This study estimated the effect of the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) on the
productivity of 360 smallholder rice farmers in Southwest Nigeria. An endogenous switching …

The adoption of soil conservation practices is widely recognized as essential in improving
soil fertility and promoting climate-smart agriculture in general. Yet, smallholders' adoption of …

Throughout the low‐income world, agricultural producers have a motivation to slash‐and‐
burn rainforests as they cannot afford inorganic fertilizers. Farmers in the Democratic …

The aim of this paper is to assess to what extent producers' participation in fair trade can
increase their adaptive capacity and make them more resilient to climate change. Based on …

Background Farming practices vary from farmer to farmer and from place to place depending
on a number of factors including the agroclimatic condition, infrastructure (eg irrigation …

Despite the increase in food availability world-wide, majority of the rural population are still
food insecure. Empirical evidence abound that food insecurity has a life-long detrimental …

The study examined farmers' willingness to engage in agroforestry-based farming in
Southwest, Nigeria. Data were collected from 224 randomly sampled farmers with the use of …

Using chemical fertilizers and pesticides in conventional agriculture harms the environment
and consumer health. Therefore, it is necessary to develop organic farming to create …

The degradation of natural resources is among the main problems facing human beings all
over the world. Soil loss due to erosion, depletion of surface and ground water and loss of …

Soil is the most important of earth's natural resources because it hosts both animate and
inanimate beings. This study assessed farmer's perception about the possible soil …