Poultry has been the fastest growing sector of Indian agriculture over the last two decades. Between 2000 and 2020, India's poultry meat and egg production grew at an annual average rate of growth of 9.2 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively. For comparison, cereal production grew just 1.5...

Despite their lauded promise in terms of yields and resilience, climate smart agriculture technologies are not widely used in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even in places where adoption occurred, many farmers abandon these technologies after only a few years. We study this problem by investigating the...

Farmers face both lack of reliable markets, on one hand, and skyrocketing input prices, on the other hand, suggesting the need of Contract Farming Arrangement (CFA) in enhancing tobacco productivity and technical efficiency. Thus, in this study, the paper interrogates the effect of CFA on...

Replacing illicit crops with cacao in Colombia's South-Pacific region involves social-ecological restoration, linked to local and international NGOs' roles. Technical improvements are contingent on social progress to support vulnerable Afro-Colombian communities in a territory typically...

To favor transition towards sustainable agricultural systems, the agricultural sector needs to reduce its dependence on external inputs. From an ecological economics perspective, this requires the simultaneous fulfillment of a gross energy surplus on the farm (production condition), and a...

About 12 million households are found involved in farming in Ethiopia of which only less than one percent have used motorized farm machinery. Some of the reasons mentioned for the low use of mechanization are small land holdings, land fragmentation, diversification, and rugged topography....