The role of farmers' networks in sourcing planting material and information in a context of agroforestry transition in Madagascar

Juliette Mariel, Isabelle Sanchez, Nicolas Verzelen, François Massol, Stéphanie M. Carrière and Vanesse Labeyrie

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 217, issue C

Abstract: Crop diversity contributes to the resilience of agroecosystems by enhancing their capacity to adapt to perturbations. Farmers' access to crop planting material and information required for their, is crucial as it allows farmers to maintain a high level of crop diversity and adapt their crop portfolio to the changing social-ecological context. Despite their presumed importance for the resilience of small farms, the processes that influence farmers' access to the planting material of new crops and the information associated have rarely been studied.

Keywords: Social network; Planting material; Information; Agrobiodiversity; Agroforestry; Resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103906

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