Enabling Collective Action for Smallholder Market Access Discussions about poverty reduction inevitably include the need to increase small landholders’ ability to participate successfully in market exchanges. However, smallholders must be aware of new opportunities and challenges brought about by changes in the global agricultural economy. Prominent among these changes Enabling Collective Actio...

Collaborative Research T he International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), working with hundreds of partners in developing countries, produces technologies and knowledge that better enable farmers, mainly smallholders, to enhance ecoefficiency in agriculture. This means we help make production more competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient through economically and e...

The diseconomies of scale found in smallholders’ agricultural production is a common problem faced by global development. Notable examples regions which this occurs include Central and Eastern Europe, India, Brazil, China. Smallholders usually differ their demands for socialized services due to scattered farmland, various soil conditions, different selections crop varieties, diverse farming arr...

Agriculture in Myanmar has substantial development potential given the abundance of land, water, and labor resources country. Despite this, agricultural productivity is low farm incomes are amongst lowest Asia. The underperformance crops yield widely reported to be due fertilizer use by smallholders. This study investigated perceptions smallholders about for cereal considering their motives dec...

The Malaysian government has introduced the replanting assistance scheme under National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) program to accelerate oil palm activities among smallholders. This intends ongoing efforts by smallholders replace their low-yield and old trees with new high-yielding seedlings. However, participation in is low. Therefore, this study conducted determine factors that affect independ...

The Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) is a mandatory certification for palm oil plantations based on compliance with Indonesia’s regulations. Its implementation has been slow, particularly independent smallholders that face problems of complicated requirements, limited capacity, and funding. Meanwhile, incentives are in place, either the form premium prices, ease regulation, or This articl...

15/35 Abstract Crop production on smallholder agricultural land must increase considerably if the growing world population is to be fed. To achieve this, affordable soil testing methods, fertilizer recommendations and the accessibility of optimal fertilizers containing the required nutrients are required. The SoilCares mobile laboratory offers affordable soil testing using infrared spectroscopy...

pressurized irrigation technologies of course have the potential to raise the productivity of land and water; but, these technologies could not popularize among the smallholders who own millions of farms worldwide. in developing pressurized irrigation technologies, particularly for field crops irrigation, researchers and manufacturers have developed more specialized and expensive technologies w...

nutritional status of historically disadvantaged smallholder food producers and their family members. Food Variety Scores (FVS) and Dietary Diversity Scores (DDS) are some of the indicators of nutritional status. This study sought to evaluate the nutritional status of children of historically disadvantaged agri-business smallholders at Alfred Nzo District. Methods: This study’s purposeful...