Agricultural systems are complex, because managers need to cope with interlinked and dynamic ecological, social, political and economic aspects. Understanding and analysing such systems requires researchers to adopt a holistic approach to grasp the links between those aspects. Holistic...

L’objectif principal de ce travail est d’analyser l’impact du changement climatique sur la productivité des cultures céréalières dans la région de Béja, située au nord-ouest de la Tunisie. Pour ce faire, des modèles de régression multiple ont été estimés pour trois cultures...

A falta de mercado definido para os bens e serviços prestados pelo meio ambiente cria uma série de problemas quanto a sua alocação eficiente e utilização sustentável. A intervenção do governo, através da adoção de políticas macroeconômicas e ambientais se torna, portanto,...

O projeto de assentamento de Machadinho d’Oeste, RO, na fronteira agrícola da Amazônia Ocidental, criado há 23 anos atrás como um projeto de colonização agrícola, vem sendo acompanhado por uma equipe de pesquisadores da Embrapa Monitoramento por Satélite. Os pesquisadores acompanharam...

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi promover a avaliação do passivo ambiental do Projeto de Assentamento Porto Alonso e abordar as condições sócio-ambientais deste projeto de assentamento de reforma agrária. Utilizou-se dados e informações ambientais referente ao licenciamento ambiental,...

Household poverty and food insecurity in Kenya is a major challenge especially in rural areas. The situation has been exacerbated by poor economic performance, nationwide drought and the global financial crisis. Nevertheless, numerous efforts are being made both by the government and...

The adaptation of push-pull technology to the drier ecological zones is of critical importance for its sustainability in view of the effects of global climate change. While intensified dissemination of the climate-smart technology would ensure its maximum adoption, knowledge of its potential...

In this paper we use the TOA-MD model to test climate change impacts and adaptation strategies with socioeconomic, survey data from the upper White Volta Basin of Ghana. Combining simu-lated and expected crop and livestock yields under three different climate scenarios, the econom-ic impact of...

This study used nationally representative pooled cross-sectional household data to assess determinants of farmers’ decisions to use minimum tillage and how much land is cultivated using minimum tillage between 2008 and 2012 in Zambia. Empirical results from the Double Hurdle model show that...

In order to help poor, food insecure and female-headed farmers to build adaptation capacity to changing climatic conditions, it is essential to understand the current conditions of climate-related production shocks faced by small-scale farmers as well as to identify available adaptation...