argue that innovation needs to be responsible, but it is difficult to anticipate the consequences of the ‘fourth agricultural revolution’ without a clear sense of which technologies are included and excluded. The major aims of this article were to investigate which technologies are being associated with ...