A scoping review of adoption of climate-resilient crops by small-scale producers in low-and middle-income countries

M Acevedo, K Pixley, N Zinyengere, S Meng, H Tufan… - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Climate-resilient crops and crop varieties have been recommended as a way for farmers to
cope with or adapt to climate change, but despite the apparent benefits, rates of adoption by …

[PDF][PDF] Metal hyperaccumulation in plants: a review focusing on phytoremediation technology

H Sarma - Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2011 - researchgate.net
A ISTRA ("|" Metal hyperaccumulation is a characteristic present in over 500 plant species
and approximately in 0.2% of all angiosperms. Hyperaccumulators are model plants for …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Adoption of interrelated sustainable agricultural practices in smallholder systems: Evidence from rural Tanzania

M Kassie, M Jaleta, B Shiferaw, F Mmbando… - … forecasting and social …, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil fertility depletion is considered one of the main biophysical limiting factors for increasing
per capita food production for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The adoption and …

Adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices in rural Ethiopia

H Teklewold, M Kassie… - Journal of agricultural …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The adoption and diffusion of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) has become an
important issue in the development‐policy agenda for sub‐Saharan Africa, especially as a …

[HTML][HTML] Farmer's perception and factors determining the adaptation decisions to cope with climate change: An evidence from rural India

CK Jha, V Gupta - Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
The farmer's adaptation decision to cope with climate change has drawn considerable
attention and recognition of the local and global scale's human-environmental approach. In …

Determinants of farmers' choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia

TT Deressa, RM Hassan, C Ringler, T Alemu… - Global environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study identifies the major methods used by farmers to adapt to climate change in the
Nile Basin of Ethiopia, the factors that affect their choice of method, and the barriers to …

Adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia and South Africa: options and constraints

E Bryan, TT Deressa, GA Gbetibouo… - Environmental science & …, 2009 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to adversely affect agricultural production in Africa. Because
agricultural production remains the main source of income for most rural communities in the …

Perception of and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile basin of Ethiopia

TT Deressa, RM Hassan, C Ringler - The Journal of Agricultural …, 2011 - cambridge.org
The present study employed the Heckman sample selection model to analyse the two-step
process of adaptation to climate change, which initially requires farmers' perception that …

Effects of soil and water conservation techniques on crop yield, runoff and soil loss in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review

K Wolka, J Mulder, B Biazin - Agricultural water management, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil erosion by water is one of the main causes of land degradation and reduced agricultural
productivity in Africa leading to an estimated annual loss in crop yield of 280 million tons. To …