The impact of crop diversification on the economic efficiency of small farms in Poland

A Kurdyś-Kujawska, A Strzelecka, D Zawadzka - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Crop diversification finds an important place in the strategy of dealing with risk and
uncertainty related to climate change. It helps to increase the resilience of farmers …

Is small beautiful? Techinical efficiency and environmental sustainability of small-scale family farms under the conditions of agricultural policy support

M Guth, S Stępień, K Smędzik-Ambroży… - Journal of rural …, 2022 - Elsevier
The need to guarantee the efficiency of the agricultural sector and to shape production in
order to limit its negative impact on the natural environment is one of the most important …

'Values‐based Territorial Food Networks'—Benefits, challenges and controversies

G Nemes, R Reckinger, V Lajos, S Zollet - Sociologia Ruralis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The special issue titled 'Values‐based Territorial Food Networks–Benefits, challenges and
controversies' and this introductory editorial aim to bridge conceptual and disciplinary …

Farm diversification as a potential success factor for small-scale farmers constrained by COVID-related lockdown. Contributions from a survey conducted in four …

Z Benedek, I Fertő, C Galamba Marreiros, PM Aguiar… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This paper explores to what extent product and marketing channel diversification contributed
to the economic success of small-scale agricultural producers involved in short food supply …

Rethinking the alternatives: food sovereignty as a prerequisite for sustainable food security

R Byaruhanga, E Isgren - Food ethics, 2023 - Springer
The concept of food sovereignty is primarily taken as an alternative to the prevailing
neoliberal food security model. However, the approach has hitherto not received adequate …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural food production among smallholder farmers in Northern Drakensberg areas of Bergville, South Africa

BE Mthembu, X Mkhize, GD Arthur - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected social and economic activities in the agriculture
systems. The extent of pandemic disruptions on agriculture food production systems is …

[HTML][HTML] Supporting the role of small farms in the European regional food systems: What role for the science-policy interface?

S Šūmane, DO Miranda, T Pinto-Correia, M Czekaj… - Global Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Small farms dominate the European agricultural landscape, but they are much less
represented in agricultural decision-making structures than larger farms. The weak political …

Farmer-centric design thinking principles for smart farming technologies

M McCaig, R Dara, D Rezania - Internet of Things, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural participants are apprehensive as the farming landscape transforms with the
Internet of Things technology. Farming involves significant risk, and the addition of …

Vegetable trade flows and chain competitiveness linkage analysis based on spatial panel econometric Modelling and Porter's diamond Model

M Constantin, MD Sacală, M Dinu, M Piștalu… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The vegetable sector plays an important role in ensuring food security. Vegetable trade
flows in Romania have become a major concern due to constant trade balance deficits …

Disentangling the diversity of small farm business models in Euro‐Mediterranean contexts: A resilience perspective

P Prosperi, F Galli, OM Moreno‐Pérez… - Sociologia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With growing concern for the unsustainability of food systems, the international research
community has turned its attention to small farms as key actors to potentially face the global …