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Spatiotemporal patterns and optimization of dominant and recessive morphology of cultivated land use in the Ili River Valley. [PDF]

iScience
Zhou C, Fu L, Xiang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang, Andrew E. Anderson, Nicholas J. Pates, Eunchun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing mobile health clinic placement via geospatial modeling. [PDF]

Public Health Pract (Oxf)
Tanim SH, White DL, Witrick B, Rennert L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A mixed-methods approach for understanding cancer center catchment area needs: An example of rural cancer disparities, needs, and resiliencies. [PDF]

Cancer Causes Control
Evett S, Kahl A, Schmidt ME, Wells Sittig K, Meyer M, Charlton M, Askelson NM, Nash SH.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social inequalities in cause-specific premature mortality in rural and urban France: a pre-pandemic population attributable fraction analysis. [PDF]

Popul Health Metr
Mahrouseh N, Bonnet F, Varga O, Scohy A, Bruyère O, Delpierre C, Devleesschauwer B, Wyper GMA, Haneef R.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Divergent urban storm response to convective, frontal and tropical systems. [PDF]

Nature
Sui X, Nielsen-Gammon J, Yang ZL, Niyogi D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source