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Assessing the Role of Stakeholder Platforms as Drivers of Resilient Communities: The Case of Malawi
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Álvarez-Mingote, Cristina; Moore, Austen; McNamara, Paul – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2020
Purpose: Climate-related shocks increasingly stress food systems, making resilience-building among rural communities crucial to food security. The Strengthening Agricultural and Nutrition Extension (SANE) project in Malawi strengthens stakeholder platforms to improve farmers' capacities towards climate change, food security, and community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Extension, Resilience (Psychology), Agricultural Occupations
Expanding Integrated Pest Management Capacity: Rwanda Case Study
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Baributsa, Dieudonne; Flores, Luis; Rukazambuga, Daniel; Wise, John C. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: Rwanda is developing its agricultural capacity to meet the needs of national food security while addressing food demands and requirements of regional and international markets. The Rwanda Horticultural Export Standards Initiative was developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources in collaboration with Michigan State…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Animals, Agriculture
The Drivers of Women Farmers' Participation in Cash Crop Production: The Case of Women Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana
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Zakaria, Hudu – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2017
Purpose: Participation in labour markets and high-value crops among men and women smallholder farmers has always been an important strategy for poverty alleviation and attainment of food and income security. In contributing to the generation of gender-disaggregated empirical literature, this paper examined determinants of women smallholder…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Agricultural Occupations, Gender Differences
Emerging Advisory Service Agri-Enterprises: A Dual Perspective on Technical and Business Performance
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Kilelu, Catherine W.; van der Lee, Jan; Koge, Jessica; Klerkx, Laurens – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2022
Purpose: This article addresses the gap in understanding the performance of emerging private agricultural advisory service (AAS) models in developing country contexts, in relation to their dual objectives of supporting farmer-clients and becoming profitable agribusinesses themselves. Methodology: Multiple case study of Service Providers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Agricultural Occupations, Agribusiness