Maize Market Chain Analysis and the Determinants of Market Participation in the Gamo and Gofa Zones of Southern Ethiopia by Duge Galtsa, Kassa Tarekegn, Kusse Kamaylo, Endrias Oyka

“…The majority of farmers are producing maize in the Gamo and Gofa zones and they are not benefiting from it due to the marketing problem. …”
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A systematic review of deep learning techniques for apple leaf diseases classification and detection by Assad Souleyman Doutoum, Bulent Tugrul

“…This allows targeted pesticide and insecticide use. However, farmers find it difficult to distinguish between different apple leaf diseases since their symptoms are quite similar. …”
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Mediação social e agroecologia: trajetórias e desafios dos agentes do Núcleo Missões da Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia by Cristina Bremm, Everton Lazzaretti Picolotto

“…In southern Brazil was created the Ecovida Agroecology Network as a discussion and articulation space on agroecology, guiding a new mode of relationship between farmers and technicians. Considering this context, the purpose of this article is to deal with complexity in social mediation relations involving ecological farmers, technicians and leaders linked to Missões Nucleus from Ecovida Agroecology Network, located in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul state. …”
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Role of Pigeonpea Cultivation on Soil Fertility and Farming System Sustainability in Ghana by S. Adjei-Nsiah

“…Mineral fertilizer is sparingly being used by smallholder farmers because of prohibitive cost. Grain legumes such as pigeonpea can play a complementary or alternative role as a source of organic fertilizer due to its ability to enhance soil fertility. …”
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Response of Yield and Quality Attributes to Plant Spacing In potato Growing. by Ekyatuheire, Maryusita

“…Therefore, it was recommended that farmers practice spacing since plant height was associated with high yields but there was a need for participatory sharing of experiences by experts, traditional farmers, and extension workers to make informed decisions on the optimal spacing.…”
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Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2004 Financial Summary by Russell Giesy, L. Ely, Albert de Vries, Brent Broaddus, Chris Vann, A. Bell

“…It is intended for general use by dairy farmers, the allied industry, and government and educational professionals. …”
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Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2004 Financial Summary by Russell Giesy, L. Ely, Albert de Vries, Brent Broaddus, Chris Vann, A. Bell

“…It is intended for general use by dairy farmers, the allied industry, and government and educational professionals. …”
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Multiple Antibiotic Resistance-Coliform Bacteria in Some Selected Fish Farms of the Central Region of Ghana by Cynthia Ayefoumi Adinortey, Denis Worlanyo Aheto, Alex Asomeni Boateng, Rosemary Agbeko

“…Interview guides were administered to farmers to get data on farming practices and antibiotic use. …”
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Economic Consequence of Human - Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious) Conflicts on Farming Livelihood in Rural Adamawa State, Nigeria by Celestine Lumbonyi, Patrick Boni, Ibrahim Lumbonyi, Amurtiya Michael

“…The study concluded that farmers should work as a team and adopt measures like fencing, scare tactics, or deterrents that will minimize significant crop losses. …”
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Assessing technical and scale efficiencies in tilapia production: influential factors and insights by Sumon Shah Mahmud, Hossain Mohammad Sabbir, Uddin Md. Nezum, Badiuzzaman Professor

“…This study assessed the technical and scale efficiency of tilapia farmers in Bangladesh with a focus on identifying key factors influencing their efficiency levels. …”
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What do landowners need to know about the carbon market facing the opportunity of a new carbon income? by Ziwen Yu

“…It also provides an overview of the benefits and barriers of farmers’ or landowners’ participation in the carbon market, especially for Florida. …”
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Study of Financial Management Behavior Based on Financial Self-Efficacy and Financial Literacy in Small-Scale Agribusiness Development by Fithriah Napu, Dedy Takdir Syaifuddin

“… Farmers are important actors in agribusiness development. …”
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Reasons for decline and measures to promote Nili Ravi buffalo in its breeding tract by M. Gururaj, Krishan Ahuja, F..C. Tuteja, N. Saxena

“…Milk production performance, family pride and docile nature were the main reasons for most (~70%) of the selected farmers to keep Nili Ravi buffalo. However, frequent reproductive problems, less resale value, and off-breed characteristics (white patches) were the primary reasons that forced dairy farmers to shift from Nili Ravi to Murrah buffalo. …”
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Pumpkin and watermelon production constraints and management practices in Uganda by Fred B. Masika, Titus Alicai, Hussein Shimelis, Gabriel Ddamulira, Shahasi Y. Athman, Perpetua Ipulet, Morgan Andama, Arthur K. Tugume

“…Results Pumpkins and watermelons were grown by 85.7% and 14.3% of respondent farmers, respectively. The constraints as ranked by the farmers were pests, diseases, drought, high transport and labour costs. …”
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Impact of Livelihood Diversification on Rural Households’ Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence from West Shoa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Firafis Haile, Jema Haji Mohamed, Chanaylew Seyoum Aweke, Terefe Tolessa Muleta

“…Conclusions: Involving smallholder farmers in livelihood diversification reduces poverty, food insecurity, and unemployment. …”
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The importance of genotyping within the climate-smart plant breeding value chain – integrative tools for genetic enhancement programs by Ana Luísa Garcia-Oliveira, Rodomiro Ortiz, Fatma Sarsu, Søren K. Rasmussen, Paterne Agre, Asrat Asfaw, Moctar Kante, Subhash Chander

“…This review article aims to address how these new technologies can provide a better support to smallholder farmers.…”
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Effects of Adoption of Agricultural Technologies on Irish Potato Yield in Ol Kalou Sub-County Kenya: Application of Endogenous Switching Regression Model by David Kihoro, Geofrey Kingori Gathungu, Rael Nkatha Mwirigi, Vicky Nyambura Wairimu

“…However, despite the high potential of about 30 tonnes per hectare (ha), smallholder farmers in Kenya realize low Irish potato yields ranging from 4-8 tonnes per ha due to limited uptake of agricultural technologies. …”
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SACCOs and Agricultural Production in Uganda: A Case Study of Kitenga Village in Kebisoni Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Nitwikiriza, Racheal

“…The study revealed the effects of the SACCOS loans on agricultural development in the Kebisoni sub-county, Rukungiri district and these included helping farmers to send their children to school and empowering the marginalized families, boosting food production, offering advisory services to farmers, SACCOS offering educative programs to farmers about better methods of farming, provision of emergency housing loans, SACCOS helps in Saving and mobilization, poverty reduction and strengthening of economic resilience, promote agribusiness enterprise. …”
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¬¬Effect of Soil and Moisture Conservation Technologies on Growth and Grain Yields of Climbing Beans in Lake Mulehe Sub-catchment South-Western Uganda. by Kushaba, Laban Katende

“…Sample studies of 100 farmers that were randomly selected were employed to identify the predominant soil and moisture conservation technologies using an observation checklist. …”
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: SARS-CoV2 in white-tailed deer by Samantha M Wisely

“…This publication provides information to the general public, hunters, and deer farmers as to what SARS CoV2 is, the evidence for COVID-19 in deer, and if people can get COVID-19 from deer. …”
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