Small farms in North Carolina, United States: Analyzing farm and operator characteristics in the pursuit of economic resilience and sustainability

O Quaicoe, F Asiseh, A Baffoe‐Bonnie… - Applied Economic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ensuring the sustainability of small farms relies on understanding farm economics, a crucial
yet often overlooked aspect. In North Carolina, many small farms are confronted with …

Investigating the effectiveness of livelihood capital in reducing re-poverty risk: an empirical analysis of policy withdrawal and income structures in rural China

Y Fan, J Ning, H Qin - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In the context of China's comprehensive poverty alleviation efforts, this study explores the
differences in the re-poverty risk between households that have been lifted out of poverty …

Food poverty assessment in Ghana: A closer look at the spatial and temporal dimensions of poverty

F Tsiboe, R Armah, YA Zereyesus, SK Annim - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
The multifaceted nature of poverty in terms of its duration or chronicity, systematic changes,
seasonality, variation, and risk or vulnerability makes its measurement and analysis …

How does agricultural transformation affect the household food self-sufficiency of smallholders in the upper Mekong region, Southwest China?

C Pan, S Min, H Waibel - Food Security, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates the household food self-sufficiency of smallholders in the upper
Mekong region of Southwest China, where traditional self-sufficient farming has rapidly …

Agricultural services and rural household welfare: empirical evidence from Ghana

BO Asante, S Prah, KN Addai, B Anang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aimed to examine the impacts of agricultural services on welfare of rural
farmers in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using data from 1431 rural maize farmers …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining beyond the production of cocoa for beans: The preference and impact of products from the cocoa husk

RK Bannor, D Amoako, SKC Kyire - Environmental and Sustainability …, 2024 - Elsevier
The cocoa pod husk, a waste in most cocoa farms, has recently received alternative uses in
various industries. To cocoa farmers, potash and black soap are their main products from the …

[HTML][HTML] Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17: An Investigation Using Synthetic Panels

HAH Dang, D Raju, T Tanaka, K Abanokova - Scientific African, 2024 - Elsevier
Ghana has consistently kept its poverty rate lower than the regional average over the past
25 years, but this positive trend has slowed down recently. Without actual panel data, it …

[PDF][PDF] The Perceived Impact of the Community Extension Activities: A Case of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Programs in a State College in the …

HJ Terano - Journal of Human Ecology, 2023 - researchgate.net
This study determines the impact of the extension services and activities conducted by the
electrical and electronics engineering programs of the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges …

Does dairy cooperative membership improve food and nutrition security among rural farmers? A micro‐perspective from Zambia

JN Ng'ombe, TH Kalinda, KN Addai… - Annals of Public and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although research on the impacts of agricultural cooperatives is growing, studies on the
effects of dairy cooperative membership on food security in developing countries remain …

Does off-farm employment contribute to chemical fertilizer reduction? New evidence from the main rice-producing area in Jilin Province, China

Y Lang, G Wang, SG Attipoe, D Han - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Frequent transfer of rural labor to cities in developing countries significantly impacts
agricultural production. However, whether off-farm employment can promote chemical …