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Evaluation of farm programmes in the 2014 US farm bill: a review of the literature.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Content type: Bulletin

Main changes to US farm programmes under the 2014 Farm Bill aim to strengthen instruments for risk management, both in commodity and in crop insurance...

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Rwanda climate services for agriculture: evaluation of farmers' awareness, use and impacts.

Published online: 03 Jun 2020

Authors: Birachi, E. & Kagabo, D. M. & Hansen, J. & Mutua, M. & Mbugua, M. & Chiputwa, B. & Rose, A. & Dawit Solomon

Content type: Bulletin

Climate services are important in helping smallholder farmers manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change, especially for rainfed agricul...

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How do individual farmers' objectives influence the evaluation of rangeland management strategies under a variable climate?

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Jakoby, O. & Quaas, M. F. & Müller, B. & Baumgärtner, S. & Frank, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management decisions by farmers are influenced by complex interrelations of ecological, economic and social factors. Of equal importance are the indiv...

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People-nature interactions through the Lens of local ecological knowledge: an illustration on agroforests in Madagascar.

Published online: 28 Sep 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Mariel, J. & Carrière, S. M. & Penot, E. & Danthu, P. & Rafidison, V. & Labeyrie, V.

Content type: Blog

This research deals with farmers' knowledge on plant diversity management in agroforests through the case study of the Betsimisaraka farmers on the No...

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Agricultural specialisation increases the vulnerability of pollination services for smallholder farmers.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Timberlake, T. P. & Cirtwill, A. R. & Sapkota, S. & Bhusal, D. R. & Devkota, K. & Karki, R. & Joshi, D. & Saville, N. M. & Kortsch, S. & Baral, S. & Roslin, T. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Smallholder farms make up 84% of all farms worldwide and feed 2 billion people. These farms are heavily reliant on ecosystem services and vulnerable t...

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Driving mechanism for farmers to adopt agroecology for biodiversity conservation: inspiration from tea management in a China National Park.

Published online: 10 Nov 2024

Authors: He SiYuan & Wang BoJie

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conflicts arising from human activities and biodiversity value affect the conservation efficacy of protected areas. Resolving these conflicts requires...

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Farmer perception and utilization of leaf functional traits in managing agroecosystems.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Isaac, M. E. & Cerda, R. & Rapidel, B. & Martin, A. R. & Dickinson, A. K. & Sibelet, N. & Cheyne, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Using knowledge of leaf functional traits, such as those forming the leaf economics spectrum (LES), to understand plant responses to environmental cha...

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Poor convergence between local traditional farmers and conservationists on which species to protect locally.

Published online: 09 Nov 2024

Authors: Ulicsni, V. & Molnár, Z. & Szentirmai, I. & Babai, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Locals engaged in traditional farming and possessing traditional ecological knowledge consider certain species worthy of protection, as do official na...

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Climate change adaptation in coastal shrimp aquaculture: a case from northwestern Sri Lanka.

Published online: 07 Aug 2019

Authors: Galappaththi, E. & Berkes, F. & Ford, J.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Unexpected temperature variations and rainfall patterns have direct, adverse impacts on shrimp farmers in northwestern Sri Lanka. Specifically, changi...

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Insurance for aquaculture and fishery adaptation to climate change: experiences from China and Viet Nam.

Published online: 07 Aug 2019

Authors: Pongthanapanich, T. & Kim Anh Nguyen & Yuan XinHua

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The broad concept of insurance as a risk management tool and a climate change adaptation strategy in aquaculture and fishery has been widely accepted ...

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