improve the situation under certain conditions. Several studies analyzed effects of contracts on smallholder productivity and … smallholders. Here, we address this research gap using data from oil palm farmers in Ghana who participate in different contract … effects on input use, productivity, and scale of production. The results suggest that resource-providing contracts alleviate …

biofuel in a poor country as Ethiopia can significantly improve food productivity of rural households who produce raw material … necessarily harm smallholders' food security. …

biodiversity / Amy E. Young, Luke T. Macaulay, Stephanie R. Larson, and Alison L. Van Eenennaam -- Agriculture and pollution … biodiversity / Stuart L. Pimm and Varsha Vijay. … proportion of the biodiversity that collectively makes our survival on earth possible. Those relationships are highly intertwined …