Cropland abandonment has been happening in different parts of the world and is being
driven by socio-economic, ecological, edaphic, and environmental factors. Most of the …

Stock theft is among the major challenges faced by livestock farmers in South Africa. It has
severe consequences especially for smallholder farmers, who collectively own a large share …

Abstract In the National Development Plan, cooperatives and agriculture development are
identified as possible solutions for addressing rural poverty and unemployment, especially …

Drought is a frequent occurrence in the arid and semi-arid Karoo rangelands of South Africa.
Rangeland productivity is expected to decline with drought thereby reducing livestock …

Climate change adaptation research is currently a policy priority. For smallholder farmers, it
provides opportunities for resilience building. The research area is growing rapidly and calls …

This article attempts to establish a synergy between two strands of literature. On the one
hand, the findings focused on the elderly, who had already been suffering from mild …

The potential of using winter forages as a cheap, high-quality winter supplement has been
investigated at an experimental level with positive results. There is no information on the …

Current social-ecological changes affect territories and people's livelihoods worldwide.
Many of these changes have detrimental effects on small-scale agricultural systems, with …

The current research examines the degree to which indigenous crop and livestock
production are still practiced and relied upon as sources of household income in a rural …

A agricultura de base familiar na Amazônia vem sendo responsabilizada por grande parte
das derrubadas e queimadas na região. O sistema de produção na Amazônia sempre foi …