, and political-economic forces has compromised the ability of farmers to sustain their precious soil. As a result, farmers …, and especially women farmers, face a constant daily struggle to survive. This book illustrates in rich detail the … complexity and diversity of women's lives in Maragoli, western Kenya, as they work to sustain their soils and negotiate a …

-form econometric methods are applied to longitudinal household survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda - originating …

Smallholder farmers in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks but often lack access to … from Kenya to analyze an existing WII program and how changes in contractual design might encourage uptake. Better training …, higher levels of transparency, and offering contracts to small groups rather than individual farmers would increase …

freedom of selecting the choices of market outlets, we explored the factors such as farmers' characteristics, farm attributes …, selling preferences, social relations, and other primary reasons that influence farmers' decision to choose a particular … outlet to sell AIVs. A purposive random survey was conducted among the AIV farmers to understand the preferred market outlets …