There is growing interest in multi-species tropical plantations but little information exists to guide their design and silviculture. The Rainforestation Farming system is the oldest tropical polyculture planting system in the Philippines and provides a unique opportunity to understand the...

In the rush toward securing food supplies and saving nature, agroecosystems such as smallholder farming landscapes in the tropics appear at times to be a missed opportunity. Efforts tend to focus instead on two distinct pathways in separate portions of the landscape: efficient agriculture in larger ...

Elucidation of factors influencing utilization of introduced forages is critical in formulation of interventions to foster their integration into smallholder dairy production systems. The study sought to identify introduced forages cultivated by farmers and the socio-economic factors influencing...

Maize provides an important source of forage for the maize-dairy farmers in Kenya. However, due to small farm size, maize cannot supply all the feed needed for dairy cattle and forage is in short supply in the dry seasons. This paper examines practices to increase the health and use of maize and...

This study explores the characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in swine and their human handlers in a convenience sample of 35 farms in Connecticut. Husbandry practices are clearly different from better-known concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) with less intensive rearing...

Since the 1960s both large- and small-scale Zimbabwean maize farmers have been replacing open pollinated varieties (OPVs) with locally developed hybrids. By the 1990s, most were buying hybrid seed, though the adoption rates of new seed types were slowing. With the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy ...

Many farmers in central Mozambique intercrop maize with grain legumes as a means to improve food security and income. The objective of this study was to understand the farming system, and to evaluate the suitability of maize-legume intercropping to alleviate the biophysical and socio-economic...

This paper discusses the challenges which need to be addressed in order to enhance sugarcane/sugar productivity and sustain soil health: (i) continuously decreasing size of land holdings with time and increasing population, (ii) shortage of labour for performing various field operations, (iii)...

The Permanent Preservation Areas (PPA) were established by the Brazilian Forest Code in 1965. Although its objective is to protect the water resources, the PPA have caused conflicts with small agriculturists, especially in the Atlantic Forest. In São Bonifácio, the geographic and historic-cultural...

In southern Aragua state, Venezuela - an area regarded as high priority for local and national development - important sources of income and traditions are related to a history of manufacturing wood products including furniture and woodcraft made of the native tree species Samanea saman. However,...