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Marketing Channel Selection by Smallholder Farmers
This article aims at analyzing Beninese smallholder famers’ selection
of high value markets, such as export and processing-oriented
marketing channels, in the pineapple supply chain. Four main
marketing channels were ...
Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa
In the Sahelian zone of West Africa, crops grown under a
discontinuous cover of scattered trees dominate many
landscapes and constitute the so-called parklands. These
systems reflect the ecological knowledge of the farmers ...
Agricultural Research e-Seeker (AReS): State of the art visualizer for DSpace repositories
The Agricultural Research e-Seeker (AReS):
• Provides comparable and telling figures, metrics and graphics on
any information product harvested
• Allows the user to customize the research through the user friendly
Interdependent ...
The potential and uptake of remote sensing in insurance: A review
Global insurance markets are vast and diverse, and may offer many opportunities for remote sensing. To date, however, few operational applications of remote sensing for insurance exist. Papers claiming potential application ...
Inter- and intra-provenances variations in seed size and seedling characteristics of Khaya senegalensis A. Juss in Burkina Faso
Within- and between-provenance variations
in seed and seedling traits of Khaya senegalensis
A. Juss were studied at INERA in Burkina Faso.
Nursery grown seedlings from four provenances in
Burkina Faso were used for the ...
Gender Roles in Agriculture: The Case of Afghanistan
Technological interventions aiming to improve livelihoods that bring
gender equity can become successful only when the prevailing gender
roles in society and access to different livelihood opportunities are fully
understood. ...
Impacts of water and soil conservation strategies on households’ food security in North West of Benin
This study aims at analyzing the impact of water and soil conservation strategies on households’ food security in the North-western part of Benin. It was conducted in the municipalities of Boukombé and Ouaké. Three villages ...
Trees and Livelihoods in Karamoja, Uganda
This report presents results of a rapid desk review of academic and grey literature on the
evidence relating to trees and livelihoods in Karamoja a region in north eastern Uganda. The
review identified the range of problems ...
Trees and Watershed Management in Karamoja, Uganda. Evidence on Demand. Climate & Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods. A quick desk study commissioned by DFID Uganda
Karamoja is a dryland sub-region in north-east Uganda. Having suffered historical injustices,
it now faces many difficulties, including civil and administrative challenges. Karamoja
performs poorly on development indicators ...