Farm resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of California direct market farmers

JL Durant, L Asprooth, RE Galt, SP Schmulevich… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic caused substantial shocks to US food systems at
multiple scales. While disturbances to long-distance supply chains received substantial …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape complexity and functional groups moderate the effect of diversified farming on biodiversity: A global meta-analysis

AC Sánchez, SK Jones, A Purvis… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Homogenisation and intensification of agricultural ecosystems are among the most
important threats to biodiversity, linked to declines in pollinators, soil biota and ecosystem …

Does crop diversification involve a trade-off between technical efficiency and income stability for rural farmers? Evidence from Zambia

A Mzyece, JN Ng'ombe - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Crop diversification is a climate-smart agricultural technique which helps to improve
resilience for farmers in the face of volatile weather due to climate change. Previous …

[PDF][PDF] Doubling Farmers' Income in India: Progress, Gaps and Futuristic Approaches

A Balkrishna, V Arya, R Joshi, A Kumar… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - researchgate.net
In India, the agriculture sector is constantly improving its mechanism to maximize output and
ensure food security. However, a large population is leaving farming practices because of …

[HTML][HTML] Field-scale soil moisture bridges the spatial-scale gap between drought monitoring and agricultural yields

N Vergopolan, S Xiong, L Estes… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Soil moisture is highly variable in space and time, and deficits (ie, droughts) play an
important role in modulating crop yields. Limited hydroclimate and yield data, however …

The impact of diversified farming practices on terrestrial biodiversity outcomes and agricultural yield worldwide: A systematic review protocol

AC Sánchez, N Estrada-Carmona, SD Juventia… - Methods and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The expansion and intensification of agriculture have led to global declines in biodiversity.
This paper presents a systematic review protocol to clarify under what management and …

[HTML][HTML] Strategic value of crop diversification among farmers: New insights and measurement

A Mzyece, V Amanor-Boadu, JN Ng'ombe - World Development …, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous literature has mostly used crop diversification indices to quantify the extent of crop
diversification used by farmers. Indices are useful in assessing the number and proportion of …

Input subsidies and crop diversity on family farms in Burkina Faso

S Ahmad, M Smale, V Theriault… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since their independence, many countries in sub‐Saharan Africa have used input subsidies
to increase agricultural productivity and improve food security. We analyse the effects of both …

Crop diversification analysis amongst smallholder farmers in Kenya (empirical evidence from Kamariny ward, Elgeyo Marakwet County)

E Kemboi, K Muendo, C Kiprotich - Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Crop diversification is a predominantly important coping mechanism for income, production
and marketing risks in agriculture. This paper examines the determinants of crop …

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction in Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) for Seed Yield

SE Mwale, H Shimelis, W Nkhata, A Sefasi, I Fandika… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genotype-by-environment (GEI) analysis guides the recommendation of best-performing
crop genotypes and production environments. The objective of this study was to determine …