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TIM Dual-Use Web Platform TIM Dual-Use is a web-based platform tailored to the mapping of: Dual-use technologies listed in the "EU dual-use control list" (Annex I...

Clove began to be planted in Madagascar on the eastern coast since 1910 originally by French settlers, rapidly followed by local farmers, attracted by this culture as a valuable cash crop...

All biomass of living vegetation, both woody and herbaceous, above the soil including stems, stumps, branches, bark, seeds, and foliage.

A deeper understanding of how smallholder farmers perceive and manage risks is crucial to identify options that increase farmers' adaptive capacity. We investigated a broad range of risks...

Food loss and waste (FLW) in developing countries is often high at postharvest stages due to technical and infrastructural constraints, while supermarket expansion has induced organizational...

The Joint Research Centre is the Commission's science and knowledge service. The JRC employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to EU...

This paper uses multiple rounds of household survey panel data to assess the distributional implications of variability in agricultural productivity in Nigeria and Uganda. It uses both a conventional...

In India, significant policy initiatives and institutional changes have transformed the agricultural sector. In this process of agricultural transformation, contract farming has emerged as an institutional innovation that facilitates...

The paper explores the spread of crop insurance in India and analyzes the factors affecting the demand for crop insurance. The study also assesses the impact of crop insurance on the rice yields...

Establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was under a different land use, implies a transformation of land use...