How Farm Advice Is Quietly Reshaping Rural Economies Across the Global South
A systematic review of 45 studies finds that agricultural extension services across the Global South act as engines of livelihood ...
Tag: smallholder farmers
Ethiopia’s Farm Innovation Chain Is Breaking Down Between Lab and Field
A mixed-methods study of 371 households, 36 extension workers, and 20 researchers in South Wollo, Ethiopia, finds that researcher–farmer linkages ...
Who Hears the Forecast? Community Radio Leaves Women and Big Households Behind in Ghana
A study of 1,200 smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana shows community radio is a dominant source of climate information, yet ...
Young Tanzanian Potato Farmers: What Really Drives Them to Team Up
A study of 124 young potato farmers in Wanging'ombe, Tanzania, finds that gender, plot size, fertilizer costs, and profit significantly ...
Simple Storage Tools Can Reshape Family Diets in Post-Conflict Uganda
A study of 722 smallholder households in northern Uganda finds that tarpaulin drying, maturity assessment, and hermetic PICS bags boost ...
Ghanaian cocoa farmers shun compost and biochar simply because nobody told them
A survey of 150 Ghanaian cocoa farmers finds that none use compost or biochar on their farms, not from unwillingness ...
Poverty Taxes the Brain: Why Guatemalan Farmers Forget Climate-Smart Training
A study of 507 farmers in Guatemala's Dry Corridor shows that perceived resource scarcity and the mental complexity of new ...
Natural Farming Outearns Chemical Agriculture in the Western Himalayas, Landmark Survey Finds
A survey of 360 Himalayan farming households shows natural farming cuts cultivation costs by up to 51 percent and boosts ...
Crossbred Cows Outperform Local Breeds in Ethiopian Highlands, but Feed Costs and Poor Services Hold Farmers Back
A survey of 224 dairy farmers in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, shows that crossbred cows and technology adopters dramatically outperform local ...
Two Hurdles Stand Between Nigerian Farmers and Agricultural Insurance
A new econometric study of 240 smallholder farmers in Osun State, Nigeria, shows that the decision to adopt agricultural insurance ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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