Determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42281
Abstract
This article examines the determinants of soybean market participation by smallholder farmers in
Zimbabwe, with a view to identifying key policy entry points for increasing farmer incomes. Market
linkages have been identified as key to the successful integration of grain legumes into the smallholder
farming systems of southern Africa. Data…
Diseño de intervenciones de gestión de conocimiento en la investigación agrícola para el desarrollo: metodología, experiencias y lecciones aprendidas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42310
Publication year
2014
Authors
Staiger Rivas, Simone
Álvarez, S.
Arana, José Antonio
Howland, Fanny C.
Cunha, Flavia
Valencia, Brayan
Muñoz,…
Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82891
Abstract
Purpose
This impact assessment provides empirical evidence from household producer surveys to test the assumptions surrounding the contribution of participatory varietal selection (PVS) activities on seed sector development…
Biodiversity conservation in a telecoupled world
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89640
Abstract
The environmental and socioeconomic interactions between distant regions of the world (“telecoupling”) are dramatically increasing. Telecoupling brings about new challenges and opportunities to biodiversity conservation that are of a larger magnitude and of a faster pace than ever observed before. Our understanding of the dynamics and leverage points of this telecoupled…
CropSyst model evolution: from field to regional to global scales and from research to decision support systems
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51385
Publication year
2014
Authors
Stöckle, Claudio O.
Kemanian, Armen R
Nelson, Roger L.
Adam, Jennifer C
Sommer, Rolf
Carlson, Bryan
Full…
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