Impacts on greenhouse gas balance and rural economy after agroecology development in Itasy Madagascar

Rakotovao, Narindra H.; Chevallier, Tiphaine; Chapuis‐Lardy, Lydie; Deffontaines, Sylvain; Mathé, Syndhia; Ramarofidy, Mamonjiniaina Andriamirajo; Rakotoniamonjy, T.H.; Lepage, Adrien; Masso, Cargele; Albrecht, Alain; Razafimbelo, Tantely

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125220

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“…Regarding studies in sub-Saharan Africa (Western, Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa), some researchers incorporated multiple countries as their study area (Branca et al, 2021;Branca et al, 2022;Bryan et al, 2009;Kristjanson et al, 2012;Makate, Makate and Mango, 2017). Meanwhile, some researches have been done in a single country (Abi et al, 2019;Barbier et al, 2009;Musafiri et al, 2022;Rakotovao et al, 2021;Maggio, Mastrorillo and Sitko, 2022;Molua, 2022;Nwobodo et al, 2022;Samuel and Sylvia, 2019;Setsoafia, Ma and Renwick, 2022;Siulemba and Moodley, 2014;Wilk, Andersson and Warburton, 2013;Zeweld et al, 2018). Barbier et al (2009) found that farmers in Burkina Faso have adopted several techniques to increase yield and reduce its variability.…”

Section: Farmers In Developing Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Growing land scarcity and new market opportunities are why farmers adopt those practices. Meanwhile, Rakotovao et al (2021) utilized several scenarios related to agroecology in Madagascar and found that the practice can help increase smallholder farmers' productivity and profitability in the long run while mitigating CC. Nwobodo et al (2022) found that economic benefits such as financial inclusion schemes can be considered to motivate Nigerian farmers to adopt a 'greener' practice.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries

Hilmi,

Tóth,

Gabnai

et al. 2024

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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Farmers struggle to combat uncertain climate issues while encountering pressure on conventional farming practices that lead to carbon emissions, water and soil pollution, and other environmental harms. A growing body of literature investigated circular economy and sustainable practices to support environmental-friendly agriculture activities while providing opportunities for farmers to improve their farm income. Therefore, a study synthesizing previous literature while identifying actual policy to boost farmers’ implementation of sustainable agriculture is worthwhile. Using the Systematic Literature Review analysis, this paper aims to identify farmers’ views on climate change adaptation and mitigation, challenges in implementing circular economy and sustainable practices, and policies to support farmers’ transition toward sustainable agriculture in developed and developing countries. We found that (1) farmers’ awareness of climate change, knowledge and skills are prominent for adapting and mitigating climate change in both types of countries, (2) farmland size, risks of income loss, and training and extension services influenced farmers’ adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change in developing countries, (3) farmers in both types of countries experienced uncertainty in economic profits and legislative issues when adopting sustainable practices, while farmers in developing countries issued significant up-front expenses to acquire technology to adopt sustainable practices, (4) financial access and incentives through policy can be valuable to develop sustainable livelihoods, especially for farm households.

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Section: Farmers In Developing Countriesmentioning

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Section: Farmers In Developing Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries

Hilmi,

Tóth,

Gabnai

et al. 2024

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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“…3d). As zebu and poultry often roam free, manure can be difficult to collect and farmers might lack training and skills for compost production from manure, rice straw and household greens (Alvarez et al, 2014;Bloesch, 1999;Kull, 1998;Rakotovao et al, 2021). Thus, many smallholders in eastern Madagascar might not be aware of the yield gap caused by no or low nutrient compensation after harvests in rainfed and irrigated rice simply because they do not have access to or experience with fertiliser.…”

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Constraints on Rice Cultivation in Eastern Madagascar: Which Factors Matter to Smallholders, and Which Influence Food Security?

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In the eastern rainforests of Madagascar, rainfed swidden rice cultivation remains prevalent despite efforts to encourage uptake of irrigated systems to reduce deforestation. We used agricultural surveys with a stratified sample of 171 households to investigate constraints on and productivity of irrigated and rainfed rice perceived by farmers, and actual rice yields. Irrigated rice plots had higher median yields (1.72 t/ha compared to 0.62 t/ha), but farmers perceived the type of rice cultivation they practised themselves as more productive, possibly reflecting differences in the land suitability, farmers experience, and other constraints. While some factors, such as pests and water, were mentioned to limit yields, access to fertiliser was not frequently mentioned by smallholders. Higher food security was related to irrigated rice farming, higher rice yields, and owning more livestock. Conservation initiatives need to target households with and without access to irrigable land to improve food security and reduce deforestation, as exclusively promoting a cessation of swidden agriculture is neglecting its cultural value and the scarcity of irrigable land in the region.

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“…The use of agrochemicals to enhance crop yield endangers biodiversity and ecosystems (Malaj et al, 2020). Reduced fertilizer usage by replacing it with biofertilizers (Klaic et al, 2021;Tsachidou et al, 2021), ensuring a sustained release of nutrients using amendments such as biochar (Ullah et al, 2020) and nanoparticles (Avellan et al, 2021), soil organic carbon sequestration (Abera et al, 2021;Brombin et al, 2020;Mancinelli et al, 2020), crop rotation (Hirzel et al, 2021;Shrestha et al, 2020), intercropping (Shah et al, 2021), adoption of agroecological practices (Abbasi Surki et al, 2021;Rakotovao et al, 2021), utilization of crop residues for maintaining soil fertility (Berazneva et al, 2018; are important for ensuring socio-ecological sustainability.…”

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Bibliometric Analysis of Peer Reviewed Literature on Sustainable Agriculture Research – Challenges and Prospects

Sharma¹,

Sisodia²

2021

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With the need to fulfil the rising food demands of the increasing population, the agriculture sector faces a huge challenge. The issue is compounded by climatic change, severe shortage of water, increasing salinity, habitat vulnerability and pollution amongst others. Considerable emphasis worldwide is focused on research aimed to sustain as well increase agricultural productivity. The present study focuses on systematically mapping the thrust areas of research related to sustainable agriculture based on search results from SCOPUS database. The retrieved data was analysed using VOS viewer application program to create network maps based on term co-occurrence analysis. The analysis further provides insight into the most active authors, countries, institutions as well as citations. A total of 12,261 documents were retrieved. A significant increase in the number of publications was seen in the last decade. The retrieved documents were contributed by authors belonging to 156 countries and had an average of 6.24 citations per document with an h-index of 40. Cluster analysis highlighted three focus areas of research- (1) sustainable agriculture (2) factors affecting crop yield and (3) basic research into plant growth, metabolism, development and aging. The underlying principle of all the research programs pertain to the use of innovative technologies and judicious use of resources for maximal production with due importance to environmental, economic and social aspects.

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Impacts on greenhouse gas balance and rural economy after agroecology development in Itasy Madagascar

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries

Farmers’ resilience to climate change through the circular economy and sustainable agriculture: a review from developed and developing countries

Constraints on Rice Cultivation in Eastern Madagascar: Which Factors Matter to Smallholders, and Which Influence Food Security?

Bibliometric Analysis of Peer Reviewed Literature on Sustainable Agriculture Research – Challenges and Prospects

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