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Journal articles on the topic "Small maize farmers"

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Baldé, Alpha Bocar, Eric Scopel, François Affholder, Fernando Antonio Macena Da Silva, Jacques Wery, and Marc Corbeels. "Maize relay intercropping with fodder crops for small-scale farmers in central Brazil." Experimental Agriculture 56, no. 4 (2020): 561–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0014479720000150.

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AbstractRelay intercropping of maize with fodder crops is a promising option for sustainable intensification of dairy small-scale farms in the Cerrado of Brazil. Twenty-six intercropping trials were conducted on farmers’ fields with the following experimental treatments: sole maize crop cropping (MS), maize-Brachiaria intercropping (MB) and maize-pigeon pea intercropping (MP). The trials were managed by the farmers, i.e. choice of conventional tillage (CT) versus no-tillage (NT), sowing dates, fertilization and weed control. Maize grain yield varied strongly across the farmer fields, from 100
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To-The, Nguyen, and Tuan Nguyen-Anh. "Market-oriented extension and farming efficiency in small-scale maize farmers: evidence from Northern Vietnam." Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 11, no. 2 (2021): 194–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jadee-05-2020-0101.

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PurposeNorthern Vietnam is a mountainous area where most farmers' livelihoods depend on maize production. Beside training in farming techniques, since 2013 extension courses on market access have been gradually delivered to maize farmers to help them save production costs and increase earnings.Design/methodology/approachBy applying robust regression and Tobit models to estimate technical efficiency (TE), the difference-in-difference (DID) technique is used in this study to determine the change in the TE of 1,035 farmers in the period 2013–2015 in Northern Vietnam.FindingsThe DID estimator indi
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Alam, S., MS Kowsari, NY Chowdhury, MM Islam, and S. Haque. "Factors affecting land allocation for maize cultivars in Lalmonirhat District of Bangladesh." Progressive Agriculture 27, no. 3 (2016): 346–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v27i3.30830.

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Maize is considered as the third most important cereal crop and has more versatile uses in Bangladesh. The study was undertaken to examine the profitability and technical efficiency of maize production as well as to determine the influence of various socio-economic features on farmers’ land allocation for maize farming in Bangladesh. In doing so, the study utilized the farm-level data collected by the field survey in Lalmonirhat district of Bangladesh. A total number of 60 farmers were selected by using stratified random sampling method among which 36, 20 and 4 farmers were selected under thre
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Uddin, H., MHA Rashid, and S. Akhter. "Relative Profitability of Maize Production under Different Farm Size Groups in Kishoregonj District of Bangladesh." Progressive Agriculture 21, no. 1-2 (2013): 247–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v21i1-2.16781.

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This study was conducted to estimate the relative profitability of Maize production under different farm size groups. Data were collected from randomly selected 74 maize growing farmers of which 25 were small, 32 were medium and 17 were large considering the scope and potentials of maize production at Kishoregonj district. To achieve the objectives of the study, descriptive statistical techniques such as sum, average, standard deviation etc, were used. The major findings of the study showed that per hectare average total costs were Tk. 30,147.54, Tk. 31,892.00 and Tk. 34,059.00 for small, medi
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M., John K., and Wayo Seini . "Technical Efficiency Analysis of Maize Farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 4, no. 2 (2013): 84–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v4i2.739.

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This study assesses the technical efficiency and its determinants of maize farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana. A multi stage random sampling procedure was employed to select 226 maize farmers from the four main geographical areas of the region for the study. A well-structured questionnaire and field observations were employed to collect relevant information from the respondents. Data collected was analyzed using relevant econometric techniques. The results indicate that elasticities of mean output for agrochemicals, hired labor, other inputs are positive while those of seed, fertilizer and
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Arumugam, S., KR Ashok, SN Kulshreshtha, I. Vellangany, and R. Govindasamy. "Adapting to climate change through crop choice by small and medium farmers in Southern zone of Tamil Nadu, India." SAARC Journal of Agriculture 12, no. 1 (2014): 139–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.v12i1.21120.

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Unpredictable changes in the climate can have a significant impact on crop yield in India in general and in particular in the climate vulnerable state of Tamil Nadu. This study evaluates how farmers in the Sothern Zone of Tamil Nadu adapt crop change as a technique to cope with uncertainty in crop yield. Three districts in the Sothern Zone, viz., Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi and Thriunelveli districts were adopted for this study. The sample size was equally distributed with 60 households randomly selected and who actively engage in agriculture. The results derived from the Multinomial Logit Model
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Anne. G., Gongwe, and Kongolo M. "Resource Use Efficiency in Maize Production by Small-Scale Farmers in Two Districts of Mwanza Region, Tanzania." International Journal of Regional Development 7, no. 1 (2020): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijrd.v7i1.17162.

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This study investigates the resource use efficiency in the production of maize by small-scale farmers in Mwanza region. Specifically, the study seeks to determine what the resources that farmers use in maize production and also seeks to determine the challenges that farmers face in maize production in the study area. This study was conducted in two districts of Mwanza region. In each of the district, the study sampled three wards and randomly selected twelve small-scale farmers from each of the three wards selected. In total 72 small-scale farmers were selected from whom the data was collected
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Martínez, Franklin, Francisco Guevara, Manuel La O-Arias, Carlos Aguilar, Luis Rodríguez, and René Pinto. "Tipificación socio-agronómica y energética de productores de maíz en la región Frailesca, Chiapas, México." Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad del Zulia 38, no. 1 (2020): 176–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.47280/revfacagron(luz).v38.n1.09.

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The identification and characterization of farmers types in the maize agroecosystem is an essential element for the development of effective and sustainable socio-productive strategies. In four municipalities of the Frailesca region in Chiapas, Mexico; maize farmers were typified and their agroecosystem was characterized regarding the criteria: socioeconomic, productive and energy efficiency. Besides, farmers relation to conventional, agro-ecological and mixed production strategies was determined. It was an exploratory socio-agronomic and descriptive research focused on a system approach and e
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Sapkota, M., NP Joshi, RR Kattel, and M. Bajracharya. "Profitability and resource use efficiency of maize seed production in Palpa district of Nepal." SAARC Journal of Agriculture 16, no. 1 (2018): 157–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sja.v16i1.37431.

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The study aimed to analyze profitability and resource use efficiency of maize seed production in Palpa district of Nepal. Raosoft Inc. software was used to determine the sample size of 182 maize seed producers from the total 260 maize seed producers in the district. Data was collected using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire survey administered to the randomly selected samples. Results showed that the uses as well as cost of major inputs such as seed, labor, farmyard manure (FYM),and management/other cost including tillage were higher among small scale farmers compared to the large sca
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Steinmaier, N. "POTENTIAL OF PASTURE LEGUMES IN LOW-EXTERNAL-INPUT AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (LEISA). 2. FARMER ADAPTATION OF STARTER TECHNOLOGY BY FARMER RESEARCH GROUPS IN LUAPULA PROVINCE, ZAMBIA." Experimental Agriculture 37, no. 3 (2001): 309–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0014479701003039.

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The participatory approach of Farmer Research Groups (FRGs) was used in Farmer Adaptation of Starter Technology (FAST) with small-scale farmers in Luapula Province, Zambia. The introduction of a starter technology proved to be a suitable method to induce self-help initiatives with farmers. Their first move in FAST related to the improvement of food security and income generation by the cultivation and marketing of new maize (Zea mays) varieties in wetlands during the dry and early rainy seasons. By informal on-farm seed multiplication the expenditure on external agricultural inputs was reduced
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Small maize farmers"

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Baloyi, Rebecca Tshilambilu. "Technical efficiency in maize production by small-scale farmers in Ga-Mothiba, Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1419.

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Thesis (M.Agric. (Agricultural Economics)) -- University of Limpopo<br>Maize is the most important cereal crop grown in South Africa. This crop is produced throughout the country under diverse environments. The study only focuses on the technical efficiency because it is an important subject in developing agriculture where resources are limited, but high population growth is very common. Technical efficiency is the ability of a farmer to obtain output from a given set of physical inputs. Farmers have a tendency of under and/or overutilising the factors of production. The main aim of this
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Njobvu, Idah. "Impacts of Maize Policy Changes on Small Scale Farmers' Vulnerability to Exploitation in Nyimba District, Zambia." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Geografisk institutt, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-17030.

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Taking cognisance of the fact that SSFs the major producers of maize in Zambia were most affected by the 1991 agricultural policy reforms, from 2005 onward, the state became very active in the maize market and production systems in order to mitigate their problems. The main objective of this study is to investigate to what extent the maize policy changes have contributed to the SSFs’ vulnerability to exploitation. This information will be of use in the policy formulation process to ensure that the formulation of policies take a holistic approach to mitigation of the SSFs’ vulnerabilities. The
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Kariuki, Grace. "Determinants of intention to adopt maize drying technologies among small-scale farmers in Kenya." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28937.

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Maize, being the most common staple food across many parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, is, in most cases, preserved through sun drying techniques among small-scale farmers. This method is prone to significant losses, which could be avoided through the use of mechanised drying technologies. Unfortunately, many farmers in developing countries such as Kenya have yet to adopt this technique on a large scale. It is against this background that this research sought to identify the factors that influence the adoption of mechanised maize drying technologies among small-scale farmers i
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Baloi, Rebecca Tshilambilu. "Technical efficiency in maize production by small-scale farmers in Ga-Mothiba, Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/486.

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Thesis (MSc. (Agriculture)) --University of Limpopo, 2011<br>Maize is the most important cereal crop grown in South Africa. This crop is produced throughout the country under diverse environments. The study only focuses on the technical efficiency because it is an important subject in developing agriculture where resources are limited, but high population growth is very common. Technical efficiency is the ability of a farmer to obtain output from a given set of physical inputs. Farmers have a tendency of under and/or overutilising the factors of production. The main aim of this study wa
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Baloyi, Rebecca Tshilambilu. "Technical effeciency in maize production by small-scale farmers in Ga-Mothiba, Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1253.

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Thesis (M.Agric. (Agricultural Economics)) --University of Limpopo, 2011<br>Maize is the most important cereal crop grown in South Africa. This crop is produced throughout the country under diverse environments. The study only focuses on the technical efficiency because it is an important subject in developing agriculture where resources are limited, but high population growth is very common. Technical efficiency is the ability of a farmer to obtain output from a given set of physical inputs. Farmers have a tendency of under and/or over- utilising the factors of production. The main aim o
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Baloyi, Rebecca Tshelambilu. "Technical effeciency in maize production by small-scale farmers in Ga-Mothiba, Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/882.

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Thesis (M.Sc. Agric.) --University of Limpopo, 2011<br>Maize is the most important cereal crop grown in South Africa. This crop is produced throughout the country under diverse environments. The study only focuses on the technical efficiency because it is an important subject in developing agriculture where resources are limited, but high population growth is very common. Technical efficiency is the ability of a farmer to obtain output from a given set of physical inputs. Farmers have a tendency of under and/or over- utilising the factors of production. The main aim of this study was to ana
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Nkohla, Siviwe. "Factors that influence smallholder farmers maize varietal choice :the case of Mhlontlo Local Municipality Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/3121.

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In South Africa, maize is grown all over the country under various environments including both dry and irrigated agriculture. The majority of maize farmers are smallholders farming on small pieces of land with low input technologies. Additionally, South Africa`s smallholder maize farmers are characterised by low maize productivity, this is despite of the availability of many improved maize varieties on the market. It is clear that professional maize breeders are continuously developing many superior maize varieties with traits more suitable for the commercial farming sector than the smallholde
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Skjöldevald, Maja. "Small scale farmers’ access to and participation in markets : The case of the P4P program in western Kenya." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-77185.

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The purpose of this thesis is to understand how small scale farmers navigate the market to access and participate in the formal maize market to improve their revenue, utilising the case of the P4P program inKenya. The empirical material was collected during fieldwork in Kenya. Qualitative methods were found to be the most suitable for this thesis. The methods that was utilised were a case study strategy, semi structured interviews, focus groups, observations and analysis of secondary sources. In this study different approaches about farmers’ organisations (FO) and small scale farmers’ access t
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Mokgalabone, M. S. "Analyzing the technical and allocative efficiency of small-scale maize farmers in Tzaneen Municipality of Mopani District: a cobb-douglas and logistic regression approach." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1215.

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Thesis (M.Sc (Agricultural Economics)) --University of Limpopo, 2015<br>Agriculture plays an important role in uplifting the economy of South Africa. Small-scale farmers in rural areas are linked with poverty and operate inefficiently due to over or under utilization of some of the factors of production. This study aimed at analysing the technical and allocative efficiency of small-scale maize farmers in Tzaneen municipality. The objectives of the study were: (i) To assess the level of technical and allocative efficiency of small-scale maize farmers in Tzaneen municipality, (ii) To identify s
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Mandikiana, Brian Washington. "The economics of Bt maize/yieldgard production: case of smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/326.

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Maize is the staple food for most South Africans. This implies that any damage to the maize crop will affect food security of many South Africans. Although Eastern Cape Province is not a traditionally maize producing area, smallholder farmers in the province produce it mostly for subsistence purposes and some sell the surplus on the local market or use it to secure other good through barter trading. In South Africa, insect-resistant Bt maize/yieldgard has been used commercially for approximately 10 years now. Available impact studies on Bt maize reveal that, this technology is beneficial not o
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Books on the topic "Small maize farmers"

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Peters, Pauline E. Maize and burley in the income and food security strategies of smallholder families in the southern region of Malawi, 1993. s.n., 1993.

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Seyoum, Kassahun. The profitability of coffee and maize among smallholders: A case study of Limu Awraja, Ilubabor region. Institute of Agricultural Research, 1990.

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Beston, Henry. Northern farm: A glorious year on a small Maine farm. G.K. Hall, 1999.

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Beston, Henry. Northern farm: A glorious year on a small Maine farm. H. Holt, 1994.

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Derek, Byerlee, ed. Diagnosing research and extension priorities for small farmers: Maize in the Swat valley. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT, 1987.

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Barros, Magdalena. From Maize to Melons: Struggles and Strategies of Small Mexican Farmers (Latin America Studies). Purdue University Press, 2003.

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R, Tripp, Walker D. J, Opoku-Apau A, et al., eds. Seed management by small-scale farmers in Ghana: A study of maize and cowpea seed in the Brong-Ahafo and Volta regions. Natural Resources Institute, 1998.

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A, MacMillan James, ed. Ex ante benefit cost analysis of small farm maize research and demonstrations, Zimbabwe. Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe, 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Small maize farmers"

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Camacho-Villa, Tania Carolina, Luis Barba-Escoto, Juan Burgueño-Ferreira, Ann R. Tickamyer, Leland Glenna, and Santiago López-Ridaura. "Diversity of small-scale maize farmers in the Western Highlands of Guatemala." In Gender, Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429427381-6.

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Durand, W. "Drought Adaptation Measures and Risk Tolerance of Commercial, Small-Scale and Subsistence Maize Farmers in the Free State and North West Province of South Africa." In Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions. Springer Netherlands, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6636-5_8.

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Gweyi-Onyango, Joseph P., Michael Ajanja Sakha, and Joyce Jefwa. "Agricultural Interventions to Enhance Climate Change Adaptation of Underutilized Root and Tuber Crops." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_40.

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AbstractAgricultural intensification worldwide is increasingly relying on a narrow range of crops such as rice, wheat, and maize. The reliability on this relatively small numbers of food diversities raises a very serious concern about the sustainability managing our nutrition today and in the future. We conducted a scoping review using online databases to identify various agricultural interventions that can be utilized for enhancement of underutilized root and tuber crops adaptability under the current observable effects of climate change. This is because reports of underutilized crops’ adaptability to climate change continues to remain anecdotal with limited research capacity to support them. The results mooted a wide range of crop production techniques that can be utilized in production of root and tuber crops. They includes biofertilizers, tied ridging method, improved seed varieties, management of community seed banks, cropping systems, irrigation methods, exploiting abandoned lands, agroforestry practice, clean seed production technologies, and nutrient use efficiency. Based on the findings, each of these interventions plays different roles in management of the negative impacts brought up by climate change and thus they would be useful when adopted in combination since package adoption would enable farmers to benefit from the positive synergy of the selected interventions. The interventions are therefore recommended not only for sustainability but also for profitable production to meet feed, food, energy, and fiber needs and foster economic growth in the ever changing world. Therefore this chapter contributes immensely towards the development of innovative mechanisms for strengthening the resilience of root and tuber crop.
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Obi, Ajuruchukwu, and Nkosazana N. Mashinini. "Welfare and incentive efects of possible changes in the regulatory environment of the maize market in Swaziland." In Institutional constraints to small farmer development in Southern Africa. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-704-2_7.

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Gonzalez-Amaro, Rosa Maria, Miguel Angel Hidalgo-Reyes, and Virginia Lagunes-Barradas. "A Web-Based Platform for Crop-Specific Data Management and Exchange of Farmers' Experiences." In Precision Agriculture Technologies for Food Security and Sustainability. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5000-7.ch010.

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In this chapter, the research theme is focused on the relationship between small farmers and information and communication technologies (ICT). Although there are other previous works that have already analyzed this same relationship, the authors believe that access to information remains a major challenge for farmers. With the application of workshops on agricultural practices of maize, in communities of Oaxaca and Veracruz, they learned about the practices of farmers around the production cycle and applied a survey to find out their opinion regarding the use of ICT. In addition, they used a specialized database to complement the workshops objectives. Next, in collaboration between researchers in the areas of biology and computing, they developed a web platform for access and use of information related to the variables of interest to farmers. Among the main results, they highlight that the community prefers to use cell phones to access such information and that the older generations are looking to transmit experiences and knowledge to the young with the aim of conserving ancestral knowledge.
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Conway, G. "Practical innovation: Partnerships between Scientists and Farmers." In Feeding a World Population of More Than Eight Billion People. Oxford University Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195113129.003.0027.

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Farmers have been experimenters since the beginning of agriculture. Hunters and gatherers had long since learned to use fire as a means of stimulating the growth of tubers and other food plants, and of grass to attract game. Plant selection began when people found they could encourage favored fruiting trees by clearing their competitive neighbors, but the first steps toward intensive plant breeding were taken when an individual, probably a woman rather than a man, deliberately sowed a seed from a high-yielding plant somewhere near the dwelling and observed it grow to maturity. In Europe and Asia, wheat and rice naturally attracted experimental attention. Because they are predominantly self-pollinating, selection produces rapid improvements and the rare crosses provide new material, often with exciting potential. The first bread wheat, a natural cross between emmer wheat and a wild goat grass, was noticed by farmers as early as 8,000 years ago; it was the kind of exotic cross that modern genetic engineers strive for and that is announced in the press, today, as a miracle variety. Farmers continued to domesticate new species, but most attention was devoted to the local selection and adaptation of the existing relatively small number of cereals and livestock. Experimentation also resulted in new whole systems of agriculture— swidden, rice terracing, home gardens, irrigated agriculture, the Mediterranean Trio of wheat, olives, and vines, the Latin American multiple cropping of maize, beans, and squashes, and, in many parts of the world, various forms of integrated crop-livestock agriculture. As is evident from their writings, the Romans analyzed the structure and functions of agricultural systems in a scientific manner. They also described the process of experimentation. Marcus Terentius Varro, who wrote a treatise on agriculture in the 1st century BC, urged farmers to both “imitate others and attempt by experiment to do some things in a different way. Following not chance but some system: as, for instance, if we plough a second time, more or less deeply than others, to see what effect this will have” (Hooper and Ash, 1935). The great agricultural revolution of Britain in the late 18th century was led by farmers.
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Morss, Elliott R., John K. Hatch, Donald R. Mickelwait, and Charles F. Sweet. "Plan Maize." In Strategies for Small Farmer Development. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429307676-42.

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Perkins, John H. "Political Ecology and the Yield Transformation." In Geopolitics and the Green Revolution. Oxford University Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195110135.003.0004.

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Something quite remarkable happened during the past century, and especially since 1950. Yields rose dramatically in the basic cereal crops such as wheat, rice, and maize, and in other crops as well. Casual inquiry to an agricultural expert about the source of the increase is likely to bring a response such as, “Well, farmers now use better plant varieties and more fertilizer than they used to, so the yields went up.” At the simplest level, this response is perfectly adequate and true. Better varieties and more fertilizer have made it possible to get larger harvests from the same plot of ground. Unfortunately, the simple answer immediately provokes yet further questions: How did farmers obtain the new and better plant varieties? Why did they use more fertilizer? When did farmers start changing their practices? Where? Why? Who helped them? The last question quickly leads the inquiry into the realm of agricultural science, because scientists enabled farmers to change their practices. Especially important were plant breeders and soil fertility experts. Thus a new realm of questions is opened: How did scientists discover the methods for higher yields? When did they do their research? Where? Why? Who paid for the research? Why? What is the significance of this scientific change? These questions seem simple, but agriculture is a tricky topic to address. It generates an inordinate number of paradoxes, puzzles, and ironies, which makes answering the queries difficult. Consider, for example, just a few: . . . Agriculture was once the place where the vast majority of human beings worked and lived, but now it increasingly provides a place for only a small minority of people. Agriculture’s harvests are the only source from which most people obtain enough food to stay alive, but few nonfarmers understand or care about its workings. Agriculture is often considered to be a landscape that is alive, verdant, lush, and redolent of wholesome naturalness, but in reality it represents the complete destruction, indeed obliteration, of natural ecosystems and wildlife habitat. . . .
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Morss, Elliott R., John K. Hatch, Donald R. Mickelwait, and Charles F. Sweet. "Abeokuta Rice and Maize Development Project." In Strategies for Small Farmer Development. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429307676-24.

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Klepeis, Peter, and Colin Vance. "Subsistence Sustained: Swidden or Milpa Cultivation." In Integrated Land-Change Science and Tropical Deforestation in the Southern Yucatan. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199245307.003.0019.

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From the modern settlement of the southern Yucatán peninsular region to the present, smallholder farmers have followed a system of cultivation variously labeled swidden, slash-and-burn, or shifting within agricultural typologies (Watters 1971; but see Denevan 1992), and known as milpa in the Yucatán and Maya lowlands. Milpa cultivation has been so pervasive historically and geographically throughout the peninsula and the subject of such an extensive literature, that its description is only briefly reviewed here. Understanding the character and dynamics of this system of cultivation, including its long-term prognosis for continued use within the development of the region, is essential for understanding land changes and modeling them, although recent changes in cropping strategies portend the emergence of a ‘new’ kind of milpa. Swidden cultivation in the region, as elsewhere in Middle America, is invariably undertaken as an outfield activity—located at some distance from the farmstead—and is accompanied by small but complex housegardens or solares adjacent to and surrounding the house (e.g. Killion 1992; but see Gómez-Pompa 1987). The house-garden not only provides shade for the abode, it provides fruits, nuts, medicinal and ornamental plants, and a place for cropping experiments (Keys 1999). The extent and elaboration of house-gardens in the southern Yucatán peninsular region appears to be tied to the length of residency and, perhaps, ethnicity of the resident. Maya people, for example, tend to maintain large and elaborate solares. House-gardens tend to be smaller, even unrecognizable to the untrained eye, in the few densely settled communities in the region (e.g. Xpujil). As these gardens are not yet a central element of the broader dynamic of land change in the region, they are not given further attention here. The outfield or swidden supplies maize (Zea mays L.), planted in several varieties and serving as the consumption staple. Depending on the household, some portion of the maize crop may be sold. This ‘dual’ production function has been part of swidden in the region at least since the opening of Highway 186, reflecting government policy promoting commercial maize production (Ch. 7) and the abundant land awarded to individual ejidatarios at that time.
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Conference papers on the topic "Small maize farmers"

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"Assessing Seed Breeders Recommended Maize Varieties For Southern Zambia: How Small-Scale Farmers Have Adapted." In International Conference on Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences. International Institute of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/iicbe.c414017.

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Dinis, Isabel, Pedro Mendes-Moreira, and Susanne Padel. "DEVELOPING MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR FOOD DIVERSITY: A CASE-STUDY IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.233.

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Vale do Sousa is a heterogeneous territory located in the North Region of Portugal. Until a few decades ago, the economy was based on small-scale farming with maize for bread (Broa) as one important crop. Each community had its own maize varieties and practices, which were reflected in the composition, shape, size and flavour of local Broa. In the last decades, the abandonment of agriculture was noticeable, leading to a progressive decrease in maize production and to genetic erosion. More recently, local stakeholders became aware of the important role that landraces and biodiverse food can pla
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Agyemang, Malena, and Nathan G. Johnson. "Development of Biomass Energy Technologies and Business Models for Southern Africa." In ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2015-48033.

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This study evaluates options for biomass pellet formulations and business models to create a sustainable energy solution for cooking energy in Southern Africa. Various agricultural wastes and agro-processing wastes are investigated to meet industry standards on biomass pellet quality. These fuels are obtained from farms and facilities across a geographic area that affects the end-cost of the pellet through transportation costs and the cost of the biomass. The technical performance of the pellet and cost of the pellet are first contrasted and then optimized in unison to develop sustainable ener
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Lonia, B., N. K. Nayar, S. B. Singh, and P. L. Bali. "Techno Economic Aspects of Power Generation From Agriwaste in India." In 17th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/fbc2003-170.

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The agricultural operations in India are suffering from a serious problem of shortage of electrical power on one side and economic and effective disposal of agriwaste stuff on the other. India being agriculture based country, 70% of its main income (share in GDP) comes from agriculture sector. Any enhancement of income from this sector is based upon adequate supply of basic inputs in this sector. Regular and adequate power supply is one such input. But, the position of power supply in our country defies both these characteristics. With a major portion of power produced being sent to the indust
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