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Plant Production Science, 2010 In northern Laos, weeds are a major constraint to upland rice production in slash-and-burn systems. Two experiments were conducted to assess genotypic variation in ability to recover from weed competition at the early vegetative stage.
Kazuki Saito +4 more
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Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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West Africa Magazine no. 2712, 24th May, 1969
, 1969 Issue 2712 of West Africa Magazine (May 24, 1969) dissects war finances, France's post-de Gaulle weirdness, and Nigeria's reforms. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it probes Nigeria's oil-funded war budget, Northern States' NA shakeup, and books
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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, 2011 This paper re-assesses a comparative sociology of kinship and friendship in East Africa with a particular focus on the Boorana Oromo of Kenya. It argues that the study of kinship dominated the developments of a comparative sociology during colonial times
Aguilar, Mario I, Mario I. Aguilar
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva +2 more
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Northern Territory sexually transmitted diseases program, 1994
, 1994 The epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in the Northern Territory shows no signs of abating. Despite public education campaigns, culturally appropriate community-based education and widespread medical interventions, the rates of gonorrhoea ...
Bowden, Frank
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