Irrigation has a critical role in improving food security and alleviating poverty. Long-term studies on small-scale irrigation have identified several factors that influence the participation of farmers in irrigation. However, farmers in the study area are still hesitant to participate in...

New production from public and exclusive varieties released by the small grains breeding program at Virginia Tech generated cumulative discounted benefits of $41 million from 2000 to 2018. Fitted yields from field trials were combined with acreage estimates to generate weighted average yields...

The digital divide marked the separation of rural area and economic activities for years yet as the present study and the project it cites (WiseFarmer) reveals it no longer stands and acts as a limitation in Europe and developed countries while it still represents a major road-block for the...

Local governments (LGs) that are small and located in peripheral locations have several challenges to introduce policies for increasing local firms' innovation activity compared to LGs located near agglomerations. This article reveals that one of the comparative advantages of small LGs is...