{"id":24,"date":"2015-03-05T15:10:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2021-09-13T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:03:01","slug":"issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues Involving Smallholder Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-145 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/smallholderagriculture.wpagsci.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2015\/03\/MadibiraInterviewOpt.jpg\" alt=\"MadibiraInterviewOpt\" width=\"370\" height=\"262\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2015\/03\/MadibiraInterviewOpt.jpg 370w, https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2015\/03\/MadibiraInterviewOpt-300x212.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 370px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 370\/262;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 30px\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif\"><strong>\u201cA little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain and drinking largely sobers us again\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: small\"><strong><em>Alexander Pope,\u00a01711<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>T<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">his page forms the table of contents to the key issues of the web site. It looks at the different issues that may need some more in-depth consideration to make certain development projects have the maximum positive impact on the smallholder beneficiaries and the Millennium Development Goals can be met. It looks at those issues that may have been overlooked as well as those that may be institutionalized into the development process well beyond their effectiveness in providing sustainable assistance to the smallholder beneficiaries.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong>Economic Environment<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/financially-suppressed-economy-2\/\"><strong>Financially Suppressed Economy<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; Impact on Development <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Consumer Price Comparisons: USA vs. Host Country\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/consumer-price-comparisons-usa-vs-host-country\/\"><strong>Consumer Prices\u00a0Comparison: USA vs. Host Country<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 30% discount on prices, but 85% reduction in wages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Financially Stalled Governments\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/financially-stalled-governments\/\"><strong>Financially Stalled Governments <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; What can they be asked to do? <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Impact of Financially Stalled Government: Limited Variety Improvement &amp; Seed Certification\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/impact-of-financially-stalled-government-limited-variety-improvement-seed-certification\/\"><strong>Variety Improvement<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Deferred to IARCs <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Informal Income Opportunities: Seed \u2013 Fertilizer Voucher Program of Afghanistan\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/informal-income-opportunities-seed-fertilizer-voucher-program-of-afghanistan\/\"><strong>Informal Income<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"InformalIncome.htm\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/a> Seed &amp; Fertilizer Voucher Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Development Process <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Project Development Process: Who Represents the Smallholders?\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/project-development-process-who-represents-the-smallholders\/\"><strong>Project Development Process<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Who Represents the Smallholder <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Development Hierarchy \u2013 Four Layers of Isolation\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/development-hierarchy-four-layers-of-isolation\/\"><strong>Development Hierarchy<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; <\/strong>Four Layers of Isolation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Monitoring &amp; Evaluation: The Voice of the Beneficiaries\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/monitoring-evaluation-the-voice-of-the-beneficiaries\/\"><strong><span class=\"link\">Monitoring &amp; Evaluation:<\/span> <\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The Voice of the Beneficiaries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/mel-impressive-numbers-but-of-what-purpose-deceiving-the-tax-paying-public\/\"><strong>MEL \u2013 Impressive Numbers but for What Purpose:<\/strong><\/a> Deceiving the Tax Paying Public??<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/appeasement-reporting-in-development-projects-satisfying-donors-at-the-expense-of-beneficiaries\/\"><strong>\u2018Appeasement Reporting\u2019<\/strong> <\/a>in Development Projects: Satisfying Donors at the Expense of Beneficiaries (A Next Billion Article)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/OperationalFeasibility.pdf\">Operational Feasibility Of Innovations<\/a><\/strong>: An Administrative Void in Development (AID &amp; International Development Forum)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Basic Premise: Was Something Overlooked?\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/basic-premise-was-something-overlooked\/\"><strong>Basic Premise<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; Was Something Overlooked? <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Delayed Adopters \u2013 Limited Knowledge or Limited Means\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/adoptors\/\"><strong>Delayed Adopters<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Limited Knowledge or Limited Means<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong><a title=\"Integration: An Under Appreciated Component Of Technology Transfer\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/integration-an-under-appreciated-component-of-technology-transfer\/\">Integration<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0 Differentiating Research\/Extension Officials from Development Officials \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/promoting-the-green-revolution-in-asia-as-solely-technology-driven-a-major-disservice-to-africa\/\"><strong>Promoting The Green Revolution in Asia As Solely Technology Driven<\/strong><\/a>: A Major Disservice to Africa*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assisting Smallholders<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Assisting Smallholders Producers: An Innovative Approach\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/assisting-smallholders-producers-an-innovative-approach\/\"><strong>Assisting Smallholders<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; An Innovative Approach <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong><a title=\"Donor Facilitation: A Major Contributor\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/donor-facilitation-a-major-contributor\/\">Donor Contributions<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong>Enhancing Infrastructure Support <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong><a title=\"Government Contributions: A Word of Caution\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/government-contributions-a-word-of-caution\/\">Government Contributions<\/a><\/strong>: A Word of Caution <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Smallholder Communities: A Symbiotic Association\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/smallholder-communities-a-symbiotic-association\/\"><strong>Smallholder Communities<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; A Symbiotic Association<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"1st Value Added: Clean Bag Of Grain\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/1st-value-added-clean-bag-of-grain\/\"><strong>First Value Added<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; Clean Bags of G<\/span>rain<\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/The_Crop_Genetic_Pump.pdf\">Crop Genetic Pump<\/a><\/span><\/strong> &#8211; A Possible Task for NGOs (ECHO Asia Note Article)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong><a title=\"Cost of Credit -Informal vs. Institutional Credit\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/cost-of-credit-informal-vs-institutional-credit\/\">Informal credit<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong>Usury or Administrative Costs <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Most Effective Project: Enhancing Access to Contract Mechanization via Reconditioned Used Tractors\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/most-effective-project-enhancing-access-to-contract-mechanization-via-reconditioned-used-tractors\/\"><strong>Effective Project<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">Enhanced Accessed to Mechanization Via Reconditioned Used Tractors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong><a title=\"Indirect Enhancement \u2013 Village Grain Mills\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/indirect-enhancement-village-grain-mills\/\">Indirect Enhancement<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong>Village Grain Mills<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Indirect Resource Enhancement: Improved Domestic Water Supply\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/indirect-resource-enhancement-improved-domestic-water-supply\/\"><strong>Indirect Enhancement<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Domestic Water Supply <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"link2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/BrinksDrudgery.pdf\">Drudgery Relief: The Key to Diminishing Food Security Risk<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"link2\">(<\/span><span class=\"link2\">Brink: Edge of Risk Artic<\/span><span class=\"link2\">le)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"link2\">\u00a0<a title=\"Enhancing Value Chains\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/enhancing-value-chains\/\">Enhancing Value Chains<\/a><\/span> <\/strong>&#8211; Start at Farm Level<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Informal Information &amp; Distribution System\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/informal-information-distribution-system\/\"><strong>Informal Information &amp; Distribution System<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; How effective? How to utilize? <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong>Concerns<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/ECHO-Diet.pdf\"><strong>Rethinking a Basic Assumption in Ag Development: Risk Aversion or Hunger &amp; Exhaustion<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(ECHO Development Note Article)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/calorie-energy-balance-risk-averse-or-hunger-exhasution\/\"><strong>Caloric Energy Balance<\/strong> <\/a>(Original Webpage)\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Ethiopia Diet Analysis\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/ethiopia-diet-analysis\/\">Ethiopian Diet Analysis<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">\u2013<\/span> Implications for Development<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/DietPoster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Poster Presentation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/1028-2\/\">Hard Choices:<\/a> <\/strong>Compromises in Quality Nutrition\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/affordability-of-improved-nutrition-while-optimizing-economic-opportunities\/\">Affordability of Improved Nutrition<\/a> While Optimizing Economic Opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong><a title=\"Farmers Organizations and Cooperatives: Is There a Competitive Adantage?\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/farmers-organizations-and-cooperatives-is-there-a-competitive-adantage\/\">Producer Organizations and Cooperatives <\/a><\/strong>\u2013 Do They Offer A Competitive Advantage?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Envisioned Competitive Advantage For Cooperatives?\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/envisioned-competitive-advantage-for-cooperatives\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong>Envisioned Competitive Advantage for Cooperatives<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Cheetah Paprika Out-Grower Program \u2013 Zambia\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/cheetah-paprika-out-grower-program-zambia\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">Cheetah Paprika Out-Grower\u00a0Program &#8211; Zambia<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/relying-on-cooperatives-taxpayers-expectations\/\"><strong>Taxpayers Expectations<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Loss of Competitive Advantage: Areas of Concern\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/loss-of-competitive-advantage-areas-of-concern\/\"><strong>Loss of Competitive Advantage:<\/strong> <\/a>14 Points to Consider<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Financial Transparency\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/financial-transparency\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">Financial Transparency<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Madibira Smallholder Agriculture Development Project\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/madibira-smallholder-agriculture-development-project\/\">Madibira in Tanzania<\/a>: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">Economic Impact &#8211; Dark Clouds Forming <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Cooperatives Regulatory Contribution\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/cooperatives-regulatory-contribution\/\">Cooperatives Regulatory Contribution<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Reconciliation With Private Service Providers\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/reconciliation-with-private-service-providers\/\">Reconciliation with Private Service Providers<\/a><a href=\"Reconciliation.htm\">,<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">&#8211; The Default Providers <\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Smallholder Empowerment\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/smallholder-empowerment\/\">Smallholder Empowerment<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Perpetuating Cooperatives \u2013 Deceptive\/Dishonest? Spin Reporting\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/perpetuating-cooperatives-deceptivedishonest-spin-reporting\/\"><strong>Perpetuating Cooperatives<\/strong><\/a>: Deceptive\/Dishonest? Reporting<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><strong><a title=\"Request for Information: Basic Business Parameters\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/request-for-information-basic-business-parameters\/\">Information Requested <\/a><\/strong>&#8211; Basic Business Parameters <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/InspectorGeneralUSAID.pdf\"><strong>USAID Office of Inspector General Inquiry<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/InspectorGeneralReply.pdf\"><strong>Inspector General&#8217;s Reply<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"a\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/MikeCoffman.pdf\">Message to Representative Mike Coffman<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Vulnerability for Class Action Litigation: A Whistleblower\u2019s Brief*\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/vulnerability-for-class-action-litigation-a-whistleblowers-brief\/\">Vulnerability to Class Action Litigation<\/a>:<\/strong> A Whistle blower&#8217;s Brief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Financial Management Strategy: Retain Assets in Kind\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/financial-management-strategy-retain-assets-in-kind\/\"><strong>Financial Management Strategy<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Retain Assets In-Kind <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"High Value Crops \u2013 High Risk? High Profit?\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/highvalued\/\"><strong>Value Chain for High Valued Crops <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; High Risk? High Profit?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Private Service Providers: Family Oriented, Fragmented Business Environment\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/private-service-providers-family-oriented-fragmented-business-environment\/\"><strong>Private Service Providers<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Fragmented Family Oriented Business Environment<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Lusaka Tomato Vendor\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/lusaka-tomato-vendor\/\"><strong>Lusaka Tomato Vender<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; Market Volume 50 kg<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Banana Trader \u2013 Uganda\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/banana-trader-uganda\/\"><strong>Uganda Banana Trader<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0Double Marathon Man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/ECHO-Private.pdf\"><strong>Private Service Providers &#8211; Preferred by Smallholder<\/strong> <\/a>(ECHO Development Notes Article)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Sustainability of Smallholder Agriculture: Global Trade-Offs\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/sustainability-of-smallholder-agriculture-global-trade-offs\/\"><strong>Sustainability Of Smallholders<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"Sustainability.htm\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/a> Global Trade-Offs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"><a title=\"Organic Source of Nutrients: Some Simple Computations Please\" href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/organic-source-of-nutrients-some-simple-computations-please\/\">Organic Nutrients<\/a><a href=\"OrganicNutrients.htm\">:<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\"> Some Simple Computations Please <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<em><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: medium\">* Indicates new or substantially revised pages<\/span><\/strong><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text] \u201cA little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain and drinking largely sobers us again\u201d. 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