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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of rural transformation studies: Definition, measurement, and indicators

W Dong, C Chunlai, C Findlay - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper reviews studies of rural transformation in three dimensions-definition,
measurement, and indicators-and summarises the findings of rural transformation research …

COVID-19, food insecurity and dietary diversity of households: Survey evidence from Nigeria

BB Balana, A Ogunniyi, M Oyeyemi, A Fasoranti… - Food Security, 2023 - Springer
The policy measures of the government of Nigeria to restrain the spread of COVID-19,
particularly in the initial three months (April–June 2020) led to significant disruptions to …

[HTML][HTML] Crops in crises: Shocks shape smallholders' diversification in rural Ethiopia

C Makate, A Angelsen, ST Holden, OT Westengen - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Crop diversity plays a central role in smallholder farmers' ability to cope with and adapt to
shocks. Shifting crop varieties and diversifying the crop portfolio are common risk reduction …

Farmer-herder conflicts and food insecurity: Evidence from rural Nigeria

A Nnaji, W Ma, N Ratna, A Renwick - Agricultural and Resource …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Food security in many developing countries has been threatened by several factors such as
unequal land distribution, ineffective land reform policies, inefficient agricultural value …

Crop diversification and farm household food and nutrition security in Northern Ghana

M Appiah-Twumasi, MA Asale - Environment, Development and …, 2024 - Springer
Farm households in Africa adopt resource allocation tools such as crop diversification to
minimize risk exposure and safeguard their food and nutrition security. This study uses …

Economic benefits of internet use for smallholder wheat farmers

H Zheng, W Ma - Applied Economics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study analyses the economic benefits of Internet use, focusing on farm profit, risk
exposure (skewness), and cost of risk. We use the flexible moment-based production …

Agricultural land resource allocation to develop food crop commodities: lesson from Indonesia

M Kamaludin, BS Narmaditya, A Wibowo, I Febrianto - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
This study estimates agricultural land resource allocation to develop food-crop commodities
in order to safeguard food security in Indonesia in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic …

An analysis of the effect of fall armyworm on the food security status of maize-producing households in Ghana

RK Bannor, H Oppong-Kyeremeh, DA Aguah… - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper aims to examine fall armyworm's (FAW) effect on Ghana's farming
households' income and food security status. Design/methodology/approach A sample of …

Strategies for increasing agricultural viability, resilience and sustainability amid disruptive events: an expert-based analysis of relevance

E Ribašauskienė, A Volkov, M Morkūnas… - Journal of Business …, 2024 - Elsevier
Responding to disruptive events is important to maintain supply chain viability. It is of the
utmost importance to maintain functioning of agrifood supply chains as they provide …