The state of the climate in 2023 gave ominous new significance to the phrase “off the charts.”
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Highlights: Characteristics and principles of sustainable food production were explicitly discussed. Economics, society and environment are three pillars of sustainable food production. Urban agriculture...
Lifting quality constraints to agricultural technology adoption in the Ugandan market for maize seed
Agricultural technology remains under-adopted among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigate how the (perceived) quality of an agricultural input affects its adoption by means...
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Highlights: We find ourselves amidst an era marked by an unprecedented polycrisis, where our agrifood systems grapple with intricate challenges that demand immediate attention. In the face...
In a sign that food security and nutrition are increasingly seen as key vectors for sustainable development, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) approved a resolution likely...
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Multivariate probit econometric approach applied to estimate simultaneous adoptions of agricultural technologies.
Smallholder farmers mostly make heterogenous decisions regarding complementary technologies...
Climate change and conflicts co-exist in many countries with significant welfare and socio-environmental implications. Different approaches are being promoted to adapt and build resilience to these fragilities...
After decades of isolationism and economic stagnation, Myanmar opened its economy in the beginning of the 2010s, leading to rapid economic growth (Myanmar’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
Pig production provides more than two million Ugandan households with income. Pigs are mostly produced by smallholder farmers; three-quarters of these are women. Uganda...