Farmers' risk preferences in 11 European farming systems: A multi‐country replication of Bocquého et al.(2014)

J Rommel, J Sagebiel, MC Baaken… - Applied Economic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We replicate Bocquého et al.(2014), who used multiple price lists to investigate the risk
preferences of 107 French farmers. We collected new data from 1430 participants in 11 …

Short supply chains and the adoption of fungus‐resistant grapevine varieties

R Finger, L Zachmann… - … Perspectives and Policy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using fungus‐resistant grapevine varieties can reduce pesticide use substantially, while
maintaining production quantity and quality. Using survey data from 775 producers in …

[PDF][PDF] Fertilizer and soil health in Africa: The role of fertilizer in building soil health to sustain farming and address climate change

B Vanlauwe, T Amede, A Bationo, P Bindraban… - 2023 - agritrop.cirad.fr
Soil health is commonly defined as the ability to generate sufficient crop yields while
maintaining the future productive capacity of soils and the ecosystem services soils regulate …

Woodchips or potato chips? How enhancing soil carbon and reducing chemical inputs influence the allocation of cropland

S Rössert, E Gosling, M Gandorfer, T Knoke - Agricultural Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Context Farmers are facing increasing pressure to practice multifunctional agriculture.
Producing woody biomass through short rotation coppices (SRC) provides an economic …

Risk aversion, impatience, and adoption of conservation agriculture practices among smallholders in Zambia

E Simutowe, H Ngoma, M Manyanga, JV Silva… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Sustainable agricultural practices such as conservation agriculture have been promoted in
southern Africa for nearly three decades, but their adoption remains low. It is of policy …

Agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: hiring service transactions, mechanization clusters and land consolidation

YD Tefera, BG Awoke - Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and …, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose Agriculture in Ethiopia relies heavily on traditional farm power sources and is
designated by the lowest farm machinery access, in contrast to other Sub-Sahara African …

Sustainable intensification technologies and farm performance: evidence from smallholder sorghum farmers in Nigeria

AY Kamara, O Oyinbo, HA Ajeigbe… - … Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The empirical literature on plot-level adoption of sustainable intensification technologies
(SITs), as a package comprising improved crop varieties and good agronomic management …

Stimulating risk averse farmers to adopt microbial applications

AF Tensi, F Ang - Q Open, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Increasing agricultural production, while decreasing its impact on the environment is a
global challenge. Sustainable innovations, such as microbial applications, can play an …

Risk attitudes and innovation in Dutch arable farming

J Höhler, A Tensi, J Sok - Q Open, 2023 - academic.oup.com
On-farm innovations have the potential to increase both agricultural productivity and income
while mitigating environmental impacts. However, as adopting innovations can lead to risks …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of seaweed improved farming techniques among farmers in Zanzibar: an application of Adoption and diffusion Outcome prediction tool

RA Lumenyela, O Magasha, P Dimosso - Social Sciences & Humanities …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed at predicting adoption of learned improved seaweed techniques among
seaweed farmers in Zanzibar. Specifically, it predicts the adoption rate of improved seaweed …