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Innovations in managing climate risks and building resilience in agriculture
This special issue contains contributions from 42 authors representing 21 organizations and institutes around the world. Overall, the publication presents a number of innovations related to the key elements of climate risk management and resilience building in agriculture. The approaches, tools...
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2020Author(s):
Ramasamy S.(edited by)- Link to web resource
New knowledge networks of small-scale farmers in Europe’s periphery
In this paper it is assessed the types of knowledge networks utilised by small-scale farmers in four case studies (located in Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom). We focus on knowledge acquired to inform three new activities being undertaken by study participants: agricultural...
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2017Author(s):
Sutherland L.Madureira L.Dirimanova V.Bogusz M.Kania J.Vinohradnik K.Creaney R.Duckett D.Koehnen T.Knierim A.- Link to web resource
Copyright or copyleft: An assessment of farmer-innovators’ attitudes towards intellectual property rights
There is a broad consensus that farmers are not simply recipients of promoted techniques: rather, they are also an important source of agricultural innovations. They invent farm tools and equipment, develop new crop varieties, and add value to externally promoted technologies. When scouting,...
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2020Author(s):
Tambo J.A.Baraké E.Kouevi A.Munthali G.T.- Link to web resource
Agricultural extension services to foster production sustainability for food and cultural security of glutinous rice farmers in Vietnam
In Vietnam, while glutinous rice farming represents a very small sub-sector of rice production, it plays an important role in the food and cultural security of farming households in many remote areas. This paper examined glutinous rice farming in households, as a food and for cultural security,...
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2017Author(s):
Sattaka P.Pattaratuma S.Attawipakpaisan G.- Link to web resource
Transition towards sustainability in agriculture and food systems: Role of information and communication technologies
Food sustainability transitions refer to transformation processes necessary to move towards sustainable food systems. Digitization is one of the most important ongoing transformation processes in global agriculture and food chains. The review paper explores the contribution of information and...
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2018Author(s):
Bilali H.Allahyari M.S.- Link to web resource
Impact of agricultural extension service on adoption of chemical fertilizer: Implications for rice productivity and development in Ghana
Given the increasing tension between food production and food demand in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the poor development of the rice sector in Africa, the present paper examines the impact of agricultural extension on adoption of chemical fertilizers and their impact on rice productivity in...
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2016Author(s):
Emmanuel D.Owusu-Sekyere E.Owusu V.Jordaan H.- Link to web resource
CCAFS-MOT - A tool for farmers, extension services and policy-advisors to identify mitigation options for agriculture
CCAFS-MOT is a tool to support farmers, policy advisors and agricultural extension services on the choice of management practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) without risking food security. It is an Excel-based tool which brings together several empirical models to estimate GHG...
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2017Author(s):
Feliciano D.Nayak D.R.Vetter S.H.Hillier J.- Link to web resource
Impact of systems modelling on agronomic research and adoption of new practices in smallholder agriculture
An analysis of the impact of simulation modelling in three diverse crop-livestock improvement projects in Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) reveals benefits across a range of aspects including identification of objectives, design and implementation of experimental programs,...
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2015Author(s):
Connor D.J.van Rees H.Carberry P.S.- Link to web resource
Adaptation of knowledge systems to changes in agriculture and society: The case of the Netherlands
In this paper the developments in agricultural research and education in the Netherlands will be presented in a historic context and the recent evolutions in agriculture-based research and knowledge systems are evaluated. It is concluded that societal needs, scientific discoveries, and public...
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2011Author(s):
Spiertz J.H.J.Kropff- Link to web resource
Next generation data systems and knowledge products to support agricultural producers and science-based policy decision making
Research on next generation agricultural systems models shows that the most important current limitation is data, both for on-farm decision support and for research investment and policy decision making. One of the greatest data challenges is to obtain reliable data on farm management decision...
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2017Author(s):
Capalbo S.M.Antle J.M.Seavert C.- Link to web resource
Systemic problems affecting co-innovation in the New Zealand Agricultural Innovation System: Identification of blocking mechanisms and underlying institutional logics
This study identifies systemic problems in the New Zealand Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) in relation to the AIS capacity to enact a co-innovation approach, in which all relevant actors in the agricultural sector contribute to combined technological, social and institutional change....
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2016Author(s):
Turner J.A.Klerkx L.Rijwijk K.Williams T.Barnard T.- Link to web resource
Training needs of extension agents’ regarding organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia
Building on previous research, the purpose of this study was to describe the needs of the extension agents, in the Riyadh Region of Saudi Arabia, for training on Organic Agriculture (OA). This knowledge will be used to develop organic educational programs for extension agents. The specific...
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2019Author(s):
Alotaibi B.A.Yoder E.Brennan M.A.Kassem H.S.- Link to web resource