Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Level of Vegetable Commercialization and Its Determinants Among Smallholder Farmers in Northwestern Ethiopia. [PDF]
Food Sci NutrAynalem M +7 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Contribution of own food production to household dietary diversity and nutrient intake adequacy among refugee households in Palorinya, northwestern Uganda. [PDF]
PLoS OneAsobasi M, Appeli S, Omara P, Olum S.
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava +2 more
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Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmers in North Central Nigeria: policy implications. [PDF]
Front NutrOgunfolaju MO, Ahmed TA, Ebenehi O.
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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 +4 more
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The Impact of Population Aging on Food Consumption of Rural Households in China: Cross-Sectional Study Across the Ten Geographic Regions. [PDF]
FoodsWang T, Xu D, Yang D, Li M, Lan H.
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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Determinants of Productivity and Sustainability in Small-Scale Dairy Industries: Evidence From the Salale Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. [PDF]
Vet Med SciGeleta GM.
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