Agriculture

Determinants of the risk perception of farmer–herder conflicts: evidence from rural Nigeria

Submitted by Agha Inya on
EfD Authors:
Nnaji, Amaka

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the social, economic and demographic determinants of rural households' risk perception of farmer–herder (FH) conflicts in Nigeria. The paper also investigates two aspects of FH conflict risk perception relating to food production and physical insecurity.Design/methodology/approachA FH conflict risk perception model is constructed and tested using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), ordinary least squares (OLS) and seemingly unrelated regression equation (SURE) models.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture

Training Manual on Climate Smart Agriculture Practices for Belize: Animal Management

Submitted by Daniel Hernandez on
EfD Authors:
Mercado, Leida

The Training Manual on Climate Smart Agriculture Practices for Belize is intended to be used by technicians and teams working within the Extension Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration (MAFFESDI) of Belize, as well as personnel from both Agriculture and Cooperative Departments. Additionally, the manual can be used by technicians linked to producer organizations or agriculture research and development centers. 

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Agriculture, Climate Change, Land

Comparing farmers’ willingness to pay with costs of clean sweet potato seed multiplication in Kenya

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Ateka, Josiah

The production of sweet potato has the potential to address food insecurity and malnutrition in the context of climate change. However, sustainable production of sweet potato is hampered by poor access to quality seed. We assess the level and determinants of farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for clean seed among smallholder sweet potato farmers and compare the estimated WTP with the cost of seed multiplication. Data for the paper were collected from 383 sweet potato farmers and 30 sweet potato seed multipliers in Kenya.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture
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“Building long-term relationships with policymakers is the biggest challenge”

Twenty researchers from the Global South who obtained their doctor’s degree five years ago or less are participating in the EfD’s Early Career Fellowship program. The purpose of the program is to…

| Agriculture, Air Quality, Biodiversity, Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, Conservation, Covid-19, Energy, Experiments, Fisheries, Forestry, Gender, Health, Land, Policy Design, Urban, Waste, Water | Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam

Drivers of organic farming: Lab-in-the-field evidence of the role of social comparison and information nudge in networks in Vietnam

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Phu, Nguyen Van

This study examines factors determining farmers’ investment in organic farming using a contextualized lab-in-the-field experiment with 220 small household farmers in Northern Vietnam. We focus on the role of network structure, information nudge, and social comparison between farmers using three types of networks: circle, star and complete. Our results suggest that, on average, around 64% of the land is invested in organic farming in the complete network in which each farmer is connected to all of the others, while only about 57% of the land is invested in the circle and star network.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Experiments, Policy Design
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