Based on farmer and value chain actor interviews, this comparative study of five emerging dairy clusters elaborates on the upgrading of farming systems, value chains, and context shapes transformations from semi-subsistent to market-oriented dairy farming. The main results show unequal cluster upgrading along two intensification dimensions: dairy feeding system and cash cropping. Intensive dairy is competing with other high-value cash crop options that resource-endowed farmers specialize in, given conducive support service arrangements and context conditions.
The aim of this paper was to elucidate the positioning of actors in the CA knowledge network and how this influences use of ICTs; Analyse the institutional relationships influencing use of knowledge channels and examine the socio-economic factors determining the use of ICTs.
This article presents a multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber, and banana seed systems and in other VPCs. These crops are reproduced not with true seed but with vegetative planting material (e.g., roots,tubers, vines, stems, and suckers), called “seed” in this article. Seed systems for VPCs need to be designed differently than those for true seed, and coordination among stakeholders in seed systems is crucial
This paper documents a positive relationship between maize productivity in western Kenya and women’s empowerment in agriculture, measured using indicators derived from the abbreviated version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. Applying a cross-sectional instrumental-variable regression method to a data set of 707 maize farm households from western Kenya, we find that women’s empowerment in agriculture significantly increases maize productivity.
This paper is divided into three sections. First, presents the strenghts and weaknesses of each of the three main sectors: the public sector, the private sector and the NGO sector. Second the author will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Public-Private Partnerships. Thirs it will touch on the importance of the value chain concept by using the example of successful collaboration between the three sectors to improve the smallholder indigenous poultry sector in Kenya, a project introduced and implemented by Winrock International
Recent research has analyzed whether higher levels of farm production diversity contribute to improved diets in smallholder farm households. We add to this literature by using and comparing different indicators, thus helping to better understand some of the underlying linkages. The analysis builds on data from Indonesia, Kenya, and Uganda. On the consumption side, we used 7-day food recall data to calculate various dietary indicators, such as dietary diversity scores, consumed quantities of fruits and vegetables, calories and micronutrients, and measures of nutritional adequacy.
Background
Les espaces ruraux périurbains des grandes villes d'Algérie vivent des transformations liées à trois facteurs combinés, parfois contradictoires : l'ouverture libérale, la redistribution de la rente pétrolière et l'évolution des espaces et des marchés urbains. Les exemples de la Mitidja centrale (entre Blida et Alger) et de l'Oranais en révèlent la diversité et les contrastes.
Les relations entre, d’une part, la nature des droits et la disponibilité d’un titre de propriété, d’autre part, la stimulation du marché foncier, l’investissement ou la productivité des facteurs, restent objets de débats. Cette relation est explorée dans le cas de la politique foncière algérienne qui en 1983 ouvre la voie à la privatisation des terres du domaine privé de l’État. Cet article discute l’impact de cette politique en termes de marchandisation et d’usage productif de la terre, sur la base d’une enquête conduite dans la wilaya de Laghouat.
L’exploitation agricole familiale des oasis occidentales du Sahara algérien évolue dans un contexte de difficultés lié au déclin des ressources en eau (amenée par les galeries des foggaras) au faible revenu tiré de l’agriculture et à la diversification des activités, au profit de celles non agricoles, plus rémunératrices. À ces facteurs s’ajoutent les effets d’une atomisation de la propriété agricole oasienne, due à l’indivision foncière en rapport avec l’accroissement démographique.