Influence of integrated soil fertilization on the productivity and economic return of garlic (Allium sativum L.) and soil fertility in northwest Ethiopian highlands by Alemayehu Getachew, Abate Asefa

“…Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is one of the main economical spices produced by poor smallholder farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia for both marketing and consumption. …”
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Small-scale irrigation (SSI) farming as a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practice and its influence on livelihood improvement in Offa District, Southern Ethiopia by Elias Bojago, Yitbarek Abrham

“…This study was to analyse factors that influence smallholder farmers' decisions to adopt small-scale irrigation (SSI) as CSA and to assess the influence of adoption on livelihood improvement. …”
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Consistent Changes in Land-Use/Land-Cover in Semi-Arid Areas: Implications on Ecosystem Service Delivery and Adaptation in the Limpopo Basin, Botswana by Ephias Mugari, Hillary Masundire

“…Government programs also encouraged agricultural expansions by offering free inputs and compensating smallholder farmers for land preparation. Higher agricultural yields remained critically low while the loss of vegetated areas to croplands threatened biodiversity, habitats, and the sustainability of provisioning ES through impaired ecosystem functions. …”
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Effects of Fertilizer Types and Plant Spacings on Plant Morphology, Biomass Yield and Chemical Composition of Brachiaria Hybrid Mulato II Grass Grown in Lowlands of Northwest Ethio... by Negasu Yiberkew, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Bimrew Asmare

“…The commercial fertilizer (NPS) fertilizer is recommendable for brachiaria hybrid grass production if it is accessible by smallholder farmers; otherwise, the use of manure could be the next option in the study area and in similar environments. …”
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Landscape Transformation Influences Responses of Terrestrial Small Mammals to Land Use Intensity in North-Central Namibia by Nicole Starik, Oskar Kandali Mbango, Susanne Bengsch, Thomas Göttert, Ulrich Zeller

“…In this study, we investigate and compare the response patterns of small mammal communities to increasing land use intensity in two study areas: private farmland at the southern boundary of Etosha National Park and smallholder farmland in Tsumeb agricultural area. Species richness, community composition and a standardized capture index (RCI) are compared between sites of (a) increasing grazing pressure of ungulates (Etosha) and (b) increasing conversion of bushland to arable land (Tsumeb). …”
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Outcomes of Agroforestry and Monocropping—Comparison and Assessment by Nguyen La

“…Agroforestry is considered as a solution for improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers and reducing land degradation. However, the upscale is required objective assessments and appropriate solutions. …”
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Influences of Seedling Age and Variety on the Growth and Bulb Yield of Onion in Northwest Ethiopia by Eshetie Aragie, Melkamu Alemayehu, Alemu Abate

“…Onion is one of the major cash crops and helps improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Although genetically and morphologically different, seedlings of all released onion varieties are transplanted at the ages ranging from 40 to 50 days, which contributes to the low level of productivity in Ethiopia. …”
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Farmland Rental Participation, Agricultural Productivity, and Household Income: Evidence from Rural China by Wenjing Han, Zhengfeng Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Li He

“…Under the collective-owned rural land system, it is urgent and necessary to initiate and design incentive policies to encourage highly efficient large farms to expand the farm size and provide smallholders with equal opportunities to engage in farmland rental activities.…”
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Agronomic Factors Influencing Fall Armyworm (<i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>) Infestation and Damage and Its Co-Occurrence with Stemborers in Maize Cropping Systems in Kenya by Daniel Munyao Mutyambai, Saliou Niassy, Paul-André Calatayud, Sevgan Subramanian

“…Thus, agronomic practices need to be considered while designing sustainable agro-ecological-based management solutions for resource-constrained smallholder farmers.…”
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Fish Farmers’ Attitude Toward Agricultural Insurance Scheme in Ondo State Nigeria by Olayode Olawunmi Oluwafunmilola, Oladipo Felix Olayinka, Adesoji Solomon Adedapo, Daudu Abdulrasaq Kamal

“…The mean years of fish farming experience was 13.54±11.9 and all of them were smallholders.  The study revealed further that that more than half (57.3%) of the respondents had neutral attitude, 23.7 per cent had favourable attitude while 19 per cent had unfavourable attitude towards AIS. …”
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Land Certificated Program and Farmland “Stickiness” of Rural Labor: Based on the Perspective of Land Production Function by Xiaoyu Sun, Weijing Zhu, Aili Chen, Gangqiao Yang

“…Given these results, we must begin to consolidate, expand and make good use of the results of the LCP, support the connection between smallholders and modern agriculture, and enhance the land production function in order to stabilize agricultural production and realize agricultural modernization.…”
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Assessment of the efficiency of palm plantations using a stochastic frontier approach by Saidin Nainggolan, Yanuar Fitri

“…The productivity function, the results of the evaluation of technical, allocative and economic efficiency of production in smallholder oil palm plantations in rural areas can be used by farmers. …”
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Profit efficiency analysis of red onions production in Sironko district of Uganda by Elias Munezero, Caleb. I. Adewale, Daniel Micheal Okello, Basil Mugonola

“…AbstractThis study assessed the profit efficiency of red onions smallholder farmers in Sironko district of eastern Uganda. …”
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Assessing the economic impact of climate change in the small-scale aquaculture industry of Ghana, West Africa [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Berchie Asiedu, Dickson Malcolm, Seidu Iddrisu

“…The study analyzed and compared the economic value of smallholder fish farms with and without the incidence of climatic parameters. …”
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UAV-Based Mapping of Banana Land Area for Village-Level Decision-Support in Rwanda by Regina Kilwenge, Julius Adewopo, Zhanli Sun, Marc Schut

“…We mapped the spatial extent of smallholder banana farmlands by acquiring and processing high-resolution (25 cm/px) multispectral unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) imageries, across four villages in Rwanda. …”
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Factors Influencing the Adoption of Agricultural Practices in Ghana’s Forest-Fringe Communities by Emmanuel Opoku Acheampong, Jeffrey Sayer, Colin J. Macgregor, Sean Sloan

“…We surveyed the agricultural systems and livelihoods of 291 smallholder households in forest-fringe communities and developed a multivariate model (canonical correlation analysis) to test the degree to which social, economic, and institutional factors correlate with adoption and intensity of adoption of the above practices. …”
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Combined application of farmyard manure and NPSB fertilizer rates determination for the optimal tuber yield of potato in Ethiopia by Berhanu Bilate Daemo, Getahun Bore

“…In Ethiopia, potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is grown to ensure food security and provide income for smallholder farmers, but its productivity is low due to poor nutrient management. …”
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Phenotypic Characterization, Evaluation, and Classification of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Accessions in Ethiopia by Berhanu Bilate Daemo, Derbew Belew Yohannes, Tewodros Mulualem Beyene, Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew

“…Cassava has a crucial role in benefiting smallholder farmers as the main food and income source in southern Ethiopia. …”
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Traditional gold mining in the highlands of Ethiopia: Its effect on soil loss and possible reclamation measures by Meaza Zenebe, Emiru Birhane, Kassa Teka, Mitiku Haile, Tewodros Tadesse, Gebeyehu Taye

“…Traditional gold mining (TGM) is among the off-farm income sources of smallholder communities in the highlands of Ethiopia. …”
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Performances of the Cocoa Farming Models in Cocoa Bean Supply Chain: A Case Study of Gapoktan Resopammase in South Sulawesi, Indonesia by Yulismulianti Yasin, Mursalim Mursalim, Muh. Ruslan Yunus, Yansor Djaya

“…The major finding of this research is that, the cocoa farming model in which the cocoa smallholders sell their cocoa beans in the form of wet- cocoa beans to the poktan, which in turn processes the wet-cocoa beans into dry fermented cocoa beans in the Cocoa Processing Center (CPC) before delivering the cocoa beans to Resopammase, has the highest overall priority level in performances (0.699), compared to the other two that have the priority levels of.0.196 and 0.136, respectively. …”
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