Smallholder farmers in Nigeria have told researchers they’d benefit from livestock index insurance which pays farmers when weather stations indicate that a severe drought or storm has hit the area.
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Hundreds of small-scale farmers in South Africa’s North West province who switched to eco-friendly, climate-smart farming have seen their maize harvest shoot up and their soil improve.
Transitions to diversified farming systems in Africa will require financial support. But barriers can be overcome.
The South African government has failed to reverse the decline in smallholder farming that began during apartheid. A different approach is needed to support smallholder livelihoods.
Smallholder farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. Deliberate steps are required to support them and boost agricultural output,
Financing is available to farmers. What’s in contention is whether what’s available helps farmers enter the industry, expand and grow.
Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
The ravages of climate change and hunger do not occur in isolation, but are part of the system we have built.
South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
Small-scale farmers find it difficult to commercialise and add value to the food chain.
Improving the diets of livestock in Africa provides a rapid pathway to increasing nutrition for people.
Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
Stricter measures had major impacts on farmers’ livelihoods and food security.
The industry is in the hands of smallholder farmers who struggle to raise capital and practise good farming.
Hardline positions could narrow the options available to farmers and conservation practitioners in a way that can be harmful to both.
A new study faults a well-established concept that informs land-use policies in developing countries.
Smallholder rice farmers in Ghana should be supported by the government to access finance needed to adopt modern technologies for greater productivity.
For decades Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. This is due to a combination of stagnant crop production, a rapidly increasing population and political unrest.
By looking at the evolving history of the open government data movement, scientists can see both limitations to current approaches and identify ways to move forward from them.
Attempts to formalise charcoal production have been largely unsuccessful.
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MSU Foundation Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
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Senior lecturer/researcher, North-West University
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Honorary Lecturer, Bangor University
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PHD Student, Geography, Environment and Geomatics/Arrell Food Institute, University of Guelph
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Academic and agricultural scientist, University of Adelaide
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Senior Economist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Agricultural Innovation Scientist, University of Adelaide
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PhD Candidate, Geography, Environment & Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria, North-West University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Visiting Professor at Strathmore Business School ;Professor of International Business, City University New York, City University of New York
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CGIAR System Organization
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Research Program Manager for the Cropping Systems and Economics (CSE) program, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
