The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is actually discussed at the European level. The impact of the new CAP will be important for European dairy farmers. Having knowledge into it is important in order to know what farmers are expecting for the future CAP reform. Moreover, the main objective was to understand …

Wine consumption is decreasing for many decades, but organic products demand is increasing. To counter the image of Spanish wines which is “poor quality and cheap wines” because of their big quantity production and their low prices, Spanish wine producers change their farming method. Spain ranks first …

The use of pesticides by farmers to protect crops against pests has gained global attention due to the potential negative impact it could pose to humans and the environment. This demands that, farmers and all those who use it, make appropriate decisions, backed by credible sources of information to ensure …

Dairy Farmers in the Ziway-Hawassa milk shed have different knowledge, experience, assets that enable them to adjust themselves from various vulnerabilities and continue operating. This knowledge, experiences and assets help them to be more resilient by improving their adoptive capacities. However, asset …

Understanding the effects of GHG emissions, cost and benefit analysis within the dairy farming system has become an important concern with respect to food security. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of climate-smart practices in the dairy farming systems centred on economic …

The Ministry of Agriculture of Rwanda (MINAGRI) launched the Crop Intensification Program (CIP) in 2007 with the aim of making agricultural systems more commercially-oriented in order to increase productivity, self-sufficiency; reduce poverty and improve food security outcomes. This program was implemented …

Dairy farming in Punakha District is kept mainly for subsistence; however, the trend is picking up towards commercialisation. The demand for dairy products in the market is also increasing with high marketing scope, mainly from urban settlement and neighbouring district. However, the concept of the formal …

Smallholder rice farming has an important role to secure a sustainable livelihood, food and nutrition security in Bihar, India. Despite being a staple food and main source of income of smallholder rice farmers, productivity is comparatively very low. The intended objective of this study was to examine …

In 2016, a non-governmental organization called AgroTech Liberia implemented a home gardening program titled Make Use of Your Backyard for smallholder farming households who were identified during needs assessment study conducted by the organization. The home gardening program was introduced because …

The research was carried out in Shashamane-Hawassa milkshed to assess the impact of climate smart practices within the dairy farming systems based on the economic and environmental cost (GHG emissions) and benefits in order to advise on new scalable dairy farming practices in inclusive and resilient …