journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37091836/farm-size-limits-agriculture-s-poverty-reduction-potential-in-eastern-india-even-with-irrigation-led-intensification
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anton Urfels, Kai Mausch, Dave Harris, Andrew J McDonald, Avinash Kishore, Balwinder-Singh, Gerardo van Halsema, Paul C Struik, Peter Craufurd, Timothy Foster, Vartika Singh, Timothy J Krupnik
CONTEXT: Millions of people living in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) of India engage in agriculture to support their livelihoods yet are income poor, and food and climate insecure. To address these challenges, policymakers and development programs invest in irrigation-led agricultural intensification. However, the evidence for agricultural intensification to lift farmers' incomes above the poverty line remains largely anecdotal. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study is to use a large household survey ( n  = 15,572; rice: 8244, wheat: 7328; 2017/18) to assess the link between agricultural intensification and personal daily incomes from farming (FPDI) in the rice-wheat systems of the EGP - the dominant cropping system of the region...
April 2023: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36926444/poverty-dynamics-and-the-determining-factors-among-east-african-smallholder-farmers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
James Hammond, Tim Pagella, Mark E Caulfield, Simon Fraval, Nils Teufel, Jannike Wichern, Esther Kihoro, Mario Herrero, Todd S Rosenstock, Mark T van Wijk
CONTEXT: Rapid economic development in East Africa is matched by extremely dynamic smallholder livelihoods. OBJECTIVE: To quantify the changes in poverty of smallholder farmers, to evaluate the potential of farm and off-farm activities to alleviate poverty, and to evaluate the potential barriers to poverty alleviation. METHODS: The analyses were based on a panel survey of 600 households undertaken in 2012 and re-visited approximately four years later in four sites in East Africa...
March 2023: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36249876/farm-resilience-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-the-case-of-california-direct-market-farmers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jennie L Durant, Lauren Asprooth, Ryan E Galt, Sasha Pesci Schmulevich, Gwyneth M Manser, Natalia Pinzón
CONTEXT: The COVID-19 pandemic caused substantial shocks to U.S. food systems at multiple scales. While disturbances to long-distance supply chains received substantial attention in national media, local supply chains experienced mixed impacts. As broad closures of schools, restaurants, and other businesses sourcing from local farmers removed key marketing channels for many direct market farmers, consumer interest in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), farmers markets, and on-farm and online direct farm sales increased...
October 11, 2022: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35663482/the-immediate-impact-of-the-first-waves-of-the-global-covid-19-pandemic-on-agricultural-systems-worldwide-reflections-on-the-covid-19-special-issue-for-agricultural-systems
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REVIEW
Emma C Stephens, Jagadish Timsina, Val Snow, Guillaume Martin, Mark van Wijk, Laurens Klerkx, Pytrik Reidsma
CONTEXT: In May 2020, approximately four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the journal's editorial team realized there was an opportunity to collect information from a diverse range of agricultural systems on how the pandemic was playing out and affecting the functioning of agricultural systems worldwide. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the special issue was to rapidly collect information, analysis and perspectives from as many regions as possible on the initial impacts of the pandemic on global agricultural systems, The overall goal for the special issue was to develop a useful repository for this information as well as to use the journal's international reach to share this information with the agricultural systems research community and journal readership...
May 30, 2022: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35241872/the-role-of-learning-in-farmer-led-innovation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jonathan Ensor, Annemarieke de Bruin
CONTEXT: Farmer-led innovation brings farmers together with other stakeholders in a collaborative endeavour that recognises multiple forms of expertise. Critical engagement with mainstream models of agricultural science and technology (AST) development has drawn attention to the isolation of farmers as technology adopters within a compartmentalised model of AST development and dissemination. Academic, government and non-governmental actors and organisations are increasingly supporting facilitated processes in which farmers, scientists and engineers develop new knowledge, learning together about the nature of the problems being faced and the potential of different solution pathways...
March 2022: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35125616/perceived-effects-of-covid-19-restrictions-on-smallholder-farmers-evidence-from-seven-lower-and-middle-income-countries
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
James Hammond, Kim Siegal, Daniel Milner, Emmanuel Elimu, Taylor Vail, Paul Cathala, Arsene Gatera, Azfar Karim, Ja-Eun Lee, Sabine Douxchamps, Mai Thanh Tu, Emily Ouma, Ben Lukuyu, Pius Lutakome, Sonja Leitner, Ibrahim Wanyama, Trang Pham Thi, Phan Thi Hong Phuc, Mario Herrero, Mark van Wijk
CONTEXT: The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global disruption and continues to wreak havoc. Dire predictions were made about the risks to smallholder farmers in lower- and middle- income, but hard data have been lacking. We present the results from 9201 interviews with smallholder farmers from seven countries. OBJECTIVE: The objectives are to describe: i) how farmers perceive the key effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures on livelihoods and food security; ii) the effects on agricultural activities; iii) the coping strategies households deployed...
January 31, 2022: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34980941/simulating-grazing-beef-and-sheep-systems
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
L Wu, P Harris, T H Misselbrook, M R F Lee
CONTEXT: Ruminant livestock make an important contribution to global food security by converting feed that is unsuitable for human consumption into high value food protein, demand for which is currently increasing at an unprecedented rate because of increasing global population and income levels. Factors affecting production efficiency, product quality, and consumer acceptability, such as animal fertility, health and welfare, will ultimately define the sustainability of ruminant production systems...
January 2022: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36284566/response-and-resilience-of-asian-agrifood-systems-to-covid-19-an-assessment-across-twenty-five-countries-and-four-regional-farming-and-food-systems
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
John M Dixon, Jeevika Weerahewa, Jon Hellin, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen, Jikun Huang, Shalander Kumar, Anup Das, Muhammad Ejaz Qureshi, Timothy J Krupnik, Kamil Shideed, Mangi L Jat, P V Vara Prasad, Sudhir Yadav, Aamer Irshad, Abdybek Asanaliev, Aigul Abugalieva, Aziz Karimov, Basundhara Bhattarai, Carol Q Balgos, Fred Benu, Hiroshi Ehara, Jharendu Pant, Jon M P Sarmiento, Jonathan C Newby, Jules Pretty, Hiromi Tokuda, Horst Weyerhaeuser, Larry N Digal, Lingling Li, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Md Zihadul Abedin, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Quentin Grafton, Ram C Sharma, Saidjamol Saidzoda, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Shuan Coffey, Suan Pheng Kam, Su Su Win, Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Tek Maraseni, Van Touch, Wei-Li Liang, Yashpal Singh Saharawat, Jagadish Timsina
Context: The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting health and economies across the world, although the nature of direct and indirect effects on Asian agrifood systems and food security has not yet been well understood. Objectives: This paper assesses the initial responses of major farming and food systems to COVID-19 in 25 Asian countries, and considers the implications for resilience, food and nutrition security and recovery policies by the governments. Methods: A conceptual systems model was specified including key pathways linking the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 to the resilience and performance of the four principal Asian farming and food systems, viz, lowland rice based; irrigated wheat based; hill mixed; and dryland mixed systems...
October 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36569353/immediate-effects-of-covid-19-on-the-global-dairy-sector
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alejandro Acosta, Steve McCorriston, Francesco Nicolli, Ester Venturelli, Upali Wickramasinghe, Eduardo ArceDiaz, Lavinia Scudiero, Alejandro Sammartino, Fritz Schneider, Henning Steinfeld
CONTEXT: The emergence and rapid spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed an unprecedented threat to both societies and economies. The dairy sector is an example of the challenges that food supply chains have faced due to the pandemic. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to provide primary evidence of the immediate effects of COVID-19 on the global dairy sector, particularly focusing on the outcome of the implemented response mechanisms, and the potential medium and long-term implications of the pandemic on the sector...
August 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36569352/immediate-impact-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-farming-systems-in-central-america-and-mexico
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Arie Sanders, Luis Barba-Escoto, Jennifer Wiegel, Maria Mayorga-Cortes, Carlos Gonzalez-Esquivel, Martin A Lopez-Ramirez, Rene M Escoto-Masis, Edmundo Morales-Galindo, Tomas S García-Barcena
CONTEXT: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors and human activities around the World. OBJECTIVE: In this article we present a first attempt to understand the immediate impact of COVID-19 and the sanitary measures taken by governments on farming systems in Central America and Mexico (CAM). METHODS: Through a review of information generated in these initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic (webinars, blogs, electronic publications, media) and 44 interviews with key informants across the region, we have identified the main impacts felt by different types of farming systems in the region...
August 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34345114/visualising-adoption-processes-through-a-stepwise-framework-a-case-study-of-mechanisation-on-the-nepal-terai
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Brendan Brown, Gokul P Paudel, Timothy J Krupnik
CONTEXT: The desire for agricultural mechanisation is mainstreaming across the Global South, yet there are limited tools through which to monitor and estimate progress made in pursuit of this. Despite Nepal enacting an agricultural development agenda focused on mechanisation to address issues of productivity, labour scarcity, inclusive economic growth and sustainability, it remains one of the few places in South Asia that is yet to see substantial agricultural mechanisation rates. We use this scenario as a case study to propose and investigate adoption processes...
August 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36570634/covid-19-and-food-systems-in-pacific-island-countries-papua-new-guinea-and-timor-leste-opportunities-for-actions-towards-the-sustainable-development-goals
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Federico Davila, R M Bourke, Andrew McWilliam, Steven Crimp, Lisa Robins, Monica van Wensveen, Robyn G Alders, James R A Butler
CONTEXT: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global food systems. This has led to different strategies by communities, governments, and businesses involved in food systems to mitigate and adapt to the unfolding pandemic. Small Island Developing States are particularly exposed to the conflation of risks from COVID-19 disease, economic downturns, underlying climate vulnerabilities and biosecurity risks. OBJECTIVE: Our study aimed to identify the food systems vulnerabilities, impacts, and opportunities for supporting resilience and sustainable development in selected Pacific Island countries, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste...
June 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36570633/impact-of-covid-19-on-farming-systems-in-europe-through-the-lens-of-resilience-thinking
#13
JOURNAL ARTICLE
M P M Meuwissen, P H Feindt, T Slijper, A Spiegel, R Finger, Y de Mey, W Paas, K J A M Termeer, P M Poortvliet, M Peneva, J Urquhart, M Vigani, J E Black, P Nicholas-Davies, D Maye, F Appel, F Heinrich, A Balmann, J Bijttebier, I Coopmans, E Wauters, E Mathijs, H Hansson, C J Lagerkvist, J Rommel, G Manevska-Tasevska, F Accatino, C Pineau, B Soriano, I Bardaji, S Severini, S Senni, C Zinnanti, C Gavrilescu, I S Bruma, K M Dobay, D Matei, L Tanasa, D M Voicilas, K Zawalińska, P Gradziuk, V Krupin, A Martikainen, H Herrera, P Reidsma
CONTEXT: Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously unimaginable, such as the Covid-19 crisis. OBJECTIVE: This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were exposed to the crisis, (ii) which resilience capacities were revealed and (iii) how resilience was enabled or constrained by the farming systems' social and institutional environment. METHODS: The 11 farming systems included have been analysed since 2017...
June 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36567889/covid-19-management-by-farmers-and-policymakers-in-burkina-faso-colombia-and-france-lessons-for-climate-action
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
N Andrieu, L Hossard, N Graveline, P Dugue, P Guerra, N Chirinda
CONTEXT: During crises, adaptation or recovery measures or plans at local or national scales may not necessarily address longer-term or structural problems such as climate change mitigation. OBJECTIVE: This article describes farmers and policymakers' responses to mitigate the adverse effects of Covid-19 on the agricultural sector. We then assess the responses' possible effects on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. METHODS: The study is based on surveys conducted with farmers, traders, and extension staff in Burkina Faso, Colombia, and France, and literature...
May 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36567888/resilience-of-french-organic-dairy-cattle-farms-and-supply-chains-to-the-covid-19-pandemic
#15
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Augustine Perrin, Guillaume Martin
CONTEXT: Identifying and developing resilient farming and food systems has emerged as a top priority during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many academics suggest that farming and food systems should move towards agroecological models to achieve better resilience. However, there was limited evidence to support this statement during the Covid-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVE: Our objectives were to report evidence for the resilience of French organic dairy cattle farms and supply chains to the Covid-19 pandemic and to discuss the features of those farms and supply chains that promoted resilience...
May 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36567887/building-resilient-food-system-amidst-covid-19-responses-and-lessons-from-china
#16
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yue Zhan, Kevin Z Chen
CONTEXT: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread over the world and has heightened concerns over global food security risks. As the first country hit by COVID-19, China has adopted a series of stringent mitigation policies to contain the spread of virus. This has led to food system disruptions due to restrictions on labor and interruption of transport, processing, retailing, and input distribution. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this contribution is to report evidence for initial impacts and resilience of China's food system amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to discuss government's responses as well as long-term efforts that promoted resilience...
May 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36567886/emerging-responses-to-the-covid-19-crisis-from-family-farming-and-the-agroecology-movement-in-latin-america-a-rediscovery-of-food-farmers-and-collective-action
#17
JOURNAL ARTICLE
P Tittonell, M Fernandez, V E El Mujtar, P V Preiss, S Sarapura, L Laborda, M A Mendonça, V E Alvarez, G B Fernandes, P Petersen, I M Cardoso
CONTEXT: In Latin America, the so-called informal sector associated with family farming and the agroecology movements were instrumental at coping with and adapting to the COVID-19 challenges. OBJECTIVE: To assess the nature and extent of the early initiatives (first three months) deployed by this informal sector to cope with and adapt to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food production and consumption in several countries of the region. METHODS: We used key used informant consultation (n = 168), an online survey (n = 125) and the detailed characterisation of regional case studies (n = 4)...
May 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36567885/impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-apple-orchards-in-europe
#18
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kévin Tougeron, Thierry Hance
CONTEXT: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has affected global agricultural chains and intensified the issue of food insecurity worldwide. OBJECTIVE: We propose a short retrospective of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pandemic from its beginning in March 2020 in Europe, on orchard management and harvest, sales and agricultural chains, monitoring and research in orchards, and we expose some of the solutions undertaken to tackle down these issues...
May 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36567884/immediate-impacts-of-covid-19-crisis-on-agricultural-and-food-systems-in-the-caribbean
#19
JOURNAL ARTICLE
J M Blazy, F Causeret, S Guyader
CONTEXT: In a region already plagued by food insecurity and challenges to the sustainability of the agricultural sector, the COVID-19 pandemic was a brutal shock in the Caribbean with immediate and significant socio-economic consequences. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we assessed what are the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the agricultural and food systems of the Caribbean. METHODS: To this end, we conducted online surveys among farmers, households and experts of the region...
May 2021: Agricultural Systems
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36567883/impacts-of-covid-19-on-agriculture-and-food-systems-in-pacific-island-countries-pics-evidence-from-communities-in-fiji-and-solomon-islands
#20
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Viliamu Iese, Morgan Wairiu, Gordon M Hickey, David Ugalde, Diana Hinge Salili, John Walenenea, Tammy Tabe, Milton Keremama, Chris Teva, Otto Navunicagi, Jioje Fesaitu, Robson Tigona, Deeksha Krishna, Hirdesh Sachan, Nigel Unwin, Cornelia Guell, Emily Haynes, Filipe Veisa, Linda Vaike, Zina Bird, Michael Ha'apio, Nasoni Roko, Soane Patolo, Annika Rose Dean, Sashi Kiran, Pitakia Tikai, Jowalesi Tuiloma, Siosiua Halavatau, Judith Francis, Alastair Christopher Ward
CONTEXT: COVID-19 mitigation measures including border lockdowns, social distancing, de-urbanization and restricted movements have been enforced to reduce the risks of COVID-19 arriving and spreading across PICs. To reduce the negative impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures, governments have put in place a number of interventions to sustain food and income security. Both mitigation measures and interventions have had a number of impacts on agricultural production, food systems and dietary diversity at the national and household levels...
May 2021: Agricultural Systems
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