Agricultural cooperatives and farm sustainability–A literature review

A Candemir, S Duvaleix… - Journal of Economic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present a literature review of the role played by agricultural cooperatives in influencing
farm sustainability. We first focus on the theoretical literature to highlight the various …

A systematic literature review of factors influencing the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices

J Li, W Ma, H Zhu - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2024 - Springer
Adopting climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices is a long-term solution for enhancing
agricultural sustainability and food security under the changing climate. However, the …

Internet use, sustainable agricultural practices and rural incomes: evidence from China

W Ma, X Wang - Australian Journal of Agricultural and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Relatively little is known about the association between Internet use and environmentally‐
friendly agricultural innovation adoption. To fill this void, this study examines the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Does Internet use promote the adoption of agricultural technology? Evidence from 1 449 farm households in 14 Chinese provinces

YY Zheng, TH Zhu, JIA Wei - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
China is characterized as 'a large country with many smallholder farmers' whose
participation in modern agriculture is key to the country's modern agriculture development …

Do farmer groups impact on farm yield and efficiency of smallholder farmers? Evidence from rice farmers in northern Ghana

A Abdul-Rahaman, A Abdulai - Food policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple production and marketing challenges facing smallholder farmers in developing
countries have resulted in renewed interests of governments, donor agencies and private …

Agricultural cooperative membership and technical efficiency of apple farmers in China: An analysis accounting for selectivity bias

W Ma, A Renwick, P Yuan, N Ratna - Food policy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on technical
efficiency (TE) of apple farmers in China. We make novel contributions to the literature by …

[HTML][HTML] Does cooperative membership increase and accelerate agricultural technology adoption? Empirical evidence from Zambia

J Manda, MG Khonje, AD Alene, AH Tufa… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2020 - Elsevier
In developing countries, agricultural cooperatives are increasingly being used to promote
improved agricultural technologies and alleviate food insecurity and poverty. However, little …

Understanding the adoption of climate-smart agriculture: A farm-level typology with empirical evidence from southern Malawi

FO Amadu, PE McNamara, DC Miller - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is increasingly important for advancing rural development
and environmental sustainability goals in developing countries. Over the past decade, the …

The effect of cooperative membership on agricultural technology adoption in Sichuan, China

S Zhang, Z Sun, W Ma, V Valentinov - China Economic Review, 2020 - Elsevier
Farmer cooperatives may promote technology adoption in agricultural production, which, in
turn, increases crop productivity and farmers' income. However, empirical evidence of how …

Capital endowments and adoption of agricultural green production technologies in China: A meta-regression analysis review

H Han, K Zou, Z Yuan - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The promotion of agricultural green production technologies (AGPTs) is a fundamental
channel of agricultural sustainable development, and the capital endowments that drive …