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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Volver a Adam Smith

Innovar: Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales, 1999
En este articulo el presidente de la Fundación ZERI presenta algunos proyectos de tipo práctico que se han construido en la aplicación de la iniciativa "Producción con cero emisiones"; sugiere hacer un giro significativo para la sustitución de los ...
Gunter Pauli, C. Liliana Lizarazo
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An Evaluation of Food Waste at Smith: Status, Challenges, and Recommendations

In the United States, surplus food wastes billions of dollars each year, and unnecessarily pollutes the air and destroys natural ecosystems. While some citizens waste food, many Americans suffer from food insecurity.
Petty, Olivia, Matecha, Tie, Smith, Sky
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Connecting the New Library to Smith Campus

, 2015
Students explored the work of the Olmsted firm on the Smith campus as they considered what history means for campus planning and landscape design today through readings, class discussion, and a research assignment based on materials in the Smith College ...
Ko, Sabrina, Howard, Susannah, Perrin, Jenny, Siringo, Lynne, Naqvi, Insia, Taylor, Mary   +5 more
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Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Top ten research priorities for Essential Emergency and Critical Care: A modified Delphi process. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Ellis RR, Ayuningtyas W, Smith AW, Wärnberg MG, Schell CO, EECC Prioritisation Group, Baker T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović, Pamela Owusu Osei, Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Issiake Konate, Jelena Popović‐Đorđević   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study into the Disposable Products Stream in Smith College

, 2004
Waste accumulation is an issue that the world population faces in the 21st century and one that is increasing exponentially. With increased demands from populations for governments to find a solution, many environmentalists are turning to institutions to
Aguilar, Kelly
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Optimizing multi-trait selection for profitability in Illinois wheat using a factor analytic mixed model and an economic selection index. [PDF]

Plant Genome
Berger Munaro L, Tolhurst DJ, Rutkoski JE.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Jason de Koff, James Muriuki, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source