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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst dwindling state funding and the legislative withdrawal from public university research support, a heightened political process shapes the allocation of scarce tax dollars. This article explores how advocacy within the political process influences funding support for higher education from state legislatures.
Gregory M. Perry +2 more
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Strategy to accelerate the implementation of sustainable food agricultural land protection regulations [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesSustainable food agricultural land (especially paddy fields) is an important issue because it affects national food self-sufficiency, security, and sovereignty. The government has issued Law No.
Ar-Rozi Ahmad M. +4 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
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Data on Swiss grape growers’ production, pest and labour management decisionsETH Research Collection
Data in BriefThis dataset comprises survey responses from 489 grape growers in Switzerland, focusing on their decisions related to production, pest management, risk management, behavioural factors, and labour management.
Philipp Höper +2 more
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Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami +2 more
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Beyond the use of food supplements: An empirical analysis in Italy
Italian Journal of Food Science, 2016 This paper aims to profile Italian food supplements used by consumers based upon their psychometric patterns and demographic characteristics. The FTNS scale is used to assess empirically and evaluate the role of technophobic/technophilic consumer traits ...
A. LOMBARDI, F. VERNEAU, P. LOMBARDI
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African farmer-led irrigation development: re-framing agricultural policy and investment?
, 2017 The past decade has witnessed an intensifying focus on the development of irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa. It follows a 20-year hiatus in the wake of disappointing irrigation performance during the 1970s and 1980s. Persistent low productivity in African
P. Woodhouse +5 more
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The Financial Status and Local Credit Market Conditions of U.S. Farms Engaged in Multiple Borrowing
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural producers often borrow from multiple lenders, raising concerns about credit risk and monitoring. We construct detailed farm‐level measures of how debt is distributed across lenders and examine how farm financial status and the physical presence of local lenders are linked to this practice.
Sylvanus Gaku +3 more
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Analysis of rice supply in the Nusantara Capital City [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesLocated in East Kalimantan Province, Nusantara Capital City (IKN) will be the new capital city of Indonesia. This plan will increase the population due to migration and economic growth in IKN.
Septanti Kartika S. +4 more
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The influence of agricultural policy on carbon emissions in selected OECD countries. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Ganda F.
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