This paper investigates the relationship between food security and commercialisation using data from a household survey in National Smallholder Farmer Association of Malawi (NASFAM) operated areas. NASFAM promotes commercialisation of agriculture by introducing the principle of farming as a business among its members who are largely smallholder subsistence farmers. The study finds that househol...

This manuscript shows a characterisation of critical agricultural household features that are fundamental for performance activities in Uganda. Data from the 2018 Annual Agricultural Survey show these households exposed to series circumstances make agriculture challenging enterprise undertake, but at same time essential subsistence. These challenges mainly associated with large segments populat...

Some of the most important impacts of global climate change will be felt among the populations, predominantly in developing countries, referred to as "subsistence" or "smallholder" farmers. Their vulnerability to climate change comes both from being predominantly located in the tropics, and from various socioeconomic, demographic, and policy trends limiting their capacity to adapt to change. Ho...

Agroforestry has been practiced for decades and is undoubtedly an important source of income Indonesian households living near forests. However, there are still many cases poverty among farmers due to a lack ability adopt advanced technology. This literature review aims identify the characteristics factors causing occurrence agricultural subsistence analyze its implications level farmer welfare...

Early farming is one of the central themes in archaeology, perhaps not so much itself, as subsistence practice, but because many and diverse consequences for humans environments that ...

OBJECTIVE To examine factors associated with chronic energy deficiency (CED) and anaemia in disadvantaged Indian adults who are mostly involved in subsistence farming. DESIGN A cross-sectional study in which we collected information on socio-demographic factors, physical activity, anthropometry, blood haemoglobin concentration, and daily household food intake. These data were used to calculat...

African swine fever (ASF) has become the disease of most global concern since its second escape from Africa in 2007 resulted spread to five continents and consequent devastation industrial subsistence pig farming [...]