Ethiopia's Potato Seed System: Regulatory Challenges, Quality Assurance Issues, and Pathways for Improvement ─ A mini review [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Ebrahim Seid, Lemma Tessema

“…Conclusions This review calls for a comprehensive strategy that fosters stakeholder engagement and promotes sustainable practices to rejuvenate Ethiopia’s potato seed system, thereby supporting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers and strengthening national food security through integrated seed sector development and capacity improvement of the seed regulatory body as well as smallholder farmers.…”
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Factors Influencing the Uptake and Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Bubaare Micro-Catchment, Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Willbroad, Byamukama, Ssemakula, E, Kalibwani, R

“…Highland areas of Kabale are reported to be severely affected by soil erosion and declining soil fertility despite continued efforts by farmers to conserve soil and water resources. The study examined the Soil and Water Conservation measures in Bubaare micro-catchment. …”
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Estimation of total in skewed population by Danutė Krapavickaitė, Jurgita Turkuvienė

“… Aim of this paper is to estimate total of the crop of winter wheat in the skewed population of farmers in Lithuania using different sampling strategies, to compare the estimates with the true value, to compare the methods with each other and to find out the most suitable strategy for the estimation of the total. …”
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Framework for smartphone-based grape detection and vineyard management using UAV-trained AI by Sergio Vélez, Mar Ariza-Sentís, Mario Triviño, Antonio Carlos Cob-Parro, Miquel Mila, João Valente

“…However, these advancements often remain inaccessible to farmers due to their reliance on specialized hardware like ground robots or UAVs. …”
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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems by Turyasingura, Benson, Ayiga, Natal, Tumwesigye, Wycliffe, James, Philip Hegarty

“…Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a global strategy for enhancing food productivity amidst climate change uncertainties in the 21st century. CSA improves farmers’ incomes, reduces greenhouse emissions, and farming systems become resilient to climate change. …”
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EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by IME OKON UTUK, ANIEFIOK BENEDICT UDO, BONIFACE LINUS AKPAN, EDEDET BASSEY EDUNO, INIGBEHE MICHAEL OKON

“…At the same time, climate-smart agricultural innovations to conserve water such as solar-powered drip irrigation and rainwater harvesting should be concentrated on to help farmers cope with droughts. Also, farmers can cut emissions by improving fertilizer use. …”
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Characteristics of Commercial Urban Agriculture in Florida by Catherine G. Campbell

“… This publication provides an overview of the size, production methods, and market channels used by urban farms in Florida. It discusses urban farmers’ perceptions of barriers, opportunities, and needs for their operations. …”
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Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2004 Financial Summary by Russell Giesy, L. Ely, Albert de Vries, Brent Broaddus, Chris Vann, A. Bell

“…It is intended for general use by dairy farmers, the allied industry, and government and educational professionals. …”
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Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2004 Financial Summary by Russell Giesy, L. Ely, Albert de Vries, Brent Broaddus, Chris Vann, A. Bell

“…It is intended for general use by dairy farmers, the allied industry, and government and educational professionals. …”
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What do landowners need to know about the carbon market facing the opportunity of a new carbon income? by Ziwen Yu

“…It also provides an overview of the benefits and barriers of farmers’ or landowners’ participation in the carbon market, especially for Florida. …”
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: SARS-CoV2 in white-tailed deer by Samantha M Wisely

“…This publication provides information to the general public, hunters, and deer farmers as to what SARS CoV2 is, the evidence for COVID-19 in deer, and if people can get COVID-19 from deer. …”
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ANALISIS USAHATANI NENAS DI DESA KUALU NENAS KECAMATAN TAMBANG KABUPATEN KAMPAR ANALYSIS OF PINEAPPLE FARMING IN KUALU NENAS VILLAGE SUB-DISTRICT OF TAMBANG KAMPAR REGENCY by Khairani Khairani, Roza Yulida, Jumantri Yusri

“…The populations of this research are pineapple farmers with the 67 peoples were chosen at random to 35 farmers. …”
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Mediação social e agroecologia: trajetórias e desafios dos agentes do Núcleo Missões da Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia by Cristina Bremm, Everton Lazzaretti Picolotto

“…In southern Brazil was created the Ecovida Agroecology Network as a discussion and articulation space on agroecology, guiding a new mode of relationship between farmers and technicians. Considering this context, the purpose of this article is to deal with complexity in social mediation relations involving ecological farmers, technicians and leaders linked to Missões Nucleus from Ecovida Agroecology Network, located in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul state. …”
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Response of Yield and Quality Attributes to Plant Spacing In potato Growing. by Ekyatuheire, Maryusita

“…Therefore, it was recommended that farmers practice spacing since plant height was associated with high yields but there was a need for participatory sharing of experiences by experts, traditional farmers, and extension workers to make informed decisions on the optimal spacing.…”
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Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2003 Financial Summary by Albert de Vries, Russell Giesy, L. Ely, Brent Broaddus, C. Vann, B. Butler

“…It is intended for general use by dairy farmers, the allied industry, and government, and educational professionals. …”
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Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2003 Financial Summary by Albert de Vries, Russell Giesy, L. Ely, Brent Broaddus, C. Vann, B. Butler

“…It is intended for general use by dairy farmers, the allied industry, and government, and educational professionals. …”
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The Basics of Agricultural BMPs in Northern Florida and Southwestern Georgia by Martha C. Monroe, Charles E. Barrett

“…This fact sheet introduces non-farmers to agricultural BMPs. …”
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Reasons for decline and measures to promote Nili Ravi buffalo in its breeding tract by M. Gururaj, Krishan Ahuja, F..C. Tuteja, N. Saxena

“…Milk production performance, family pride and docile nature were the main reasons for most (~70%) of the selected farmers to keep Nili Ravi buffalo. However, frequent reproductive problems, less resale value, and off-breed characteristics (white patches) were the primary reasons that forced dairy farmers to shift from Nili Ravi to Murrah buffalo. …”
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SACCOs and Agricultural Production in Uganda: A Case Study of Kitenga Village in Kebisoni Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Nitwikiriza, Racheal

“…The study revealed the effects of the SACCOS loans on agricultural development in the Kebisoni sub-county, Rukungiri district and these included helping farmers to send their children to school and empowering the marginalized families, boosting food production, offering advisory services to farmers, SACCOS offering educative programs to farmers about better methods of farming, provision of emergency housing loans, SACCOS helps in Saving and mobilization, poverty reduction and strengthening of economic resilience, promote agribusiness enterprise. …”
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¬¬Effect of Soil and Moisture Conservation Technologies on Growth and Grain Yields of Climbing Beans in Lake Mulehe Sub-catchment South-Western Uganda. by Kushaba, Laban Katende

“…Sample studies of 100 farmers that were randomly selected were employed to identify the predominant soil and moisture conservation technologies using an observation checklist. …”
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