1977 papers
This study identifies irrigation access, agricultural category, operating costs, investment site location, and distance from the district center as key determinants of land rent for large-scale agricultural investments in Ethiopia's Gamo Lowlands, recommending policy improvements in infrastructure and lease terms to enhance market efficiency and investor motivation.
This study of 211 smallholder farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria, demonstrates that adopting sustainable agricultural practices significantly reduces household poverty, highlighting the critical role of education, extension services, farmer associations, and secure land tenure in promoting both welfare and sustainable development.
This study demonstrates that applying 0.6 g of the nitrification inhibitor DMPP per simulated urine patch effectively reduces nitrous oxide emissions by approximately 42.5% in New Zealand dairy pastures while leaving significantly lower residues compared to DCD, offering a safe and targeted mitigation strategy.
This study demonstrates that optimizing inoculation methods and selecting ecologically relevant strains are more critical than assembly strategies for constructing multi-kingdom synthetic communities that effectively colonize seedlings and reshape native soil microbiota through host adaptation and network integration.
This study demonstrates that using cardboard or sawdust as carbon-rich amendments during the vermicomposting of kitchen waste with *Eudrilus eugeniae* significantly enhances microbial diversity, drives phase-specific enzymatic activity, and ensures the production of safe, high-quality compost suitable for sub-Saharan African urban waste management.
This study demonstrates that while replacing commercial concentrate with water hyacinth in the diets of Doyogena sheep and Woyito-Guji goats significantly reduces nutrient intake and growth performance, it remains a viable strategy for improving economic returns, with up to 75% replacement yielding the highest net income despite lower average daily gains.
Using an Endogenous Switching Poisson Regression on data from 288 smallholder farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria, this study reveals that while awareness of improved cassava varieties is moderate, actual adoption remains low at 18% due to the insufficiency of awareness alone, necessitating bundled interventions that address specific socio-economic and institutional determinants to bridge the awareness-adoption gap.
This study integrates morphological, metabolomic, and microbiological analyses of eight common bean varieties to identify distinct seed properties—specifically seed size, organ-specific metabolites, and fungal community composition—that serve as robust predictive indicators for germination speed and seedling emergence.
This study demonstrates that while integrating conventional NPK with nano-fertilizers maximizes maize yield and net returns in Ghana, a split application of nano-fertilizers alone offers the most cost-effective and climate-smart solution for resource-constrained smallholder farmers.
A global meta-analysis of 1396 observations reveals that cover cropping systems can simultaneously boost soil organic carbon and crop yields in nearly 69% of cases, with optimal co-benefits achieved through specific management strategies such as limiting biomass, extending adoption duration, utilizing legumes, and reducing nitrogen inputs, particularly in rice systems and arid regions.