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Impact of climate variability on household food availability in Tigray, Ethiopia
Currently, climate variability is a hot issue across the globe, especially in countries where rain-fed agriculture is a means of …
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The role of crop diversification in improving household food security in central Malawi
This paper concerns the role of crop diversification in improving household food security in central Malawi. In this country, the …
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Assessment on the management of draft horses in selected areas of Awi Zone, Ethiopia
Ethiopia has many equines, which are important for the livelihood of many smallholder farmers in the country. However, there has …
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Characterisation of food security and consumption patterns among smallholder livestock farmers in Botswana
Achievement of food security is an important objective in the National Development Plan of Botswana. This study set out to …
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The relationship between training farmers in agronomic practices and diet diversification: a case study from an intervention under the Scaling Up Nutrition programme in Zambia
Agricultural production systems are a sustainable way of providing nutritious and diversified foods especially among rural households in developing countries. …
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Enhancing sesame production in West Africa’s Sahel: a comprehensive insight into the cultivation of this untapped crop in Senegal and Mali
West Africa’s Sahel is characterized by a dry and hot climate with limited rainfall that impairs the production of several …
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Looking out for a better mitigation strategy: smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for drought-index crop insurance premium in the Northern Region of Ghana
The impact of climate change and variability on livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana has become severer than ever …
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Determinants of food security: evidence from Ethiopian Rural Household Survey (ERHS) using pooled cross-sectional study
Though agriculture is obstructed by a number of both endogenous and exogenous problems, it is the dominant generator of means …
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Prevalence of household food insecurity in wetland adjacent areas of Uganda
Food insecurity is a critical problem affecting about 6.3% of the households in Uganda, with about 21% of the remaining …
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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of enset Xanthomonas wilt in southern Ethiopia
Enset Xanthomonas wilt (EXW) was first reported in 1939 and continues to threaten the sustainability of farming systems in south …
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Household- and plot-level impacts of sustainable land management practices in the face of climate variability and change: empirical evidence from Dabus Sub-basin, Blue Nile River, Ethiopia
Smallholder farmers can adapt to climate variability and change through sustainable land management (SLM) practices that help to offset the …
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Farmers’ soil knowledge, fertility management logic and its linkage with scientifically analyzed soil properties in southern Ethiopia
Farmers’ locally have acquired knowledge from generations of experience and experimentation that fit local conditions. Yet, the scientific approach less …
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Antibacterial effect of Chromolaena odorata extracts on some Erwinia isolates, causal agents of tomato fruit rot in Dschang, Cameroon
In spite of the fact that tomato fruits do not only serve as food but as medicine, nutrient supplement, flavouring …
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The effect of a positive policy integration on agriculture and climate change adaptation in ECOWAS
The place of agriculture in the economic development process has long been the subject of much criticism. If the authors …
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Do smallholder farmer-led seed systems have the capacity to supply good-quality, fungal-free sorghum seed?
Local seed systems that are developed, managed and maintained by farmers are a fundamental practice in smallholder crop production, supporting …
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The contribution of Productive Safety Net Program for food security of the rural households in the case of Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia
Developing countries in general and Ethiopia in particular are affected by a growing problem of food insecurity. Millions of individuals …
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Does crop diversity contribute to dietary diversity? Evidence from integration of vegetables into maize-based farming systems
Maize is the most important staple crop for food security and livelihood of smallholder farmers in many parts of sub-Saharan …
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First report of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in Botswana
The tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive insect pest of tomato and other solanaceous plants which …
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Pigeonpea [(Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.)] production system, farmers’ preferred traits and implications for variety development and introduction in Benin
The success of crop varieties introduction is tightly linked to the uses, biophysical conditions, the cropping systems in which the …
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Is there any economics in smallholder cocoyam production? Evidence from the forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana
Cocoyam is an important food security crop in Ghana because it stores better than all other root and tuber crops. …