Maize production under risk: The simultaneous adoption of off-farm income diversification and agricultural credit to manage risk

S Akhtar, G Li, A Nazir, A Razzaq, R Ullah… - Journal of integrative …, 2019 - Elsevier
Farmers in Pakistan continue to produce maize under various types of risks and adopt
several strategies to manage those risks. This study is the first attempt to investigate the …

Rural farmers perception and co** strategies towards climate change and their determinants: Evidence from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan

S Ali, L Ying, A Nazir, M Ishaq, T Shah, X Ye… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change has severe consequences not at just local, regional but also at a global
scale. Since such shifts in the climate, the substantial agriculture sector of Pakistan has been …

Reasons for adoption of sustainable land management practices in a changing context: A mixed approach in Thailand

P Salaisook, N Faysse, TW Tsusaka - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
A farmer's decision to adopt sustainable land management practices often takes place in a
changing context. In the Northeast Region of Thailand, rural areas face a deagrarianization …

Assessing the climate vulnerability of mountain agriculture: a case study of Haramosh Valley in Central Karakoram, Pakistan

M Alam, MZ Khan, F Begum, TR Baig - Environment, Development and …, 2024 - Springer
In mountain regions, the agriculture systems are particularly vulnerable to the effect of
climate change due to their fragile environments and limited cultivable lands. The existing …

Risk aversion and perception of farmers about endogenous risks: An empirical study for maize producers in Awi Zone, Amhara Region of Ethiopia

Y Girma, B Kuma, A Bedemo - Journal of risk and financial management, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agriculture is a risky business that is subject to endogenous risks. Endogenous risks caused
by input utilization, input affordability and input availability may prove detrimental to the …

[HTML][HTML] Role of integrated farming systems in land degradation control and plant diversity enhancement: A case of northeast Thailand

R Chuanrum, RP Shrestha - Farming System, 2024 - Elsevier
While agriculture provides livelihood to rural poor, it has also been the reason of land
degradation and biodiversity loss over time. Although the Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) …

[PDF][PDF] Determinants for income diversification by farm households in Pakistan.

A Nazir, G Li, S Inayat, MA Iqbal… - JAPS: Journal of …, 2018 - thejaps.org.pk
Farmers have numerous ways to tac le agricultural ris s and most of them employ the income
diversification strategies simultaneously. The present study analyses the determinants of the …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of non-farm income on poverty and income inequality: farm households evidence from Punjab Province Pakistan.

MA Iqbal, AA Azhar Abbas, RU Raza Ullah, UI Ahmed… - 2018 - researchgate.net
Non-farm income is a major source of income along with farming for agricultural households.
The present study is aimed at investigating the significance of non-farm income in farm …

[HTML][HTML] Social media literacy among oil palm smallholders in east Malaysia and association with oil palm integration practices

AH Ab Rahman, A Abdullah, S Selvadurai, SZS Zakaria… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
With advancements in technology, social media has revolutionised the way farmers
communicate, resulting in an increased level of shared agricultural knowledge. Therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable crop production, the concurrent adoption of contract farming, and managing risks through income diversification

S Akhtar, A Abbas, HS Kassem, S Bagadeem, R Ullah… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper is aimed at evaluating the factors affecting the concurrent adoption of two risk
co** strategies among hybrid maize farmers, namely income diversification supplemented …