At a time when supporting honestly raised, regionally grown, sustainably minded food is on the lips of every self-respecting restaurant lover, why is it essentially impossible to make a stable living ...

A new study has found that deforestation for subsistence agriculture often occurs nearby commercial logging, mining and agriculture operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Shifting cultivation ...

It is important to identify the special characteristics of marketable surplus relations in a deficit village. Earlier studies have investigated the determinants of marketable surplus of subsistence ...

Agriculture is the leading industry in Africa—employing approximately 65% of the labor force—and is imperative for improving food security and addressing hunger. Since smallholder farmers generate up ...

Human Organization is the journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology and the leading peer reviewed outlet for scholarship in the applied social sciences. The journal advances SfAA's mission ...

Slash-and-burn agriculture is the practice of clearing and burning areas of vegetation to replenish the soil and grow food. Hundreds of millions of people around the world still rely on slash-and-burn ...

The experience of the last decades in developing countries has shown that agricultural subsistence-oriented small landholdings, many of which are managed by women, have not benefited from trade ...

In Cameroon, 60% of the working population works in the agricultural sector. And in the Far North region, where Boko Haram is wreaking havoc with people’s security and livelihoods, sorghum is the ...

Cultivating crops in humid conditions can be challenging, but certain varieties are well-suited to thrive in such climates ...