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Capturing farm diversity with hypothesisbased typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development
(Plos ONE, 2018-05-15)
Creating typologies is a way to summarize the large heterogeneity of smallholder farming systems into a few farm types. Various methods exist, commonly using statistical analysis, to create these typologies. We demonstrate ...
Using farmer decision making profiles and managerial capacity as predictors of farm viability in argentinean dairy farms (La Pampa)
(Venezuela, 2014-11)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of management on the economic viability of the dairy farms in La Pampa (Argentina). Between 2005 and 2007 the owners/managers of 57 dairy farms were interviewed by stratified ...
Organic farming does not increase soil organic carbon compared to conventional farming if there is no carbon transfer from other agroecosystems: A meta-analysis
(Csiro Publishing, 2021-11)
Context: Organic farming is based on the non-use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. Nitrogen inputs are derived from symbiotic fixation and organic fertilisers, which also contribute carbon to the agroecosystem. Soil ...
Identification of beef production farms in the Pampas and Campos area that stand out in economic and environmental performance
(Elsevier, 2018-06)
Worldwide, native grasslands are being converted to non-native pastures and cropland. This process threatens local grassland biomes as well as the livelihoods of farm families that utilize these grasslands.
In the Río ...
Commuting Women Farm Labourers: Multiple Loads And The Marginalisation Of Minangkabau Women In Rural Areas
(Universidad del Zulia, 2019)
Shrimp farming influence on carbon and nutrient accumulation within Peruvian mangroves sediments
(Elsevier, 2020)
In order to investigate the influence of shrimp farming activities on carbon and nutrient accumulation, sediment cores were collected from two areas at different distances from shrimp farms within a Peruvian mangrove ...
Orchid bees as bio-indicators for organic coffee farms in Costa Rica: Does farm size affect their abundance?
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2006)
A FARM MANAGEMENT STUDY OF 224 COFFEE FARMS IN PUERTO RICO, 1934Título en español.
(University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus Agricultural Experiment Station, 1937)
A simulation of contract farming using agent based modeling
(FGV EAESP, 2016)