Millets: nutrient-rich and climate-resilient crops for sustainable agriculture and diverse culinary applications

A Sharma, SA Ceasar, H Pandey, VS Devadas… - Journal of Food …, 2025 - Elsevier
Millets have been recognized for their health benefits, resilience in challenging
environments, and versatility in cuisine, making them essential to global agriculture and …

Finger millet production in Ethiopia: Opportunities, problem diagnosis, key challenges and recommendations for breeding

A Gebreyohannes, H Shimelis, M Laing, I Mathew… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is a highly nutritious crop, predominantly grown
in the semi-arid tropics of the world. Finger millet has a niche market opportunity due to its …

Sustainable agricultural practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of adoption trends, impacts, and challenges among smallholder farmers.

A Sithole, OD Olorunfemi - 2024 - openscholar.ump.ac.za
Sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) remain the panacea to addressing challenges
relating to climate change, low rainfall, and low agricultural productivity in many rural parts of …

Economic impacts of land degradation: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

KV Angaman, A Mirzabaev… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation poses major environmental and economic problems to Côte d'Ivoire
because of the dependence of its economy on agriculture. There is a lot of literature …

Landrace and GM maize cultivars' selection choices among rural farming households in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

P Mukarumbwa, A Taruvinga - GM Crops & Food, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Maize plays a significant role among rural farming households in South Africa. The study
therefore estimated the drivers of maize cultivars' selection choices among rural farming …

Determinants of multiple maize technology package adoption in Ethiopia: evidence from the Sidama region

A Guye, T Tefera, M Sileshi, AK Edriss - Discover Food, 2024 - Springer
The adoption of improved agricultural technology packages is vital in Ethiopia, as the
expansion of cultivable land appears nearly exhausted and population size has …

Adoption of environmentally friendly agricultural technologies among smallholder farmers: The case of rocket barn technology in flue‐cured tobacco curing in Uganda

H Omara, W Odongo, EK Kule - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tobacco production, and curing is the single most important contributor to soil degradation
and deforestation in Uganda. To minimise the environmental effects associated with tobacco …

[PDF][PDF] Typology and prospects for the improvement of market gardening systems in South-Kivu, Eastern DR Congo

SS Ndjadi, RK Vumilia, LE Ahoton, A Saidou… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ruforum.org
Vegetables play a very important role in rural and urban communities as both food and a
business opportunity. They are fast-growing species, with high nutritional values and able to …

Mothers' beliefs about indigenous and traditional food affordability, availability and taste are significant predictors of indigenous and traditional food consumption …

CA Gewa, AC Onyango, FO Angano, B Stabile… - Public Health …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Objective: To examine mothers' and young children's consumption of indigenous and
traditional foods (ITF), assess mothers' perception of factors that influence ITF consumption …

Untangling the factors influencing finger millet production: Evidence from the Indian states

PS Swain, BB Mohanty… - … Social Science Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Our study focuses on the effect of agro‐based factors and human development indicators on
the production of finger millet in eight states of India. Departing from the past studies, we …