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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biotechnology in the Agricultural Industry

, 2014
Biotechnology in the Agricultural Industry ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-border higher education cooperation under the dual context of artificial intelligence and geopolitics: opportunities, challenges, and pathways

Frontiers in Education
This paper examines the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and geopolitics on cross-border higher education cooperation. AI has the potential to enhance educational accessibility and collaboration efficiency by enabling personalized learning,
Yaoshun Zhu, Zhitao Zhu, Wanxian Xu, Yaoshun Zhu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Africa: African Agricultural Market Information Network (AFAMIN)

, 2015
The African Agricultural Market Information Network (AFAMIN) is an Internet-based agricultural market information exchange system linking the international community and West African ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan, Yiwen Zhao, Andrea Carlson, Parke Wilde, Joanna Reagan, Julianna Jayne, Starr Seip, Denise Laursen, Matthew P. Rabbitt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Chlorella sorokiniana feed additive on poultry growth health and oxidative stress in erythrocytes

Scientific Reports
Microalgae, have emerged as a potentially promising feed additive option due to their beneficial nutritional profile rich in bioactive compounds. The present study examines the incorporation of Chlorella sorokiniana (at 0.1% and 1%) into chicken feed ...
Ioannis Tsamesidis, Anastasia Pappa, Aggelos Charisis, Zoi Prentza, Konstantinos Theocharis, Apostolos Patsias, Dimitrios Foukas, Christos Chatzidoukas, Eleni P. Kalogianni   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cooperation to reduce pesticide use

, 2014
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Ciba-Geigy Limited, Basle, Switzerland have joined together to initiate and develop sustainable agricultural practices in the tropics. A delegation from Ciba-Geigy headquarters spent several days..
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genome-wide analysis of C-repeat binding factor (CBF) family members in Pennisetum glaucum and the function of PgCBF21 under cold stress

BMC Plant Biology
Background Pennisetum hybrid (Pennisetum glaucum x P. purpureum), a perennial forage grass of the Poaceae family, it has a well-developed root system, strong tillering ability, high biomass yield, and rich nutritional content, making it a premium forage ...
Cong Guan, Wei Li, Tian Li, Ying Dong, JunYi He, Bo Wu, Hui Wang, Chunlin Jia   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source