Abstract In South-Kivu province, cattle farming is an integral component of farmers’ livelihoods and one the few income-generating opportunities for smallholders. However, very studies have been conducted to characterize smallholders’ production systems. This study documents systems better understand their current situation, constraints they face offer. For that purpose, investigation was based...

Description of the production condition and level performance is first step in improving performance. The study described indigenous cattle reproductive performances, management practices limitations north-western Ethiopia. Multistage purposive random sampling methods were used to select sites/districts households. A semi-structured questionnaire (320 interviewees), focus group discussions (12)...

Abstract Biosecurity is one of the policies Indonesian government that should be followed on cattle farms to maintain healthy and disease-free cattle. The objective this research was identify barriers adopting biosecurity smallholder farmers. This conducted in Bone Regency. study enlisted participation 115 beef ranchers. data acquired through surveys observation as well in-depth interviews. The...

The incidence of the disease is one problems faced by beef cattle farms in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province increasing production and productivity livestock. On smallholder livestock, are maintained intensively using a collective cage group, making it easier to manage promote them. This aim analyze status sustainability development farming based on cages Island from dimension incidenc...

The present study investigates the gap between the daily milk production potential and the effective milk yields in six herds. These two parameters and their changes were observed in the Gharb irrigation scheme (northwest of Morocco), during a five months study period. They were analyzed in relation to the changes in the rations of the cows and in their live weights. Results reveal that under c...

the main purpose of this study was to identify driving factors of application of renewable energies in smallholder farming systems of the tafresh county. a descriptive survey method was used for collecting the data. the statistical population of the study consisted of 2470 small farmers working in the smallholder farming systems of the region, in which 300 people were selected as sample using t...

Contract farming has been subject to intense debates regarding its role in development. Opponents argue that large agribusiness companies generally exploit the low labour costs of smallholders and transfer production risks to farmers, while smallholder farmers are often excluded from contract farming schemes. This means that such schemes result in greater income inequality and social tensions i...

Decades of low agricultural sector performance, particularly in land and labour productivity, is recognised as the main reason for the current food and nutrition challenges the continent faces. And yet, the continent’s prospects of addressing these challenges are inextricably linked to whether Africa reverses the negative trend in smallholder agriculture. So, what are the major challenges facin...

........................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3 THE NATIONAL MAIZE ECONOMY.............................................................................4 GUATEMALA’S AGRICULTURE AND MAIN MAIZE PRODUC...