There is an urgent need for agri-food system transformation to achieve global sustainability
goals. Innovations can play a key role in this transformation but often come with both …

This Viewpoint article synthesizes seminal research from multiple disciplines in a virtual
special collection (VSC) of Elsevier articles to highlight critical remaining steps to achieve a …

This study discusses the modernization of smallholder agriculture in China, where most
farms are small, and farms' parcels are fragmented. The study puts forward a framework of …

This study examines the impact of smartphone-based information acquisition on crop yields,
net returns, return on investment (ROI), and production costs, using survey data collected …

This study analyzes the impact of the adoption of agricultural mechanization and its intensity
on the non-farm employment of rural women using the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the interactive relationship between non-
farm employment and mechanization service expenditure. Design/methodology/approach …

Modern inputs and mechanization are promoted across Africa to raise smallholder labor
productivity and broker the structural transformation. Yet, adoption has remained low and the …

This study examines the impacts of renting-in cropland on machinery use intensity, utilizing
an innovative endogenous-treatment Poisson regression (ETPR) model and survey data …

This study is devoted to analyzing the effects of outsourcing machinery-intensive farming
activities vis-à-vis using mechanized equipment in-house on pesticide use, utilizing cross …

Supplemental irrigation based on runoff harvesting is a sustainable solution in the current
context of water scarcity that is prevalent in Sahelian countries. Runoff water harvesting …