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Date Value Chain Analysis, Development, and Competitiveness of Date Palm Products in the Sultanate of Oman
This paper considers the vision of developing an efficient value chain and strategies to improve Oman's value chain. The critical factors of inclusive and sustainable development of the date value chain are determined to ...
Toward Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Tunisian Citrus Sector: Impact of Pricing Policies on Water Resources Reallocation
This study aims to analyse Tunisian farmers’ ability to pay (ATP) in a citrus area and
propose a penalising price strategy based on the block‐pricing process to decrease over‐irrigation
without affecting farmers’ incomes. ...
Predicting farmers’ uptake of spineless cactus in the Arabian Peninsula: a case study of Qatar
This study aims to determine the expected level and time to peak at the maximum
level of adoption of spineless cactus (SC) technology introduced in the State of Qatar, to
investigate the factors influencing adoption of ...
Impact of improved agricultural extension approaches on technology adoption: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in rural Tunisia
Low and slow adoption of innovative technologies among smallholder farmers in Tunisia is a key agricultural
development problem partly related to the existing technology transfer approach used in the country.
The objective ...
Economic and environmental evaluation of different irrigation systems for date palm production in the GCC countries: the case of Oman and Saudi Arabia
This study evaluates the irrigation water volumes’ effect on the date palm productivity and water
use efficiency under several conventional and improved irrigation systems (surface, subsurface,
bubbler, subsurface drip ...
Pathways for improving rangeland governance under constraining land tenure systems: Application of a participatory Bayesian Belief approach
This paper analyzes the complex relationships of factors influencing rangeland governance in the arid areas. A Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) model was developed in a participatory way to illustrate and assess the weight ...
Predicted farmer uptake of new agricultural practices: case of silvo-pastoral technologies in Rajasthan, India
The study aimed to assess the rate of adoption of silvo pastoral practices and identify main constraints that limit
their adoption in Rajasthan, India using adoption and
diffusion outcome prediction tool (ADOPT) in ...