Contract Farming and Small Scale Producers: Non-traditional Vegetable Exports from Mexico

Evaluating Marketing Channel Options for Small-Scale Fruit and Vegetable Producers

An investigation of the relative costs and benefits of marketing channels used by typical smallscale diversified vegetable crop producers is conducted. Using case study evidence from four small farms in Central New York, this study compares the performance of wholesale and direct marketing channels, including how the factors of risk, owner and paid labor, price, lifestyle preferences, and sales...

Sustainability, Sustainable Livelihoods, Climate Risks, Small Scale -Farming

Farmers frequently cope with risks due to the uncertainty of climatic conditions. Population growth, changes in agricultural policies, environmental regulations and the degradation of natural resources such as soil and water also present farmers with numerous challenges. Although farmers have experience in coping with a certain degree of uncertainty, increased climate variability and changes ma...

Pre-cooling systems for small-scale producers

Purpose of review: To identify pre-cooling systems and cooling methods that are suitable for smaller scale horticultural producers Findings: A range of pre-cooling systems are available for small-scale horticultural producers and their suitability is described, in terms of availability, ease of use, capital cost, energy requirements. Expected benefits of using pre-cooling are also discussed. Li...

Small-Scale Farming and Shifting Cultivation

Aquaculture Water Quality for Small-Scale Producers

Today we known that solar energy can be stored as edible biomass by photosynthesis, but 10,000 years ago this assumption was unthinkable. However, the Neolithic man could developed agriculture, based on plant germination observations. Nowadays, the systems used for food production are practically the same (Koning et al., 2008). But for neolitican man, the empirical observation of germination pr...