[HTML][HTML] Advances in crop insect modelling methods—Towards a whole system approach

HEZ Tonnang, BDB Hervé, L Biber-Freudenberger… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
A wide range of insects affect crop production and cause considerable yield losses.
Difficulties reside on the development and adaptation of adequate strategies to predict …

Impacts of farmer field schools in the human, social, natural and financial domain: a qualitative review

H van den Berg, S Phillips, M Dicke, M Fredrix - Food Security, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Farmer Field School (FFS) is a widely used method seeking to educate farmers
to adapt agricultural decisions to diverse and variable field conditions. Out of 218 screened …

Do farmers and the environment benefit from adopting integrated pest management practices? Evidence from Kenya

SG Midingoyi, M Kassie, B Muriithi… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We estimate the impacts of a bundle of integrated pest management (IPM) practices on
mango yield, mango net income, insecticide use, human health and the environment, using …

IPM adoption, cooperative membership and farm economic performance: Insight from apple farmers in China

W Ma, A Abdulai - China Agricultural Economic Review, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of agricultural cooperative
membership on farmers' decisions to adopt integrated pest management (IPM) technology …

Economic impacts of smallholder farmers' adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties

E Martey, PM Etwire, JKM Kuwornu - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Drought and high temperatures are major threats to sustainable food production and
consequently the livelihoods of the majority of Africans who depend on fragile agricultural …

Impact of training vegetable farmers in Bangladesh in integrated pest management (IPM)

S Gautam, P Schreinemachers, MN Uddin… - Crop protection, 2017 - Elsevier
This study quantifies the impact of training vegetable farmers in integrated pest management
(IPM) in Bangladesh. Data come from a random sample of 300 trained and 300 non-trained …

[HTML][HTML] Training at farmers training centers and its impact on crop productivity and households' income in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching (PSM) analysis

KM Wonde, AS Tsehay, SE Lemma - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The creation and expansion of training and extension networks for rural households are
indispensable to develop and improve skills and to increase productivity and income …

[HTML][HTML] Impact assessment of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy for suppression of mango-infesting fruit flies in Kenya

BW Muriithi, HD Affognon, GM Diiro, SW Kingori… - Crop Protection, 2016 - Elsevier
We utilized two waves of data collected from a sample of mango farmers in Meru County in
Kenya to evaluate the impact of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy for controlling …

The impact of credit on productivity of smallholder farmers in Ghana

RE Nordjo, CKD Adjasi - Agricultural Finance Review, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of access to production credit on
the productivity of smallholder farmers. Design/methodology/approach Data for the study …

Impact of farmer field school on crop income, agroecology, and Farmer's behavior in farming: A case study on Cumilla district in Bangladesh

MMR Bhuiyan, KL Maharjan - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Farmer Field School is a season-long training for farmers involving participatory
activities and interactive learning with the doctrine of integrated pest management and …