Farmers' objectives and the factors affecting them were studied in 91 dairy farms in Costa Rica. Objective's hierarchies were studied using Rokeach's technique with a mixture of personal, economic and familiar goals. A canonical correlation analysis was performed to find out simple and canonical ...
Solano, C.
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León, H.
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Pérez, E.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Characterising objectives profiles of Costa Rican dairy farmers]
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Characterising objectives profiles of Costa Rican dairy farmers
The vast majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa depend on rainfed agriculture for food production and livelihood. Various factors including but not limited to rainfall variability, land degradation, and low soil fertility constrain agricultural productivity in the region. The objectives of thi...
Worqlul, A.W.
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Dile, Y.T.
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Schmitter, Petra
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Jeong, J.
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Meki, M.N.
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Gerik, T.J.
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Srinivasan, R.
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Lefore, Nicole
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[Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia]
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Water resource assessment, gaps, and constraints of vegetable production in Robit and Dangishta watersheds, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
The paper interrogates the role of community seed banks (CSBs) and related initiatives in the realization of farmers' rights in Uganda and the policy and legislative space for the functioning of CSBs. The study finds that although community seed banks are a relatively new phenomenon in Uganda, th...
Otieno, G.A.
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Kiwuka, C.
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Mulumba, J.W.
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[Realizing farmers' rights through community seed banks in Uganda: experiences and policy issues]
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Realizing farmers' rights through community seed banks in Uganda: experiences and policy issues
Durga, Neha
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Verma, Shilp
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Gupta, N.
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Kiran, R.
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Pathak, A.
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[Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?]
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Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?
Indus basin irrigation system (IBIS) is one of the largest contiguous irrigation systems of the world. The surface canal water supplies are far less than the crop water demands which lead farmers to use groundwater to cope surface water scarcity. Although many studies in the IBIS are conducted to...
Awan, Usman K.
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Anwar, Arif A.
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Ahmad, Waqas
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Hafeez, M.
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[A methodology to estimate equity of canal water and groundwater use at different spatial and temporal scales: a geo-informatics approach]
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A methodology to estimate equity of canal water and groundwater use at different spatial and temporal scales: a geo-informatics approach
India’s track record of forming robust, self-sustaining farmer cooperatives has been poor ever since the early 1900s when the movement began. For long, restrictive laws were blamed for their failure. But most of the 2,000 farmer producer companies registered under a new amendment to the Companies...