• Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system 

  Issifu, Ibrahim; Dahmouni, Ilyass; Sumaila, Ussif Rashid (Elsevier, 2025-02)

  Plastic's incredible versatility drives its continuous production growth, contributing to 4.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With an unsustainable 4% annual production growth rate, plastics' environmental impact ...
• The role of contract farming on household food security in Kenya and Madagascar 

  Fitawek, Wegayehu; Hendriks, Sheryl L. (EL-AYACHI, 2024-05)

  CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND: Contract farming has been promoted as a more 'inclusive business model' in which local smallholder farmers can participate in and benefit from the wider benefits of investments in rural areas such ...
• Ethiopia's land certification program : effect on soil conservation investment by rural and peri-urban farmers 

  Tesfay, Hailay; Machethe, Charles Lepepeule (EL-AYACHI, 2024-09)

  CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, farmers do not have individual property rights to the land they occupy and cultivate since the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) constitution clearly states that land ...
• Obligations of agricultural economists in South Africa’s policy formulation 

  Ntombela, Sifiso M. (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  The address aims to add value and strengthen the understanding of what an agricultural economist is and what the obligations of an agricultural economist are in a public policy formulation process. In response to these ...
• Disponibilite en eau et orientation des agriculteurs : facteurs d’adoption de pratiques ecologiquement intensives dans les oasis de Kebili en Tunisie 

  Mansour, Nada Ben; Hanafi, Anissa; Faysse, Nicolas; Jourdain, Damien (EDP Sciences, 2024-04)

  Dans le gouvernorat de Kébili au sud de la Tunisie, les zones irriguées se sont fortement développées ces 30 dernières années. Le système oasien traditionnel, fondé sur des cultures organisées sur trois étages et sur les ...
• The optimal combination of pastoral activities and wildlife conservation in the Serengeti ecosystem 

  Kibira, Gerald; Muchapondwa, Edwin; Ntuli, Herbert (Wiley, 2024-05)

  There is competition for land between Maasai pastoralists and the park agency in the Serengeti ecosystem. The park agency wants to use the land for wildlife conservation while the pastoralist community wants to use it ...
• Factors influencing smartphone usage of rural farmers : empirical analysis of five selected provinces in China 

  Ma, Wanglin; Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch; Zheng, Hongyun; Owusu, Victor (Sage, 2024)

  The increasing usage of smartphones by practitioners in various fields of expertise is attracting global attention. However, scanty evidence exists on smartphone usage among rural farmers in developing countries. Using ...
• The impact of behavioral attributes on rural youth’s propensity to participate in non-primary agribusinesses : evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

  Baloyi, Raesetse; Wale, Edilegnaw; Chipfupa, Unity (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  Youth participation in agriculture in general and agribusinesses in particular remains limited in Africa and empirical insight on the enablers and inhibitors is limited. This paper aims to investigate the impact of ...
• A cost-benefit analysis of alternative management strategies for red deer in Denmark 

  Jensen, Frank; Lundhede, Thomas Hedemark; Sunde, Peter (Springer, 2024-10)

  In this paper, we conduct a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of five alternative management strategies for red deer in Denmark: free harvest, trophy hunting, maximum harvest and two cases for natural demographic population ...
• Preferences for index-based pasture insurance : a choice experiment in Limpopo Province, South Africa 

  Manganyi, Bernard; Jourdain, Damien; Karuaihe, Selma Tuemumunu (Routledge, 2024)

  South African subsistence livestock farmers rely heavily on traditional mitigation and coping mechanisms to deal with the effects of drought. However, these methods have proven ineffective in managing the full impact of ...
• Managing trade-offs between communities’ welfare and nature conservation : the case of wildlife management systems in and outside protected areas in Africa 

  Muchapondwa, Edwin; Ntuli, Herbert (Annual Reviews, 2024-10)

  Successfully analyzing and managing trade-offs between community welfare and wildlife conservation are complex tasks that require a multidisciplinary approach and consideration of various factors. Bioeconomic modeling ...
• Gender differentials in primary processing and market participation by mopane worm harvesters in Zimbabwe : insights from the COVID-19 pandemic phase 

  Musara, Joseph P.; Bahta, Yonas T.; Mapuranga, Rangarirai; Musiniwa, Fredy; Hatab, Assem Abu; Owusu‑Sekyere, Enoch (BioMed Central, 2024-09)

  BACKGROUND: Gender disparities in access to inputs, markets, financial inclusion, and participation in strategic value chains are major developmental challenges in emerging economies. Participation in the edible insect ...
• Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points 

  Gianelli, Ignacio; Achieng, Therezah; Amon, Diva; Archibald, Sally; Arif, Suchinta; Castro, Azucena; Chimbadzwa, Tapiwa Prosper; Coetzer, Kaera L.; Field, Tracy-Lynn; Selomane, Odirilwe; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Stevens, Nicola; Villasante, Sebastian; Armani, Mohammed; Kimuyu, Duncan M.; Adewumi, Ibukun J.; Lapola, David M.; Obura, David; Pinho, Patricia; Roa-Clavijo, Felipe; Rocha, Juan; Sumaila, Ussif Rashid (Copernicus Publications, 2024-04)

  Radical and quick transformations towards sustainability will be fundamental to achieving a more sustainable future. However, deliberate interventions to reconfigure systems will result in winners and losers, with the ...
• Consumers' willingness-to-pay for dairy and plant-based milk alternatives towards sustainable dairy : a scoping review 

  Madududu, Pamela; Jourdain, Damien; Tran, Duc; Degieter, Margo; Karuaihe, Selma Tuemumunu; Ntuli, Herbert; De Steur, Hans (Elsevier, 2024-11)

  The dairy sector is transforming following growing concerns over sustainability, propelling innovations such as plant-based milk alternatives (PBMAs). Researchers have shown increasing interest in conducting studies on ...
• Empirical analysis of drought-induced cattle destocking in South Africa 

  Nketiah, Prince; Ntuli, Herbert (AOSIS, 2024-03)

  Destocking as a drought mitigation strategy exposes smallholder cattle farmers to adverse effects, including the distortion of farm planning and income loss, as cattle are sold off regardless of the market price. Factors ...
• Ten new insights in climate science 2023 

  Bustamante, Mercedes; Roy, Joyashree; Ospina, Daniel; Achakulwisut, Ploy; Aggarwal, Anubha; Bastos, Ana; Broadgate, Wendy; Canadell, Josep G.; Carr, Edward R.; Chen, Deliang; Cleugh, Helen A.; Ebi, Kristie L.; Edwards, Clea; Farbotko, Carol; Fernandez-Martinez, Marcos; Frolicher, Thomas L.; Fuss, Sabine; Geden, Oliver; Gruber, Nicolas; Harrington, Luke J.; Hauck, Judith; Hausfather, Zeke; Hebden, Sophie; Hebinck, Aniek; Huq, Saleemul; Huss, Matthias; Jamero, M. Laurice P.; Juhola, Sirkku; Kumarasinghe, Nilushi; Lwasa, Shuaib; Mallick, Bishawjit; Martin, Maria; McGreevy, Steven; Mirazo, Paula; Mukherji, Aditi; Muttitt, Greg; Nemet, Gregory F.; Obura, David; Okereke, Chukwumerije; Oliver, Tom; Orlove, Ben; Ouedraogo, Nadia S.; Patra, Prabir K.; Pelling, Mark; Pereira, Laura M.; Persson, Asa; Pongratz, Julia; Prakash, Anjal; Rammig, Anja; Raymond, Colin; Redman, Aaron; Reveco, Cristobal; Rockstrom, Johan; Regina Rodrigues; Rounce, David R.; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Schlosser, Peter; Selomane, Odirilwe; Semieniuk, Gregor; Shin, Yunne-Jai; Siddiqui, Tasneem A.; Singh, Vartika; Sioen, Giles B.; Sokona, Youba; Stammer, Detlef; Steinert, Norman J.; Suk, Sunhee; Sutton, Rowan; Thalheimer, Lisa; Thompson, Vikki; Trencher, Gregory; Van der Geest, Kees; Werners, Saskia E.; Wubbelmann, Thea; Wunderling, Nico; Yin, Jiabo; Zickfeld, Kirsten; Zscheischler, Jakob (Cambridge University Press, 2023-12)

  NON-TECHNICHAL SUMMARY. We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting ...
• Community perceptions on land and water acquisitions in the Okavango Delta : implications for rural livelihoods 

  Phonchi-Tshekiso, Nametso Dorothy; Slingsby, Jasper A.; Selomane, Odirilwe (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa are increasing, reported often as the transfers of land for food and biofuel crop production. Only reporting agricultural acquisitions underplays potential impacts of other forms of ...
• Food policy analyses and prioritisation of food systems to achieve safer food for South Africa 

  Dama, Tshilidzi Isaac; Loki, Olwethu; Fitawek, Wegayehu Bogale; Mpuzu, Sikwela M. (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  Food safety has become an important international public health and economic issue since the first and only publication of global estimates on the burden of food borne diseases by the World Food Organisation in 2015. The ...
• What does a just transition mean for urban biodiversity? Insights from three cities globally 

  Mabon, Leslie; Layard, Antonia; De Vito, Laura; Few, Roger; Hatzisavvidou, Sophia; Shackleton, Charlie; Marshall, Adam; Marciniak, Gilles; Moersberger, Hannah (Elsevier, 2024-08)

  Just transitions – responses to environmental change that minimise negative impacts on the most affected people and places, while ensuring nobody is left behind – are gaining scholarly and policy significance in areas ...
• In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic : perceived risks, management strategies and emerging opportunities for small and medium agri-food enterprises in a developing country 

  Hatab, Assem Abu; Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch; Esmat, Abou-Rehab; Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan (Elsevier, 2023-10)

  The Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to small- and medium-sized agrifood enterprises (SMAEs) in developing countries. However, research investigating what risks Covid-19 posed to these firms, how they ...

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