Jelle Van Loon, Lennart Woltering, Timothy J. Krupnik, Frédéric Baudron et al.
There is great untapped potential for farm mechanization to support rural development initiatives in low- and middle-income countries. As technology transfer of large machinery from high-income countries was ineffective during the 1980s and 90s, mechanization options were developed appropriate to re...
Jelle Van Loon, Timothy J. Krupnik, Jesús A. López-Gómez, Jagadish Timsina et al.
Precision planting represents an opportunity for farmers to increase income. Seeders and associated seed meters are prerequisite to achieve optimal plant density. However, to assure seed meter performance in smallholder conditions, a comprehensive procedure is lacking. This study develops a methodol...
Nallely Sánchez-López, Germán David Mendoza Martínez, María Eugenia de la Torre-Hernández, Pedro Abel Hernández-García et al.
In small-scale livestock production systems, low-quality diets constrain animal performance and increase enteric emissions, but both these impacts can be remediated using optimized feeding strategies. An experiment was conducted with lambs fed at two levels—maintenance (MN) and growth (GR)—using mul...