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. In Hungary, the local food movement has been developing very fast and an outburst in the number of farmers markets has … happened, due to the changes of the legal environment. The paper addresses the question whether farmers selling at various …, expectations and motivations. Employing survey data our results confirm that short supply chains are different in terms of farmers …
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This study analyzes the critical role played by farmers' organizations (FOs) in transforming agriculture in Africa ….5 million, 2 million, and 550,000 (equivalent to about 30%, 10.9% and 6.4%) small-scale farmers in Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia … education, marketing of produce, and provision and distribution of farm inputs. However, many of these FOs are not equipped to …
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environment. For poor farmers in developing countries, inappropriate use of pesticides is known to be a serious problem. To … expenditure of conventional farmers is 56% higher than organic farmers. The burden of health expenditures is also … conventional farmers than organic farmers. Among households with health expenditure exceeding 40% of discretionary expenditure, the …
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Food and nutrition security is a major global challenge. Enhancing the local production of food is a key alternative in impoverished agrarian countries of the south. One option is agroforestry, promoted and implemented as a land-use system capable of addressing the multifaceted problem of food...
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