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Transformative Systems Integration for Sustainable Agriculture: A Quantitative Framework for Optimizing Production, Consumption, and Environmental Outcomes Across Smallholder Typologies.

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Názov: Transformative Systems Integration for Sustainable Agriculture: A Quantitative Framework for Optimizing Production, Consumption, and Environmental Outcomes Across Smallholder Typologies.
Autori: Sidik, Mutala Gawusu1 (AUTHOR), Moomin, Solahudeen Tando2 (AUTHOR) gawususidique@gmail.com, Froko, Ismail Umar‐Faruk3 (AUTHOR), Gawusu, Sidique4 (AUTHOR) gawususidique@gmail.com, Abdul‐Fatawu, Mohammed5 (AUTHOR), Ahmed, Abubakari5 (AUTHOR), Amadu, Ayesha Algade6 (AUTHOR)
Zdroj: Sustainable Development. Oct2025, p1. 27p. 6 Illustrations.
Predmety: *SYSTEM integration, *QUANTITATIVE research, *MONTE Carlo method, *AGRICULTURAL biotechnology, *MATHEMATICAL programming, *INNOVATION adoption, SUSTAINABLE agriculture, AGRICULTURAL development
Abstrakt: ABSTRACT Traditional approaches focus on singular interventions without addressing system complexity or farmer heterogeneity. This study advances agricultural development methodology by creating the first quantitative framework integrating farmer typology analysis with comprehensive scenario planning to optimize intervention combinations under uncertainty. Using cluster analysis of survey data from 240 farming households across three Northern regions, the study identified four farmer types and evaluated intervention performance across four scenarios through Monte Carlo simulations incorporating mathematical modeling of synergistic and antagonistic effects. The research highlights a technology‐welfare paradox where farmers with the highest technology adoption (90.4%) experienced the greatest food insecurity (51.7%), challenging fundamental assumptions in agricultural development theory that link technological advancement linearly to welfare outcomes. Technology‐focused interventions showed high returns (Benefit–Cost Ratio [BCR] 2.7) for technology‐adopting specialists but limited benefits (BCR 1.3) for resource‐constrained farmers, while market‐oriented interventions generated superior returns (BCR 3.1) for medium‐scale commercial farmers. The study provides the first comprehensive robustness analysis identifying three universally effective “no‐regret” interventions: market information systems, water management practices, and appropriately sized credit (robustness scores 0.89–0.94 across all scenarios). Mathematical modeling of intervention interactions documented synergy coefficients ranging from 0.83 (antagonistic) to 1.83 (strongly synergistic), providing an empirical foundation for systems‐based approaches previously lacking quantitative evidence. The Integrated Support Package delivered 36%–54% higher returns than single‐focus interventions across all farmer types, demonstrating emergent system properties characteristic of transformative rather than incremental change. These methodological and empirical innovations establish a replicable analytical framework for context‐specific intervention design with global applicability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstrakt:ABSTRACT Traditional approaches focus on singular interventions without addressing system complexity or farmer heterogeneity. This study advances agricultural development methodology by creating the first quantitative framework integrating farmer typology analysis with comprehensive scenario planning to optimize intervention combinations under uncertainty. Using cluster analysis of survey data from 240 farming households across three Northern regions, the study identified four farmer types and evaluated intervention performance across four scenarios through Monte Carlo simulations incorporating mathematical modeling of synergistic and antagonistic effects. The research highlights a technology‐welfare paradox where farmers with the highest technology adoption (90.4%) experienced the greatest food insecurity (51.7%), challenging fundamental assumptions in agricultural development theory that link technological advancement linearly to welfare outcomes. Technology‐focused interventions showed high returns (Benefit–Cost Ratio [BCR] 2.7) for technology‐adopting specialists but limited benefits (BCR 1.3) for resource‐constrained farmers, while market‐oriented interventions generated superior returns (BCR 3.1) for medium‐scale commercial farmers. The study provides the first comprehensive robustness analysis identifying three universally effective “no‐regret” interventions: market information systems, water management practices, and appropriately sized credit (robustness scores 0.89–0.94 across all scenarios). Mathematical modeling of intervention interactions documented synergy coefficients ranging from 0.83 (antagonistic) to 1.83 (strongly synergistic), providing an empirical foundation for systems‐based approaches previously lacking quantitative evidence. The Integrated Support Package delivered 36%–54% higher returns than single‐focus interventions across all farmer types, demonstrating emergent system properties characteristic of transformative rather than incremental change. These methodological and empirical innovations establish a replicable analytical framework for context‐specific intervention design with global applicability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:09680802
DOI:10.1002/sd.70284