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472 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 3,215 Agricultural Innovations and Practices papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • Investigate the impact of collective action on farmers' intention to adopt sustainable crop residue management practices in other regions, - Examine the effect of access to resources on farmers' adoption of sustainable residue management practices

    Collective Action and Farmers’ Intentions to Adopt Sustainable Crop Residue Management: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in understanding how collective action influences farmers' intentions to adopt sustainable crop residue management practices. The findings suggest that economic and infrastructural constraints are significant barriers to adoption. The study highlights the need to address these constraints to promote sustainable agriculture.

    Collective Action and Farmers’ Intentions to Adopt Sustainable Crop Residue Management: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan · 2026 · DOI

  • The challenge of feed shortages and low-quality feed in livestock production. The difficulty of inadequate feeding and management systems. The need to address the weak market linkages in the livestock sector.

    Gender Dynamics in Areqe and Atela Feed Production and Utilization in Arsi Negele Town, Southern Ethiopia · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigate the impact of areqe and atela production on the local economy, - Examine the effects of climate change on areqe and atela production, - Study the potential for areqe and atela to be used as a source of nutrition for humans

    Gender Dynamics in Areqe and Atela Feed Production and Utilization in Arsi Negele Town, Southern Ethiopia · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the existing literature on the role of different extension media in climate-vulnerable areas. It highlights the importance of understanding the socio-demographic characteristics of farmers and their impact on agricultural extension access. The paper notes that the average level of education among farmers is low, which may limit their access to agricultural information.

    Enhancing Agricultural Extension Access: The Role of Different Extension Media in Climate-Vulnerable Areas of Bangladesh · 2026 · DOI

  • The study faced challenges related to data quality and respondent participation. The research had to contend with the complexity of farmers' communication preferences and the need for nuanced understanding of their socio-demographic characteristics. The study had to balance the need for representative sampling with the practical constraints of data collection in a rural setting.

    Communication channels for promoting regenerative agricultural practices among maize farmers: preferences and predictors in Ghana’s transitional belt · 2026 · DOI

  • smallholder farmers face chronic poverty traps due to unexpected income shortfalls. high transaction costs lead to strong price fluctuations and low margins. limited access to vital assets and complementary resources reduces the value added created by smallholders.

    What Smallholders Want: Effective Strategies for Rural Poverty Reduction · 2024 · DOI

  • The final impact of development programs remains rather limited due to insufficient understanding of key challenges that smallholder families are facing, - Many well-intended initiatives for reinforcing smallholder production systems and for strengthening their commercial relationships meet conceptual and practical limitations that reduce their effectiveness, - The behavioural drivers for smallholder decision-making are little understood

    What Smallholders Want: Effective Strategies for Rural Poverty Reduction · 2024 · DOI

  •  Originality: This study contributes rare, in-depth, multi-stakeholder qualitative evidence, spanning farmers, extension officers, regulators, industry, and financial institutions, on FinTech adoption in an underexplored agricultural context.

    Beyond Connectivity: A Qualitative Exploration of Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on FinTech-Driven Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • Purpose: Quantitative evidence increasingly confirms that digital infrastructure and FinTech adoption drive financial inclusion among smallholder farmers, but the lived, behavioural, and relational mechanisms underlying these statistical relationships remain poorly understood.

    Beyond Connectivity: A Qualitative Exploration of Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on FinTech-Driven Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • Notably, over 83% of farmers across all fertilizer categories still fall below profitability levels when they lack timely access to high-price markets, indicating that fertilizer use alone is insufficient to ensure economic viability.

    Modeling the profitability potential of inorganic fertilizer use for maize production in Tanzania under seasonal price volatility · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite its importance, the profitability of maize production under different fertilizer regimes remains poorly understood, especially for smallholder farmers operating across diverse agroecological environments.

    Modeling the profitability potential of inorganic fertilizer use for maize production in Tanzania under seasonal price volatility · 2026 · DOI

  • However, analysis of their sustainability strategies and challenges remains underexplored in Kenya, particularly at the community level.

    Sustainability strategies and challenges of selected community seed banks in Kenya · 2026 · DOI

  • However, limited evidence exists on how farmers’ communication preferences influence the adoption of regenerative agricultural practices (RAPs).

    Communication channels for promoting regenerative agricultural practices among maize farmers: preferences and predictors in Ghana’s transitional belt · 2026 · DOI

  • Integrated land–soil–crop information systems are increasingly important for supporting climate-smart agricultural planning and implementation, yet their development in Eastern Africa is constrained by fragmented mandates, weak technical capacity, and limited data interoperability.

    Integrated Land, Soil and Crop Information Systems in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda: Institutional Readiness and Implications for Climate-Smart Agriculture · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite the growing recognition of diversification as a resilience strategy to support income portfolios, limited empirical evidence exists on the specific patterns and determinants of income diversification in remote and under-researched areas such as Guliso District of western Ethiopia.

    Patterns, determinants and contributions of rural livelihood diversification strategies among smallholder farmers in Guliso District, Western Ethiopia · 2025 · DOI

  • However, the effective uptake of CI in rural areas remains limited, and few studies have examined the underlying challenges.

    From access to willingness to pay: analyzing drivers and barriers in smallholder farmers’ sequential decision-making on climate information services adoption using the double-selection probit model · 2025 · DOI

  • However, limited studies are available on the role of local farmers in the farming system, traditional practices, management, and conservation approaches.

    Enset a drought-tolerant and food-secure crop: the role of local farmers in managing and conserving its genetic resources · 2025 · DOI

  • Although many studies have analyzed the impact of IU on agricultural green production technologies, the relationship between IU and farmers’ DIGPTA remains poorly understood.

    Can internet use promote farmers’ diversity in green production technology adoption? Empirical evidence from rural China · 2025 · DOI

  • In particular, the mechanism by which IU influences farmers’ DIGPTA remains unclear.

    Can internet use promote farmers’ diversity in green production technology adoption? Empirical evidence from rural China · 2025 · DOI

  • , direct-seeded rice (DSR) and zero-tillage (ZT) maize) is rarely examined in developing countries.

    Assessing farmers’ willingness to adopt conservation agricultural practices through an extended theory of planned behavior · 2025 · DOI

  • The newly established Centre for Electronics in Agriculture at the University of like that Downloaded by [University of Montana] at 13:42 03 April 2015 In/ormation Technology in Agriculture 361 New England could possibly fulfil the effectiveness of any national unit would be limited by the vast distances between farming areas in Australia and state responsibility for agricultural extension.

    ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN AGRICULTURE · 1986 · DOI

  • Infrastructural limitations in the extension system. Financial and human resource limitations in the extension system. Limited reach and effectiveness of traditional extension methods.

    Evaluating the effects of in-person and virtual agro-advisories dissemination on farmer adoption rates—a case study of Rice Crop Manager, Odisha, India · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of the effects of in-person and virtual agro-advisories dissemination on farmer adoption rates. The study highlights the need for more research on the role of ICT-enabled agro-advisories in agricultural extension.

    Evaluating the effects of in-person and virtual agro-advisories dissemination on farmer adoption rates—a case study of Rice Crop Manager, Odisha, India · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a challenge in the lack of knowledge of farmers on contract farming. The study also identifies a challenge in the reliance of farmers on extension agents for agricultural information.

    ASSESSMENT OF FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE ON CONTRACT FARMING IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA. · 2026 · DOI

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