Cropland allocation effects of agricultural input subsidies in Malawi

C Chibwana, M Fisher, G Shively - World Development, 2012 - Elsevier
We measure the impacts of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program on the cropland allocation
decisions of farmers in Kasungu and Machinga districts in central and southern Malawi …

Climate change and the transgenic adaptation strategy: Smallholder livelihoods, climate justice, and maize landraces in Mexico

KL Mercer, HR Perales, JD Wainwright - Global Environmental Change, 2012 - Elsevier
Climate change will affect agricultural production by subsistence farms in crop centers of
origin, where landraces are conserved in situ. Various strategies for adaptation to climate …

Projecting the effects of climate change on the distribution of maize races and their wild relatives in Mexico

C Ureta, E Martínez‐Meyer, HR Perales… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to be a significant threat to biodiversity, including crop diversity
at centers of origin and diversification. As a way to avoid food scarcity in the future, it is …

[HTML][HTML] From participation to commitment in silvopastoral programmes: Insights from Chiapas, Mexico

A Zabala, LEG Barrios, U Pascual - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable farming near tropical forests can buffer ecosystems at risk of biodiversity loss. In
mountainous forest frontiers however, many smallholders raise cattle using practices that …

Sustainability and climate variability in low-input peasant maize systems in the central Mexican highlands

E Arnés, J Antonio, E del Val, M Astier - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2013 - Elsevier
One of the most important challenges for agriculture is addressing high climatic variability by
creating productive, resilient and adaptable systems that are highly efficient in terms of water …

Making sense of food system transformation in Mexico

D Denham, F Gladstone - Geoforum, 2020 - Elsevier
Mexico is in the grips of a public health crisis related to its changing food system,
characterized by dramatic increases in diet-related illness. Ideas on how to reverse these …

Sustainability assessment of traditional maize (Zea mays L.) agroecosystem in Sierra Norte of Puebla, Mexico

ME Dominguez-Hernandez… - … and Sustainable Food …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The sustainability of the traditional maize agroecosystem in Ahuazotepec, Mexico, was
evaluated using a cluster analysis for the typification of the producers and the Framework for …

Impactos potenciales del cambio climático en la producción de maíz

RA Cervantes, GV Angulo, EF Tavizón… - … y Ciencia de la …, 2014 - revistas.uaa.mx
Los efectos del cambio climático (CC) ya se están observando a nivel mundial. Se estima
que como consecuencia de la acumulación de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) en la …

Dynamic conservation of genetic resources: Rematriation of the maize landrace Jala

V Ocampo-Giraldo, C Camacho-Villa, DE Costich… - Food Security, 2020 - Springer
The conservation of landraces is fundamental to safeguarding crop diversity, food security,
and sustainable production. Jala is a special maize landrace from the region in and around …

Towards a theoretical construct for modelling smallholders' forestland-use decisions: what can we learn from agriculture and forest economics?

K Baker, GQ Bull, K Baylis, R Barichello - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
Academic research on smallholders' forestland-use decisions is regularly addressed in
different streams of literature using different theoretical constructs that are independently …