The main goal of the study is to quantify the effects of a) change in nitrogen fertilization rate, b) adjustment of sowing date, c) implementation of new cultivars, and d) supplementary irrigation on maize cropping systems across six African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. For this purpose, 30 years (1980-2010) of climate data are used as well as soil and management information obtained from global datasets at 0.5° x 0.5° spatial resolution.
A value chain study on sweet potato was conducted in 11 districts of Malawi across all the three regions to analyze and identify bottlenecks and inherent opportunities for possible investments for upgrading and development of the value chain. The study applied both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect primary data from 94 farmers belonging to 7 farmer groups using Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), 14 traders and 16 key informants comprising policy makers, NGO representatives and scientists from both local and international research institutions.
The study focuses on how levels of innovation, measured by complexity and investments requirements of the adopted technologies, relates to innovative behavior and complying with social responsibility practices, as two indicators of the farmer's behavior towards innovation. A typology of farmers with different technological
levels was constructed based on multivariate techniques, according to the adoption of seven technologies. The main objective of the study was to relate SR and innovative behavior to the technology clusters
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between trainers’ qualification and learning success and satisfaction of small-scale farmers during training activities in Bihar, India. Moderated mediation analysis is utilized to measure the direct and indirect effects of trainers’ qualification on learning success and satisfaction. Therefore, the psychological constructs of attitude and perceived control from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) operate as mediators, subjective norms act as moderator, and gender and age serve as covariates
The aim of this study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of Russian grain production, to determine country’s production potential and its possibility to remain one of the major grain producers on the world market. On the one hand was estimated the technical efficiency during the period of transition to the market economy. By applying a novel approach to the estimation of production efficiency on a regional level, we assess the grain production potential and determine factors that influence productivity beyond the control of the farmers.
En este artículo se presentan resultados de una investigación llevada a cabo a empresas familiares de la región centro sur del Estado de Tlaxcala para identificar y analizar la participación que tiene la mujer en la toma de decisiones, lo anterior con la aplicación de una encuesta como instrumento para la obtención de la información bajo el tipo de transversalidad
El objetivo de este estudio realizado en el año 2017 fue analizar el nivel de competitividad de 10 unidades familiares ubicadas en San Pedro Pochutla.
El presente trabajo pretende indagar sobre las decisiones productivas y, en particular, sobre aspectos tecnológicos como la actividad ganadera, la siembra de soja, el uso de nuevos materiales genéticos, el uso de agroquímicos (pesticidas y fertilizantes), el tipo de laboreo de suelo y las siembras consociadas en establecimientos familiares del sudeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Todo ello con la finalidad de revalorizar estas prácticas y saberes e incorporarlos al diseño de estrategias de manejo agroecológico
El municipio de la Palma, Cundinamarca tiene como base de su economía la agricultura y la ganadería, en el cual el cultivo de café es motor de su desarrollo. La Asociación de Caficultores de la Palma “ASOPARIBARI” organizó a familias de la zona, para buscar la mejora de los procesos de organización comunitaria, productividad y sostenibilidad cafetera. Por otro lado, la Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia impulsa proyectos para la construcción de centrales de beneficio del café para mejorar la calidad del grano y el manejo de subproductos.
The main purpose of this study was to institutionally map nanotechnological innovation system of Iranian agriculture by investigating current state of hard and soft institutions regarding functions of the system. This study consisted of qualitative and quantitative phases. In the qualitative part, a thematic content analysis was used to compare the current and desired states of high level laws and documents. The quantitative phase was a descriptive survey.