This study aims to assess if AKIS are effectively disseminating integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) knowledge by comparing results from two sites in Kenya and Ghana, which differ in the uptake of ISFM. Social network measures and statistical methods were employed using data from key formal actors and farmers. Their results suggest that the presence of weak knowledge ties is important for the awareness of ISFM at both research sites.
Precision agriculture (PA) is growing considerably in Brazil. However, there is a lack of information regarding to PA adoption and use in the country. This study sought to: (i) investigate the perception of growers and service dealership about PA technologies; (ii) identify constraints to PA adoption; (iii) obtain information that might be useful to motivate producers and agronomists to use PA technologies in the crop production systems.
Large-scale agriculture is increasing in anthropogenically modified areas in the Amazon Basin. Crops such as soybean, maize, oil palm, and others are being introduced to supply the world demand for food and energy. However, the current challenge is to enhance the sustainability of these areas by increasing efficiency of production chains and to improve environmental services.
En este estudio se analizó la red de valor mango ataulfo en la costa grande del estado de Guerrero, con el propósito de identificar los actores y sus roles, así como los factores que influyen en la competitividad sistémica a nivel micro. El proceso metodológico incluyó la revisión bibliográfica y estadística, así como recorridos de campo, entrevistas y reuniones con diversos actores con el fin de obtener información y datos, los cuales posteriormente fueron capturados, procesados y analizados
Se analizan los efectos de las interacciones, directas e indirectas, entre agricultores y otros actores relevantes en el intercambio de información y conocimiento para la innovación agrícola. Los datos se obtuvieron al preguntar a 120 agricultores «¿de quién aprende y/o a quién recurre para obtener información o conocimiento de cuestiones técnicas y productivas en torno a su unidad de producción?». Se emplean indicadores del análisis de redes sociales para proponer lineamientos que permitan catalizar la innovación agrícola.
Se plantea en este trabajo producto de la investigación Asociatividad y Competitividad en la Agroindustria Alimentaria en Oaxaca, México, cuyo objeto es diseñar un modelo para la Agroindustria Alimentaria; para lo cual es necesario un análisis descriptivo documental que permite caracterizar los elementos que condicionan la Asociatividad en las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas del sector agroindustrial alimentario, y su utilización como estrategia para ser competitivas las MiPyMEs así como para hacer la contribución decisiva a la seguridad alimentaria. Se presenta en el documento la situa
Partnership brokering is needed to work out new ways of organising food systems that treat agricultural smallholders as a resource and opportunity rather than a problem or distraction. This is because food systems are demanding innovation in the way they are organised. This is a matter of transforming stakeholders into partners in order to reconfigure food systems to operate differently, rather than just operate more efficiently. Fundamental systemic changes are needed as our contemporary food system is failing to deliver the food we increasingly demand.
This article explored patterns of farming system diversity through the classification of 70 smallholder farm households in two districts (Savelugu-Nanton and Tolon-Kumbungu) of Ghana’s Northern Region. Based on 2013 survey data, the typology was constructed using the multivariate statistical techniques of principal component analysis and cluster analysis.
The increasing demand for agricultural commodities is a major cause of tropical deforestation. However, pressure is increasing for greater sustainability of commodity value chains. This includes the demand to establish new crop plantations and pasture areas on already deforested land so that new forest clearing for agriculture is minimized. Where tree crops are planted as part of agroforestry systems on deforested land, this amounts to a form of re-agro-forestation which can generate environmental benefits in addition to crop production.
Este articulo describe un estudio de caso de desarrollo de capacidades enfocado en el desarrollo rural en Sonora México. Se llevó a cabo un diagnóstico en el Distrito de Desarrollo Rural 142 Ures con la finalidad de detectar diversos problemas entre diferentes productores habiendo encontrado que el sistema producto predominante dentro del sector bovino para la región era la producción de leche fresca y sus subproductos como queso cocido y regional.