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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Emergence of Producer Companies as Innovative Institutions for Agriculture Development in India: Issues and Challenges
Small and marginal farmers encounter several challenges in managing their farms, the major being limited investment capacity, access to inputs, water, power, and credit. In India, the Ministry of Agriculture recognized the collectivization of these farmers into producer organizations...Volume 17 Issue No. 2 (December 2020) -
Pig Production in Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, and Vietnam: A Review
In the last two decades, Asia has become the world's fastest economically growing area. Countries in Southeast Asia are growing at an increasing rate. For instance, the average annual income is increasing from 4% to 8%, population from 2% to 3%, urbanization from 4% to 6%, and meat consumption...Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006) -
Coping with Climatic Stress in Eastern India: Farmer Adoption of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties
Cultivating stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) is widely cited as a strategy of rice farmers to cope with climate-induced stresses. In India, dissemination of STRVs started in 2008 through international development initiatives, but only 5 percent of farmers have adopted it after...Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022) -
The Impact of Coffee Certification on the Economic Performance of Indonesian Actors
The prevailing assumption among consumers in the North is that buying certified coffee contributes positively to the economic performance of Southern actors, particularly smallholder farmers. In this paper we examine the impact of coffee certification on the economic performance of Indonesian actors...Volume 12 Issue No. 2 (December 2015) -
Integrated Adaptation Management Approach toward Sustained Fish Production by Fish Farmers of Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System
This study was conducted to profile the fish farm owners/operators (known as fish farmers) at the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System (MMORS) and to determine their current fish farm management practices (FFMPs) and concerns encountered in fish farming. Characterizing the fish farmers enabled the...Volume 15 Issue No. 1 (June 2018) -
Spatial Distribution of Farm-Family Resources in the Mid-Hills of Nepal
The location of farm households along the spatial gradient affects resource availability and farmers’ livelihoods. Many socioeconomic variables have strong spatial affinity that would otherwise be overlooked by data aggregation at household levels. The Geographic Information System (GIS)...Volume 8 Issue No. 2 (December 2011) -
The Rise of Supermarkets and Vertical Relationships in the Indonesian Food Value Chain: Causes and Consequences
This paper reviews the causes of the emergence of modern retailing and the vertical relationships in the Indonesian food value chain, and the consequences of these changes on market organization and value distribution. The findings of this paper suggest that there are both demand- and supply-side...Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005) -
Exploring the ICT Preferences of Personnel from Agricultural Extension Organizations in the Northeastern Region of India
Although the public extension system in India is known to be one of the largest in the world, it still lacks coordinated effort in managing the links between research, extension, and farmers, resulting in non-uniform distribution of agricultural knowledge and technology. A vast...Volume 18 Issue No. 1 (June 2021) -
The "Tipping Point" in Indian Agriculture: Understanding the Withdrawal of the Indian Rural Youth
Recent trends suggest that India might very well be at the "tipping point" of the transition in its agriculture-dependent population. A large proportion of the youth in the countryside are trying to severe their links from farming. The paper attempts to identify the drivers of this process of...Volume 6 Issue No. 1 (June 2009) -
Technical Efficiency Analysis of Small-scale Cassava Farming in Lao PDR
This study investigates returns of scale, estimates technical efficiency, and identifies the determinant factors of the efficiency of small-scale cassava farming in Vientiane and Savannakhet provinces, Lao PDR. Cross-sectional data on inputs, output, and farming characteristics from 193 cassava...Volume 13 Issue No. 1 (June 2016)
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