Farmers’ preferences for attributes of rice varieties in Sierra Leone
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DOI: 10.1007/s12571-020-01019-w
Abstract: Farmers’ preferences and needs are crucial in improving the development of rice varieties to increase rice production and improve food security. However, research on farmers’ preferences for crop attributes is scarce in Africa. This study… read more here.
Keywords: attributes rice; seed; rice varieties; sierra leone ... See more keywords
Farmers' prioritization of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.10.005
Abstract: Addressing climate change impacts on agriculture is special challenge. There are number of factors that influence the extent to which farmers in a particular location adopt CSA technologies. This study applied a participatory assessment method… read more here.
Keywords: csa technologies; climate smart; prioritization climate; farmers preferences ... See more keywords
Heterogeneity of farmers' preferences towards agri-environmental schemes across different agricultural subsystems
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1168289
Abstract: Specialised literature on the uptake of agri-environmental schemes (AES) has paid little attention to how this can be influenced by the different types of agricultural systems. This paper analyses the heterogeneity of farmers' preferences towards… read more here.
Keywords: preferences towards; heterogeneity farmers; heterogeneity; environmental schemes ... See more keywords
Farmers’ Preferences Selecting Agricultural Consulting Services
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DOI: 10.14254/1800-5845/2017.13-4.6
Abstract: The Lithuanian farmers face with a huge need for information and counselling services to increase the competitiveness of farms and to increase farmers' ability to use the EU and Lithuanian government support funds for them.… read more here.
Keywords: consulting services; agricultural consulting; selecting agricultural; preferences selecting ... See more keywords
Farmers’ Preferences for Cotton Cultivation Characteristics: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Burkina Faso
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DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9120841
Abstract: While a fierce debate about the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified crops is ongoing, it is surprising that farmers are often not consulted. In Burkina Faso, where insect resistant Bollgard II® cotton (further termed… read more here.
Keywords: seed; burkina faso; cotton cultivation; discrete choice ... See more keywords