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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study on the Role of Microfinance Institutions in Women's Empowerment in India, Aiding Gender Equality and SDG 5

open access: yes
  Abstract This research, focusing primarily on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, investigates how microfinance institutions (MFIs) help in women's empowerment in India. By fighting financial exclusion and gender inequality, MFIs help to promote economic, educational, and job mobility through savings accounts, modest loans, and financial literacy.
openaire   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender (in)equality in nordic ambulance services: do ambulances have glass ceilings? [PDF]

open access: yesScand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Ericsson C   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF PROGRESS TOWARD SDG 5

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Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore and evaluate the critical factors influencingthe achievement of SDG 5 (Gender Equality) with a particular focus on understanding howgender inequality and discrimination persist in various socio-economic and political contexts.The study aims to identify practical strategies to promote gender equality ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

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