Modifications to land can serve to jointly reduce risks of floods and droughts to people and to
ecosystems. Whether land modifications are implemented will depend on the willingness …

Adapting to climate change is critical to building sustainable and resilient agricultural
systems. Understanding farmers' perceptions of climate change has become the key to the …

Abstract The shock of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted food systems
worldwide. Such disruption, affecting multiple systems interfaces in smallholder agriculture …

CONTEXT Currently, local cattle breeds are facing numerous challenges, and their
disappearance could have social, economic, and environmental consequences …

Abstract Information and communications technologies (ICTs) play a key role in improving
agricultural production, enhancing socio-ecological resilience, and mitigating rural poverty …

CONTEXT Diversification is an important strategy used by millions of small-scale food
producers globally to improve yields, farm profitability, and food security. Diversification can …

Assessing the magnitude of smallholder farmers' livelihood vulnerability to drought is an
initial step in identifying the causal factors and proposing interventions that mitigate the …

Understanding the spatiotemporal variability of rainfall is vital for water resources planning
and management, flood and drought mitigation, and erosion control, among others. Despite …

Early detection of ovarian cancer is crucial for a good outlook. Different machine learning
methods have already proven useful to that effect, but using many features and samples …

Agricultural mechanization is recognized as an important technology to increase agricultural
productivity, face labor shortages, and reduce post-harvest loss. However, variations among …