Abstract Inclusive Businesses (IBs), signifying sustainable and equitable commercial
operations linking low-income communities and smallholder farmers with agri-businesses in …

Purpose Farmers' risk attitudes and risk perceptions play an essential role in shaping risk
management strategies to address risks and uncertainties. Contract farming is considered …

In Tajikistan, owning beef cattle is an important survival mechanism for smallholder farmers
to alleviate poverty. Therefore, beef cattle farming enterprises should indeed strive to …

Background Ethiopia is heterogeneous in agro-ecological, social, and economic conditions.
In such heterogeneous environment, crop production needs to be diversified to meet …

While contract farming and interlocked contractual arrangements (ICAs) are generally
perceived to resolve persistent market failures and improve smallholder farmers' welfare in …

Beef cattle farmers are in an ideal position to advance their income through marketing;
however, the subsector is characterized by low market participation. Wealth preservation …

While previous studies recognise the importance of trust in cooperatives, there are very few
empirical studies on the role trust plays in market participation in dairy cooperatives. This …

Contract farming is believed to potentially increase smallholder farmers' participation in
intensive agricultural output and profitable markets. However, the success of such initiatives …

Dairy market development has been hampered by multi-faceted problems such as low
adoption of improved technologies, absence of clear policy support for the sector, marketing …

This study highlights the current status of rabbit production, potential challenges facing the
industry and the prospects for rabbit farming in Dodoma city, Tanzania. Data from 60 …