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Mbwika, James M. "Kenya smallholder farmer education and farm productivity." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29578.

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This research was undertaken to study the effect of education on small farm revenues and profits in Kenya. Schooling (defined as the number of school standards completed by the farm operator) was used as the most important source of education. It was hypothesized that schooling has a positive effect on farm revenues and profits. The effect of other sources of information viz; extension contact, demonstration attendance and baraza attendance on farm revenues and profits were also investigated. The research was done using regression analysis where these variables and other farm activity relevan

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Kaberia, Bonface Kangentu. "Comparative study of roles of knowledge repositories in farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchange among smallholder dairy goat farmers in Kenya." Thesis, University of Reading, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494807.

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This study looks at the ongoing exchange of information among dairy goat keeping communities in Kenya. Its aim is to understand the mechanism of communications between farmers and to consider how this mechanism could be used to scale up development initiatives in order to create maximum impact among poor farmers. The field study was carried out in Meru Central and South districts in Kenya between September 2005-August 2006. Based on the research questions, it employed a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (for purpose of triangulation) using Focus Group Discussions (n=16), stru

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Pay, Kenneth(Wen Hong Kenneeth). "The effect of cash constraints on smallholder farmer revenue." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128974.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2020<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79).<br>Many smallholder farmers in developing countries struggle to make ends meet. We develop a model that examines how markets catering to numerous smallholder farmers reach an equilibrium, while incorporating real world challenges that smallholder farmers face, namely a lack of long term planning and cash constraints. Through this, we analyze the effectiveness of two common form

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Ngcobo, Phumelele Nondumiso. "Implementation Evaluation Of The Smallholder Farmer Support Programme And Its Likelihood Of Increasing Farm Productivity: A Case Of “Abalimi Phambili Project”, Jozini, Kwazulu-Natal." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30870.

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Farmer support programmes are aimed at assisting in unlocking barriers faced by smallholder farmers. These programmes were implemented many years ago by the public and private sector. However, research continues to show that the increase in the number of these initiatives and in budgets/expenditures have not equally translated into an increase in the number of smallholder farmers advancing to commercial status. Therefore, this evaluation research is focused on assessing the implementation progress of a farmer support programme being implemented in Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal. The aim is to assess wh

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Murwisi, Kurauone. "The potential for branchless banking services in smallholder farmer value chains : a case of the Zimbabwean smallholder cotton value chain." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45898.

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Smallholder farmers across the developing world are continuously faced with a challenge of failing to access financial services from formal financial institutions mainly due to the high levels of transaction costs associated with small farmer financing. Against this background, this study set out to investigate the potential for incorporating branchless banking services into smallholder farmer value chains as a means to reduce transaction costs along smallholder farmer value chains and to enhance access to finance for smallholder farmers. While this study acknowledges that assessing the poten

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Gotschi, Elisabeth. "Social capital and the smallholder sector analysis of farmer groups in Búzi District, Mozambique." Weikersheim Margraf, 2006. http://d-nb.info/988276364/04.

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Hancock, Adam David. "Effects of credit and credit access on smallholder maize farmer storage behavior in northern Ghana." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20552.

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Master of Science<br>Department of Agricultural Economics<br>Vincent Amanor-Boadu<br>Food insecurity affects 16 percent of the population in northern Ghana, making food security a major focus for many of the development programs in the country. A major initiative to overcome food insecurity may involve the development of effective storage systems to help farmers control the flow of their production to markets and, thus, have higher control over the price they receive. While the poor storage infrastructure in the region is known, there is lack of knowledge about the factors motivating farmers

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Mabeza, Christopher Munyaradzi. "Marrying water and soil: adaptation to climate by a smallholder farmer in Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20688.

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This thesis is a qualitative ethnographic study of innovations implemented by Mr Zephaniah Phiri Maseko, a smallholder farmer from Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe. Ethnographic data provides insight and lessons of his practices for rethinking existing strategies for adaptation to climate change. The concept of adaptation is probed i n relationship to the closely related concepts of vulnerability, resilience and innovation. This study also explores the concept of conviviality and argues that Mr Phiri Maseko's adaptation to climate hinges on mediating barriers between local and exogenous knowledge sy

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Jorns, Austin R. "Smallholder farmers’ perceptions toward solar renewable energy technology on the island of Trinidad." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587714750296474.

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Shayamano, Innocent. "Trajectory from government-managed to farmer-managed smallholder irrigation and its effects on productivity, operation and maintenance: An analysis of Mamina Smallholder Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6189.

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Magister Philosophiae - MPhil (LAS) (Land and Agrarian Studies)<br>Government's decision to devolve irrigation management to farmers was partly influenced by international policy imperatives, which were propounded mainly by institutions associated with the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the inability by the government to continue funding operation and maintenance costs. The central question of the study is to understand the effects of Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) on productivity, operation and maintenance in the Mamina Irrigation Scheme. Int

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Senevirathna, A. M. W. K. "The influence of farmer knowledge, shade and planting density on smallholder rubber/banana intercropping in Sri Lanka." Thesis, Bangor University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368962.

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Bailey, Meghan. "Unequal adaptation : socially differentiated responses to environmental change and food insecurity among smallholder farmers." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:48688400-1c0f-4195-b9fd-38f214297d1f.

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Achieving food security in a changing climate is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. For subsistence-oriented farming families who experience firsthand pressures on their food system - population growth, environmental degradation and climate change, to name only a few - adaptation has become an urgent necessity. The ability to 'adapt and benefit' through a suite of climate change adaptation interventions that build adaptive capacity is touted by many humanitarian and development institutions as integral to food security today. However, adapting and benefiting is often a far rea

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Yokwe, Stanley Conficious Bartholomew. "Investigation of the economics of water as used by smallholder irrigation farmers in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26912.

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This study investigates the economics of water as used by smallholder irrigation farmers in South Africa. The productivity and value of water were estimated with data from two smallholder irrigation schemes: Zanyokwe and Thabina. Production parameters such as fertilisers, seeds, pesticides, equipment, transport, labour, and water were treated as inputs. Various methodologies used to estimate water value, including cost-based approaches, were thoroughly reviewed. The aim was to select the ones with more justification for use in smallholder irrigation sector and also to compare a number of appro

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LaHorgue, Joseph. "Economics Impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms: An analysis of Bt Cotton in India." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2255.

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The emergence of genetically modified organisms has sparked a multi-faceted debate, covering issues related to human health, ethics, and the environment. Discussions of the economics of GMO adoption are highly politicized and are influenced by large corporations and non-governmental organizations. This study aims to provide insight into the economic impacts of genetically modified organisms on individual farmers of cotton in India. The first GMO to reach commercialization in India was Bt cotton in 2002, which led to significant increases in revenue and yield among smallholder farmers. Usin

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Rahman, Syed Ajijur. "Incorporation of trees in smallholder land use systems : farm characteristics, rates of return and policy issues influencing farmer adoption." Thesis, Bangor University, 2017. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/incorporation-of-trees-in-smallholder-land-use-systems-farm-characteristics-rates-of-return-and-policy-issues-influencing-farmer-adoption(7004faf7-6ba5-45a0-903f-3cb21f6dec7c).html.

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One of the main causes of tropical deforestation is conversion to agriculture, which is continuously increasing as a dominant land cover in the tropics. The loss of forests greatly affects biodiversity and ecosystem services. Tree-based farming, in a range of agroforestry systems, has been proposed as a mechanism for sustaining both biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services in agricultural areas, by increasing tree cover, while maintaining agricultural production. The main aim of this thesis is to assess the rate of return resulting from incorporating trees into food-crop-based smallh

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Kapgen, Diane. "Impacts of Agroecology-based Development Programs on Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods in Eastern Burkina Faso." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/283200.

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SummaryToday one of the world’s biggest challenges remains the precarious livelihood situation of millions of smallholder farmers. Grounded in new types of traditionally-based technologies and locally available natural and social resources, agroecology seems to be a promising livelihood strategy, above all for African smallholder farmers, many of whom cannot afford expensive technologies and inputs. In fragile environments where entire families depend on small-scale agriculture, as in Eastern Burkina Faso, it is of utmost importance to understand whether agroecology can really improve liveliho

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MacPhillamy, Isabel Barbara Jane. "Foot-and-mouth disease control in South East Asia: Village-level challenges and insights from Cambodia and Laos." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27214.

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This thesis utilises data collected from 2015–19 to investigate the foot-and-mouth disease control challenges in Cambodia and Laos, focusing on village-level and farmer factors. The research presented provides FMD seroprevalence data from northern Lao provinces in 2019, providing the most recent and extensive serology available for northern Laos. The Cambodian village para-veterinarian knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) study from 2018 presents the first published baseline data for these individuals and, along with the 2015 investigation of their participation in surveillance, strengthen

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Shange, Nikiwe. "Analysis of the challenges and opportunities for smallholder farmer value chain integration in the Western Cape : a public and private sector organisation perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96179.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>Access to markets is an essential requirement for smallholder farmer development. The limited access to formal value chains for smallholder farmers in South Africa is a key challenge that is facing both public and private value chain actors. Despite the substantial investments by government, the performance of smallholder farmers in South Africa remains poor. Several studies have been done to understand the key challenges facing smallholder farmer value chain integration. This study takes a unique view by understanding the challenges and opportun

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William, Apollinaire. "Smallholder Farmers, Environmental Change and Adaptation in a Human-Dominated Landscape in the Northern Highlands of Rwanda." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1527182117011253.

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Fall, Fatou. "Shocks, pro-sociality, and information : Three essays on agricultural development and farmers' behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Paris sciences et lettres, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024UPSLD032.

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Cette thèse vise à apporter des éclairages la manière dont des stratégies telles que l'utilisation des réseaux sociaux et l'amélioration de l'accès à l'information peuvent aider les ménages des milieu ruraux majoritairement composés de petits exploitants agricoles. En explorant la dynamique des interactions entre agriculteurs et le rôle de la diffusion de l'information ainsi que les stratégies d'adaptation face à des chocs, nous cherchons à identifier des approches efficaces pour promouvoir le développement agricole et rural en Afrique subsaharienne. Le premier chapitre examine si des modifica

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Worinu, Mark. "The operation and effectiveness of formal and informal supply chains for fresh produce in the Papua New Guinea highlands." Master's thesis, Lincoln University. Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, 2007. http://theses.lincoln.ac.nz/public/adt-NZLIU20080318.100431/.

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The research aim was to gain a more detailed understanding of the operation of different key segments for fresh produce supply chains originating in the Highlands Provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The research investigates a number of supply chain dimensions of effectiveness which include, value creation and integration of processes, logistics, quality, information, relationship/vertical integration and overall effectiveness. These were linked together in SC framework. Two potato chains were investigated, one formal, the other informal. The informal potato chain involves small holder farmer

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Iraba, Marie Louise. "Inexpensive mobile technologies to empower rural farmers with m-agriculture." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9526_1370595447.

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<p>Market information and established communication between seller and buyer play an important role in business activities. This thesis investigates the Transkei area in the Eastern Cape&nbsp<br>Province, South Africa to find out how to empower rural farmers by providing them with less-expensive mobile technology enabling them to post and advertise their produce, access market&nbsp<br>information on a common database, and find and communicate with potential customers. The farmers&rsquo<br>requirements were identified using quantitative and qualitative methods and a prototype&nbsp<br>consisting

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Brito, Paulo Roberto Borges de. ""O controle social no processo de certificação de grupo por auditoria externa: o caso APROVE pela AAOCERT."." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/90/90131/tde-28072006-192046/.

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O presente trabalho aborda as perspectivas de certificação que se abrem para a agricultura orgânica familiar, através dos processos alternativos de certificação, a certificação participativa em rede CPR, e a certificação de grupo por auditoria externa. Os objetivos gerais do trabalho foram contribuir para um melhor entendimento sobre o potencial dos processos participativos na certificação de produtos orgânicos. Avaliar em que medida a certificação pode ser associada a um processo pedagógico, para os produtores familiares paulistas, no qual a possibilidade de fortalecimento do controle socia

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Aniekwe, Chika C. "Collective Action and Everyday Politics of Smallholder Farmers in Ugbawka: Examining Local Realities and Struggles of Smallholder Rice Farmers." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15705.

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The research draws on an ethnographic research and explores the everyday practice of collective action in Ugbawka in Enugu State by using interviews and participant observation. The study reveals that smallholder collective action is not best fitted into formal institutional arrangement but takes place within a complex and intricate process that involves interaction with diversity of institutions and actors. Equally, the interactions that occur amongst actors are mediated at the community level through interplay of socio-cultural and political factors. This study recognises and places emphasis

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Achola, Sarah. "The decline and fall of the coffee sector in Kenya : a case study of the Murang’a region and Taita Hills." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018TOU20119.

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Cette thèse vise à établir les causes du déclin de la production de café au Kenya en étudiant l'environnement décisionnel du petit producteur de café. L'étude a été menée sur les collines Taita, où la production de café a diminué jusqu'au point de cessation et dans le comté de Murang'a, une importante région productrice de café au Kenya, où l’on observe actuellement une tendance à la baisse de la production. L'étude vise à déterminer quel rôle le café jouera dans un nouveau contexte de production, dans lequel la décision de cultiver le café n'est pas contrôlée directement par l'État, mais repo

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Siwale, Mwaya. "Factors affecting access to finance by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30388.

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About seventy-seven percent of Zambia’s citizens who are engaged in primary activity in the agriculture sector are poor (Economies, 2017). One of the ways in which the poverty levels can be reduced is by lessening constraints of access to finance in agriculture sector. The implications of the low access to credit in the agriculture sector is reduced productivity, high food insecurity and perpetual poverty particularly in Zambia’s rural areas. Most of the studies conducted focused on identifying factors which limit participation in agriculture finance from the bank’s perspective and not farmers

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Milindi, Paschal. "Improved Hermetic Grain Storage System for Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469166460.

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D'ANNOLFO, RAFFAELE. "The effects of agroecological farming systems on smallholder farmers’ livelihoods." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/72836.

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Lo scopo della tesi di dottorato è comprendere gli effetti dell'adozione degli approcci agroecologici sul Sustainable Livelihood Framework dei piccoli agricoltori. Sono state adottate tre metodologie di ricerca, revisione della letteratura, meta-analisi e caso di studio, al fine di valutare i benefici derivanti dall'attuazione degli approcci agroecologici sul capitale umano, sociale, naturale, finanziario e fisico. I risultati della tesi hanno mostrato come l’adozione dei sistemi agroecologici possono migliorare i mezzi di sussistenza dei piccoli agricoltori, senza che si verifichino trade-off

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D'ANNOLFO, RAFFAELE. "The effects of agroecological farming systems on smallholder farmers’ livelihoods." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/72836.

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Lo scopo della tesi di dottorato è comprendere gli effetti dell'adozione degli approcci agroecologici sul Sustainable Livelihood Framework dei piccoli agricoltori. Sono state adottate tre metodologie di ricerca, revisione della letteratura, meta-analisi e caso di studio, al fine di valutare i benefici derivanti dall'attuazione degli approcci agroecologici sul capitale umano, sociale, naturale, finanziario e fisico. I risultati della tesi hanno mostrato come l’adozione dei sistemi agroecologici possono migliorare i mezzi di sussistenza dei piccoli agricoltori, senza che si verifichino trade-off

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Beyene, Atakilte. "Soil conservation, land use and property rights in northern Ethiopia : understanding environmental change in smallholder farming systems /." Uppsala : Dept. of Rural Development Studies, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2003. http://epsilon.slu.se/a395-ab.html.

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Musonzo, Charity Priscilla. "Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme - impact on income of smallholder farmers." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29044.

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Agriculture is the single most important sector in Malawi due to its contribution to the economy ranging from employment creation, contribution to GDP growth to source of foreign exchange earnings. These significant contributions have necessitated the Government of Malawi to develop strategies and policies such as the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), whose main aim is to increase household incomes and reduce food insecurity and ultimately reduce poverty. It is nine years since the introduction of FISP but its results remain mixed. Using the 2009/10 Integrated Household Survey Phase 3 (IHS3

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Ekström, Elin, and Jonna Halonen. "Hydro-climatic Risk Assessment and Communication for Smallholder Farmers in Maharashtra." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297360.

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Smallholder farmers often have great entrepreneurial qualities that build on generations of experience. However, many farm management practices are poorly adapted to current climate change conditions. In order for farmers to understand the risks they are undertaking by following certain farming practices and to adapt accordingly, a decision support tool is being developed by researchers at TU Delft. The tool runs a socio-hydrological model, created in Python, in the back-end and provides farmer specific investment and profit data for different crops in the front-end. The aim of this study is t

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Mallareddy, Nikhil. "User-centered design of a fertilizer recommendation system for smallholder farmers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122090.

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This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Thesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, 2018<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-70).<br>Declining soil health is a major problem in India, affecting nearly 120 million hectares of land constituting 37% of the total geographic area. Soil degradation poses a significant threat

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Ababio-Twi, Faith S. "Funding Strategies for Smallholder Rice Farmers in Afadzato South District, Ghana." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7849.

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Agriculture revenue contributions to Ghana's gross domestic product have declined because of limited farm funding, which has constrained some smallholder rice farmers access credit to acquire necessary inputs, and to secure a stable market for their harvests. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore successful strategies some smallholder rice farmers in the Afadzato South District of Ghana used in obtaining farm funding. Data collection included semistructured, face-to-face interviews with 9 smallholder rice farmers who successfully obtained farm funding. Previous res

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Majoma, Munyaradzi Laurel. "The role of branchless banking in smallholder agriculture in Zimbabwe." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60828.

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Access to financial services from financial institutions has often proved to be one of the major constraints to rural and smallholder agricultural development in Zimbabwe. However, the ICT revolution across the world leading to the development of branchless banking options has brought new financial inclusion opportunities in the rural areas. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of branchless banking in smallholder agriculture through investigating the user patterns and adoption rate of mobile banking by rural farmers in Zimbabwe. Zvimba District was used as the case study while

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Fevola, Martina. "Quality evaluation of cocoa beans produced by smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.

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Il cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) è un’importante coltura a livello mondiale. La sua produzione è alla base dell’economia della maggior parte dei paesi produttori e dei profitti di molte industrie dolciarie. Attualmente, circa il 70% delle fave di cacao nel mondo è raccolto in Africa. Il Ghana è il secondo paese produttore dopo la Costa d’Avorio. La maggior parte del cacao proviene da piccoli agricoltori che spesso usano sistemi di coltivazione obsoleti e poco organizzati. La crescente domanda di cacao nel mercato mondiale ha aumentato l’attenzione su una produzione sostenibile attraverso un

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Mashile, Daphne Mmapabala. "Challenges facing smallholder farmers in accessing credit in Gauteng province: South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7991.

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Credit plays a significant role in agricultural growth, and it is understood that development of credit programmes will have a valuable impact on agricultural production earnings of smallholder farmers. It is also a strategic factor to poverty alleviation. In Gauteng, smallholder farmers source their loans commonly from informal moneylenders. This results in access to formal credit being at a low rate. Results show that low level of education, main occupation, group membership and household income are significant and have encouraging effects on access to credit financial services. The results

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Legesse, Belaineh. "Risk management strategies of smallholder farmers in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia /." Uppsala : Dept. of Rural Development Studies, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2003. http://epsilon.slu.se/a404.pdf.

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Ziervogel, Gina. "Seasonal climate forecast applications : a case study of smallholder farmers in Lesotho." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270168.

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Phillips, Frederick Odame. "Productivity intervention and smallholder farmers: the case of Ghana’s Cocoa Abrabopa Program." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16978.

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Master of Agribusiness<br>Department of Agricultural Economics<br>Vincent Amanor-Boadu<br>Despite the dependence of more than three-quarters of a million households depending on cocoa for their living in Ghana, the production segment of the cocoa industry is fraught with significant challenges manifesting as low farm productivity. Various intervention programs to help farmers improve productivity at the farm level have been used over the past few decades. One of such programs is the Cocoa Abrabopa Program (CAA), which uses an integrated approach where farmers are supplied inputs made up of fe

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Ernah, [Verfasser]. "Assessment of sustainability standards among smallholder oil palm farmers in Indonesia / ... Ernah." Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2015. http://d-nb.info/1088425305/34.

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Morahanye, Mokhantso Lilian. "Investigating adaptation strategies to climate change by smallholder farmers : evidence from, Lesotho." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/5807.

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In Lesotho, agriculture is the dominant activity and involves crop and livestock production, range management and forestry activities. The current climatic variability in the country has caused decline in food production as result of increased dry spells, frequency of droughts and erratic rainfall. These climatic events are expected to have a significant impact on the livelihoods of the smallholder farmers. In combatting the harmful effects of climate change, smallholder farmers in Lesotho have employed various adaptation strategies based on their local knowledge and limited means. While these

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Osei, Sampson. "Social capital and climate change adaptation strategies : the case of smallholder farmers in the Central region of Ghana." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5270.

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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)<br>Agriculture in Ghana is dominated by smallholder farmers who are faced with unpredictable rainfall and extreme weather events. Climate modelling forecasts that the rate at which precipitation will decrease in the country is far more than the rate at which it will increase during the wet season. It is predicted that rain-fed maize output will decrease below 25 percent in all the ten regions of the country by 2020 if nothing is done. To mitigate the effect of climate change and safeguard food security, the country must undertake measures to adap

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Kabura, Nyaga Elizabeth A. "Smallholder cashcrop production and its impact on living standards of rural families in Kenya /." Weikersheim : Margraf, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2999150&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Chereni, Simbarashe. "Smallholder farmers response to changes in the farming environment in Gokwe-Kabiyuni, Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2950_1298634276.

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<p>Following Bryceson&rsquo<br>s article, &lsquo<br>De-agrarianisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Acknowledging the Inevitable&rsquo<br>, and other related writings in the volume Farewell to Farms, rural development has become a contested academic and policy domain. One side of the debate is characterized by &lsquo<br>agrarian optimism&rsquo<br>, mirrored in various state policies and advice from the World Bank<br>the other side is typified by the de-agrarianisation thesis, which is sceptical regarding the agrarian path to rural development, because it doesn&rsquo<br>t accord with dominant trends.

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Clark, Rebecca. "A hybrid approach to the evaluation of soil conservation measures for smallholder farmers." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393543.

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Dorward, Peter. "Participatory farm management methods for improved agricultural extension with smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Reading, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311313.

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Almeida, Virgilio da Silva. "The development of animal health services for smallholder dairy farmers in northwest Portugal." Thesis, University of Reading, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306745.

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Unahalekhaka, Aukrit. "Product design for social impact : a case study of smallholder farmers in Thailand." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107585.

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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-76).<br>75% of the worlds poor (<2$/day) are smallholder farmers where they produce 80% of the food in Asia and Africa. Not only are these farmers poor, but they are also food insecure. By 2050, the world will need to produce at least 50% more food to feed 9 billion people. Compounding this problem is climate change, which

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Duma, Moses. "Contract farming as a tool for the development of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14909.

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Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Zimbabwe’s land-reform process has been widely debated and severely criticised, yet seldom been analysed at greater depth. In the transition from startup small-holding farmer to the long-run goal of commercial farmer, Zimbabweans currently experience a phase of increasing “contract farming”. New farmers are producing for contractors who buy up their produce at predetermined prices. Ideally, these contractors or agribusinesses also help the smallholders to get the seeds and fertiliser, obtain the necessary equipment, hel

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