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Live mulch is a crop production technique in which a food crop is planted directly in a living cover of an established cover crop without tillage or destruction of the fallow vegetation. The effect of several established legume covers on weed competition, fertilizer requirement and yield of maize...


Akobundu, I.[Live mulch: a new approach to weed control and crop production in the tropics]Live mulch: a new approach to weed control and crop production in the tropics

This article is concerned with the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming as a climate-smart agriculture practice and its influence on household income in the Chinyanja Triangle. Chinyanja Triangle is a region that is increasingly experiencing mid-season dry spells and an increase in occurren...


Mango, NelsonMakate, CliftonTamene, LulsegedMponela, PowellNdengu, Gift[Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa]Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

70% of the world’s bovines belongs to LDCs, but they only produce 29% of the global meat and 23% of the global milk output (Jahnke et al. 1988). Current demand for dairy products in Africa largely outweigh their production (Smith 2015; Lukuyu et al. 2009). A comparative study showed a 4.0% dema...


Ndah, Hycenth T.Schuler, JohannesPaul, Birthe K.Nzogela, BeatusMangesho, Walter EMollel, RichardLoina, RoseKengwa, Venance[Factors Affecting the Adoption of Forage Technologies under Smallholder Dairy Production Systems in Tanzania]Factors Affecting the Adoption of Forage Technologies under Smallholder Dairy Production Systems in Tanzania

Potato is the main crop grown in Peru’s highlands, where it is an especially important source of both food and cash income for small farmers. More than 3,000 varieties of native potatoes are cultivated, mainly above 3,500 meters above sea level. From 2001 to 2010 more than 20 public, private, and...


Ordinola, M.Devaux, A.Bernet, T.Manrique, K.López, G.Fonseca, C.Horton, D.[The PMCA and potato market chain innovation in Peru.]The PMCA and potato market chain innovation in Peru.

The dependence of smallholder farmers on forest resources for their sustenance and livelihoods is a major driver of deforestation and degradation of forest resources in tropical countries. Understanding the socio-economic drivers that aggravate the extraction and overexploitation of forest produc...


Amare, D.Wondie, M.Teketay, D.Eshete, A.Darr, D.[Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia]Wood extraction among the households of Zege Peninsula, northern Ethiopia

The efficiency of crop production has important implications for farm yield and productivity; however, little is known about the efficiency of bean production in Uganda. This study evaluated factors influencing technical efficiency among smallholder farmers in eastern Uganda where bean growing is...


Waluse, K.S.Owuor, G.Nyachwo, J.Alokit, C.Birachi, Eliud Abucheli[Analysis of Determinants of Productivity and Technical Efficiency among Smallholder Common Bean Farmers in Eastern Uganda]Analysis of Determinants of Productivity and Technical Efficiency among Smallholder Common Bean Farmers in Eastern Uganda

Cassava is a dominant component in crop mixtures in South-Eastern Nigeria. It is a preferred food security crop among smallholder farmers, because it can tolerate drought, low soil fertility and its production requires minimum external inputs. Various constraints have been shown to affect the wid...


Udensi, U.E.Tarawali, G.Favour, E.U.Asumugha, G.N.Ezedinma, C.Okoye, B.C.Okarter, C.Ilona, P.Okechukwu, R.U.Dixon, A.[Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeria]Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeria

This video walks the viewer through Stepwise Luweero in a participating smallholder farmer field, capturing visual reference to each Step of the Stepwise approach, highlighting conditions of the coffee in each step, and the incremental value of each set of practices applied by the farmer as part ...


International Institute of Tropical Agriculture[IITA Stepwise visual walk through]IITA Stepwise visual walk through

A two‐day technical workshop was organized by the International Potato Center (CIP) and held in Nairobi in November 2018 to review SUSTAIN project study findings (to understand how commercialization of sweetpotato value chains affected the wellbeing of smallholder farmers) and develop recommendat...


Mudege, Netsayi N.Kebaara, K.Mukewa, E.[Effects of commercialization of sweetpotato on gender relations and wellbeing among smallholder farmers: Technical workshop to review study findings and develop recommendations for improved programming.]Effects of commercialization of sweetpotato on gender relations and wellbeing among smallholder farmers: Technical workshop to review study findings and develop recommendations for improved programming.

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