Resultados de búsqueda - "commercial farming"

FR2.1: Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in Papua New Guinea por Kosec, Katrina, Schmidt, Emily, Carrillo, Lucia, Peixun Fang, Ivekolia, Mark, Ovah, Raywin

“…Empirical analysis suggests that women's economic participation (especially their operation of non-farm enterprises (NFEs) and engagement in sales jobs and in commercial farming) is associated with greater participation of women in household decision-making and improvements in household welfare. …”
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High-yielding Climate-resilient beans improve food security and kick-start business in Zimbabwe por Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance

“…Yet production dropped 67% between 2010 and 2015, with drought, disease and lack of technology, combined with the transition from large-scale commercial farming to a small scale cropping following land reform in the country, hitting communities hard. …”
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A framework for coupling land use and hydrological modelling for management of ecosystem services por Kwast, J. van der, Yalew, S., Dickens, C., Quayle, L., Reinhardt, J., Liersch, S., Mul, Marloes L., Hamdard, M., Douven, W.

“…From the analysis of land-use maps of 2005 and 2008 it was observed that forest and bush decreased, while settlements, subsistence farming, commercial farming and grassland increased.…”
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Prioritizing climate-smart agriculture practices in Western Kenya. por Mwongera, Caroline, Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley

“…Six farmers were invited from each of the five farm typologies (that had previously been identified by this project): i) smallscale mixed subsistence; ii) medium-scale mixed with commercial horticulture; iii) medium-scale mixed with commercial dairy; iv) medium-scale mixed with commercial cereal; and v) large-scale commercial farming. Separate focus group discussions were held with farmers and local experts, respectively to explore the differences between stakeholders. …”
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Farmers' adoption of newly released climate-resilient rice varieties in the coastal ecosystem of Bangladesh: Effectiveness of a head-to-head adaptive trial por Akter, Tahmina, Afrad, Md. Safiul Islam, Habib, Muhammad Ashraful, Zhang, Yating, Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf, Nayak, Swati, Qin, Xiaodi, McKenzie, Andrew M., Kamal, Mohammed Zia Uddin

“…Education, farming as a primary occupation, income, commercial farming, extension services, training, social networks, seed access, grain quality, varietal resilience, and market price significantly influenced adoption, while age, low soil fertility, high input costs, and large landholdings were barriers. …”
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Estimating actual evapotranspiration through remote sensing techniques to improve agricultural water management: A case study in the transboundary Olifants Catchment in the Limpopo... por Ahmad, Mobin-ud-Din, Magagula, Thulani F., Love, David, Kongo, V., Mul, Marloes L., Kinoti, Jeniffer

“…The target area contains diverse land uses, including rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture (centre pivot, sprinkler and drip irrigation systems), orchards and rangelands. Commercial farming rainfed and irrigated agriculture) is one of the main economic activities in the area. …”
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Intensification of rice-based farming systems in Central Luzon, Philippines: Constraints at field, farm and regional levels por Silva, João Vasco, Reidsma, Pytrik, Lourdes Velasco, Ma., Laborte, Alice G., van Ittersum, Martin K.

“…These resulted in greater rice yields and labour productivity, and contributed to gradual transition from subsistence to commercial farming systems, as observed in the increasing proportion of hired labour and rice sold. …”
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Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031 por Leggesse, Getachew, Gelmesa, U., Jembere, T., Degefa, T., Bediye, S., Teka, T., Temesgen, D., Tesfu, Y., Berhe, A., Gemeda, L., Takele, D., Beyene, G., Belachew, G., Hailu, G., Chemeda, S.

“…The document identifies strategic issues and priority interventions in the short-, medium- and long-term in dairy breed improvement, feeds and nutrition, biosecurity and dairy health management, milk quality and safety, dairy business management and market development, investment in commercial farming and processing industry, extension linkage, capacity development and some cross-cutting issues. …”
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Sharing lessons of smallholders’ pig system in South Asia and Southeast Asia: A review por Deka, Ram Pratim, Grace, Delia, Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…The pig sub-sector in some of the countries in SE Asia is growing at a faster pace because of industrialisation of farming system and transformation of smallholder backyard system to more commercial farming system in response to market demand. …”
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Farmer participation in Research-for-Development to enhance cassava production in Cameroon por Njukwe, E.

“…There is also need to build producer capacity for commercial farming designed to explore market opportunities, but there is no need to spend resources on improving production on the farm if the transportation of the product is expensive or the processing and marketing are inefficient.…”
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Beef supply price response estimation and implications for policy analysis: The Zimbabwe case por Rodríguez, G.

“…Illustrates the role of supply price elasticities in policy making and analysis, and discusses the experience with respect to the sensitiveness of beef supply price elasticities estimated for commercial farms in Zimbabwe and the corresponding policy implications…”
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Biofertilizer gives boost to yields por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…More than two thousand smallholder farmers on communal land in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe are now obtaining soybean yields which are comparable to those on large commercial farms. Since 1996, Mashonaland farmers, who traditionally cultivated maize, have...…”
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Investigating the role of poultry and the impact of HPAI on livelihoods in Ghana por Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Birol, Ekin, Roy, Devesh

“…The virus was detected on commercial farms of different sizes in three regions: in the Tema area (Greater Accra region) at the end of April, in the Sunyani area (Brong Ahafo region) in May, and in the Ketu district (Volta region) in June. …”
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Smallholder commercialization: processes, determinants and impact por Jaleta, Moti, Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…The paper also investigates policy recommendations made by different authors aimed at facilitating the smooth process of transforming smallholder agriculture from subsistence system to a fully commercialized farming. Based on the review, the paper throws light on conceptual and methodological gaps in relation to smallholder commercialization, and finally, draws general conclusions and directions for future research.…”
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WorldFish-developed Generation 3 rohu grows more than 30% faster than conventional rohu strains por Yeasin, Mohammed, Ali, Md. Rayhan, Fakhruddin, Md., Hamilton, Matthew

“…In parallel to the release of G3 rohu hatchlings to hatcheries, WorldFish conducted an on-farm performance trial involving 19 semi-commercial farms in Jashore, Natore, and Rajshahi districts from May 2021to June 2022.This brochure briefly demonstrates the growth performance of G3 rohu compared to an unimproved strain.…”
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Evidence for multiple anthelmintic resistance of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep in coastal Kenya por Mwamachi, D.M., Audho, James O., Magadi, M., Reynolds, L., Baker, R.L.

“…The study was conducted on a commercial farm where anthelmintics had been used intensively. …”
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Balancing skilled with unskilled migration in an urbanizing agricultural economy por Nguyen, Thinh T., Saito, H., Isoda, H., Ito, S.

“…In complementary fashion, commercial farm development helps alleviate urban overcrowding by encouraging unskilled individuals to remain at home.…”
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Structural transformation in Ethiopia: Evidence from cereal markets por Minten, Bart, Stifel, David, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…We study cereal wholesale markets in Ethiopia in the last decade (2001–2011), a period that has been characterized by important local changes affecting agricultural markets, including strong economic growth, urbanization, improved road and communication infrastructure, an increase in importance of cooperatives and commercial farms, and a doubling in commercial surplus. …”
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Structural Transformation in Ethiopia: Evidence from Cereal Markets por Minten, Bart, Stifel, David, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…We study cereal wholesale markets in Ethiopia in the last decade (2001–2011), a period that has been characterized by important local changes affecting agricultural markets, including strong economic growth, urbanization, improved road and communication infrastructure, an increase in importance of cooperatives and commercial farms, and a doubling in commercial surplus. …”
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Dairy cattle traits preference ranking to define a balanced breeding objective for small and large dairy farms in Ethiopia highlands por Aliy, M., Kebede, K., Meseret, Selam, Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher, Mrode, Raphael A., Lidauer, M.H., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Urge, M., Negussie, E.

“…Therefore, the dairy cattle breeding goals for smallholder and large commercial farms incorporating these identified dairy cattle traits as aggregate merit should be set as balanced breeding objective. …”
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