The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

KE Giller, T Delaune, JV Silva, K Descheemaeker… - Food Security, 2021‏ - Springer
Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a
continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce …

Higher yields and more biodiversity on smaller farms

V Ricciardi, Z Mehrabi, H Wittman, D James… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Small farms constitute most of the world's farms and are a central focus of sustainable
agricultural development. However, the relationship between farm size and production …

Alternative plant protection strategies for tomorrow's coffee

A Koutouleas, DB Collinge, A Ræbild - Plant Pathology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Continuous pesticide usage has negative impacts on people and ecosystems associated
with coffee farms. Alternative plant protection strategies can be implemented that are …

[کتاب][B] The political ecology of climate change adaptation: Livelihoods, agrarian change and the conflicts of development

M Taylor - 2014‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This book provides the first systematic critique of the concept of climate change adaptation
within the field of international development. Drawing on a reworked political ecology …

Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

AV Manjunatha, AR Anik, S Speelman, EA Nuppenau - Land use policy, 2013‏ - Elsevier
In this article, we analyze the impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and
crop diversity on farm profit and efficiency of 90 groundwater irrigated farms in the hard rock …

Smallholder farmers and climate smart agriculture: Technology and labor-productivity constraints amongst women smallholders in Malawi

U Murray, Z Gebremedhin, G Brychkova… - Gender, Technology …, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
Climate change and variability present a major challenge to agricultural production and rural
livelihoods, including livelihoods of women smallholder farmers. There are significant efforts …

[PDF][PDF] Transforming smallholder agriculture to achieve the SDGs

M Abraham, P **ali - The role of smallholder farms in food and …, 2020‏ - library.oapen.org
There is overwhelming historical evidence from the developed world and from the newly
emerging economies of the develo** world that indicates that agricultural growth has …

Does non-farm income affect food security? Evidence from India

A Rahman, S Mishra - The Journal of Development Studies, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Livelihood diversification through greater non-farm activities has been considered as an
important mechanism to propel growth, lower rural poverty and augment farm income across …

Estimates and analysis of farm income in India, 1983–84 to 2011–12

R Chand, R Saxena, S Rana - Economic and Political Weekly, 2015‏ - JSTOR
This paper presents estimates of farmers' incomes from agriculture over the past three
decades. The income earned by farmers from agricultural activities after paying for input …

The Agrarian Question in Neoliberal I ndia: Agrarian Transition Bypassed?

J Lerche - Journal of Agrarian Change, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper re‐interrogates the positions on the agrarian question in I ndia, to reach fresh
conclusions about important agrarian policies of the Left, including that of land reforms …