Stock theft is among the major challenges faced by livestock farmers in South Africa. It has severe consequences especially for smallholder farmers, who collectively own a large share of African herds but individually keep small herds. In recent years, technological improvements and innovations have made it possible to track movements using GPS animal tracking devices. Low-cost been developed u...

Salt farmers (smallholders) are the main actors in production cycle of national salt supply chain. However, they still face various problems regarding technology, productivity, quality, market prices, product absorption by industry, access to capital, and incentives. Strengthening their institutional capacity requires collaboration support from government other along This study aims develop a m...

AT appropriate technology CARE Cooperative for Relief Everywhere, NGO CTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation , ACP-EU CDO Cotton Development Authority CIF cost, insurance and freight CMB Coffee Marketing Board COMPETE This is a bilateral project funded by USAID—Uganda to support increased competitiveness of specifi c commodities, particular those export-based. Implemented b...

The low technology adoption rate is one of the major problems in very small dual-purpose cattle farms Mexico. Using social network analysis approach, we characterized farmer leaders innovation and deepened knowledge on technological causes. sample consisted 383 by using nine reproductive management technologies. Our findings suggested that position farmers had a significant impact level. Hence,...

In developing countries such as Nigeria, agriculture is the main source of livelihood with over 70% population engaged in farming. They are mostly smallholders and subsistence farmers minimal use technology low productivity. The mobile applications can potentially help access agricultural information financial services, improve to markets enhance visibility for supply chain efficiency. Unfortun...

Smallholders in the global South are confronted with new opportunities and risks emanating from globalized markets of agricultural goods. In Kenya, large-scale export-oriented horticulture farms, cultivating fruits, flowers and vegetables, were by and large established in the 1980s. In Laikipia County, the farms have grown to be the most important employers tying the region into global markets....

Many of the problems associated with the delivery of quality veterinary services to smallholders in Africa are attributed to the complexity of the provision of animal health care (AHC) in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, a holistic and analytical approach is needed to determine area-specific requirements for sustainable, and thus quality, AHC. This study examines three components of the anim...

Restoring tree cover in tropical countries has the potential to benefit millions of smallholders through improvements income and environmental services. However, despite their dominant landholding shares many countries, smallholders’ role restoration not been addressed prior global or pan-tropical studies. We fill this lacuna by using spatial data on trees people, national indicators enabling c...