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    Farm Radio Trust to assess ICT agriculture impact
    (Nation Publication Limited, 2018-02)
    Farm Radio Trust (FRT) will carry out a three-year research study starting in 2018 to find out how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) impacts on agricultural productivity in Malawi. Alongside providing evidence about the effects of ICT on agricultural development in Malawi, the research aims to provide quicker ways of relaying messages to farmers, such as through cell phone technology. Findings of this study will feed ongoing development of a National Agriculture Extension Strategy. The article reviews the purposes of the study.
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    Impact of an enhanced homestead food production program on household food production and dietary intake of women aged 15-49 years and children aged 6-59 months : a pragmatic delayed cluster randomized control trial protocol
    (Medip Academy, 2017-10) Moumin, Najma A.; Hou, Kroeun; Michaux, Kristina D.; Stormer, Ame; Mundy, Gary
    The article outlines a proposal for scaling up the enhanced homestead food production (EHFP) program which provides agricultural inputs along with nutrition, hygiene, and gender empowerment training. This research evaluates the impact of EHFP on dietary intake of women and children and household food production. Once project areas are identified for scaling up, Helen Keller International (HKI) staff will hold meetings with chiefs of selected villages to inform them about the project objectives, strategy, and selection criteria for households and village model farms (VMFs)—demonstration farms that function as microenterprises supplying inputs and providing technical support to households in each village.
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    Farmer cooperatives in China : diverse pathways to sustainable rural Development
    (Taylor & Francis, 2013-11) Yiching Song; Gubo Qi; Yanyan Zhang; Vernooy, Ronnie
    In the midst of China's agricultural reform, new forms of farmer organization have emerged, some initiated by farmers themselves, but most through government intervention. Based on national survey data complemented by two in-depth case studies of rural cooperatives, an analysis is made of the roles and significance of these new farmer organizations. Chinese rural cooperatives predominantly facilitate economic cooperation and market integration. This is supported by agricultural policies and the Cooperative Law of 2007 oriented towards the commoditization of smallholder farming. There are some cooperatives not primarily motivated by commodity imperatives, but by the fulfilment of agro-ecological and socio-cultural functions. To date, the roles and significance of this non-mainstream type of rural cooperative has not received much attention. If China is to become a ‘green society’ as proclaimed by the government, more attention and support to this type of cooperatives seems warranted.
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    Seeds and synergies : innovating rural development in China
    (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) Yiching, Song; Vernooy, Ronnie
    The Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP) participatory plant breeding initiative in Guangxi is highlighted in this book. The book argues that a cooperative and complementary relationship between poor farmers and their ways of organizing the key features of rural life is urgently needed. Improved farmer organization could address the challenges of food security, well-being, sustainable natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. The book explores the potentials of existing plant varieties and the operational context of local farmer participation and farmer interactions with state-sponsored research and extension for achieving rural empowerment.