I empirically measure the effectiveness of high-yielding variety (HYV) seeds and irrigation in adapting to climate-related agricultural productivity shocks using data on agriculture production from 1966 to 2011. I find that the usage of these additional inputs in production reduces the impact of...

Peanut is Kenya's second most important legume after beans, primarily grown in the Nyanza and Western regions. This study maps the peanut value chain in Kenya, aiming to identify key actors, quantify costs and value addition, and outline constraints and opportunities, with a view to upgrading...

With the development of agricultural production, the demand for electricity correspondingly increases. To sustainably meet this demand, renewable energy sources (RESs) can be utilized. This paper explores the application of RES alternatives in agriculture to provide guidelines for enhancing...

This paper examines agriculture growth performance in 20 countries in West and Central Africa over 2001–23. Most countries in the region continued to depend on land expansion to raise agricultural output. However, two countries in West Africa, Ghana and Senegal, stand apart. Over these two...

This study investigates the impact of green agriculture product brand image and blockchain-based food traceability systems on enhancing product trust and its subsequent effects on online agriculture product purchase intention. As consumer demand for transparency and sustainability rises,...

This study aimed to examine the long and short-run relationships between credit market development and agricultural production using the Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) Bounds test for cointegration, as well as the direction of causality by using the Granger causality test. The results of...

We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender equality with child dietary and nutrition...

The food-population ratio has two determinants: population and agricultural production. The population is constantly growing, putting pressure on existing resources, which are becoming insufficient. Globally, agricultural production has grown at the same rate as population growth, but at...

Land subsidence threatens the living conditions of roughly 1.2 billion people worldwide in deltaic regions characterized by soft top soil. Economic activity in deltaic regions requires lowering the groundwater levels to keep the land sufficiently dry to maintain productivity, which, however,...

Peanut is Kenya's second most important legume after beans, primarily grown in the Nyanza and Western regions. This study maps the peanut value chain in Kenya, aiming to identify key actors, quantify costs and value addition, and outline constraints and opportunities, with a view to upgrading...