It was indicated that layer smallholders awareness of biosecurity was low. This paper aimed to determine the level of adoption within the South Sulawesi layer smallholders of a range of standard biosecurity measures. Sidenreng Rappang (Sidrap) regency was chosen as a location of the research, because it was famous as a central of layer smallholders. Total sample was 60 respondents. The sample w...

In Kenya, strong demand and the fact that most of the nation's 3 million dairy cattle are in the hands of smallholders provides a tremendous opportunity for households to participate in the dairy market and increase rural incomes. Unfortunately, recent output has not kept pace with increasing demand, suggesting that barriers prevent rural farmers from tapping dairy's underexploited potential. U...

the aim of the study was to determine the farmer's behavior in adoption of ipm technologies in rice growing fields. a questionnaire was employed as the tool of survey. population of the study consisted of the farmers taking apart in ipm/ffs participant groups in gilan and mazandaran provinces each with 3 years of experience in ipm. from among them, 305 were selected as the research sample....

Oil palm smallholders have the initiative to plant intercrops in immature smallholder oil plantations obtain additional income ahead of harvest. The research was conducted identify which were cultivated by farmers and calculate value contribution made farmers. survey method carried out on island Bangka. researchers concluded that types included cucumber, tomato, long beans, cassava. intercroppi...

Nicaraguan smallholder cooperative leaders working in partnership with a California-based small-scaleroasting company pioneered an alternative approach to confronting the post-1999 coffee crisis. They builtcoffee tasting laboratories and integrated grassroots organizing efforts to create a national smallholdercooperative association that dramatically improved the quality, consistenc...

Abstract We used choice experiment data collected from 542 farmers in Nigeria to assess smallholders’ preferences for shifting Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). Results suggest that the higher size of incentive, more likelihood farmers’ willingness invest CSA schemes. Similarly, were favor community development associations and non-governmental organizations-managed schemes over other project ma...

Smallholder commercialization is central to international development policy and practice. As a result, several arrangements foster market linkages are being implemented. Especially popular farmers’ organizations, which believed be owned, controlled, financed by smallholders. such, their design considered inclusive given every household in community theoretically allowed become member, the gove...

Certification is an instrument to add value a product, and it addresses growing worldwide demand for healthier more socially environmentally friendly products. Globally, coffee certification has received strong recognition as proved increase smallholder farmers’ access input output markets, production, productivity income. This study investigates the major determinants of participation. It also...

Contract violations are critical issues determining the success and sustainability of contract farming (CF). This paper challenges common portrayal “powerful” company versus “powerless” landowners/smallholders by using literature on labour agency in global value chains to understand minor farmers such, as side-selling, refusal harvest, burning/felling oil palm trees. conceptualizes these acts o...