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Buyers' response to third‐party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract When quality attributes of a product are not directly observable, third‐party certification (TPC) enables buyers to distinguish between quality levels and reward sellers accordingly. We study the adoption of TPC by traders in smallholder‐based agricultural value chains in low‐income countries, where traders aggregate products from many small ...
Gashaw T. Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Erwin Bulte, Jérémy Do Nascimento Miguel, Elisabeth Sadoulet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficient Dataset Creation for MEMS-Based Magnetic Sensor Systems in Intelligent Transportation Applications. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Hodoň M, Šarafín P, Formanek L, Kociánová A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of environmental impacts and costs for hydrogen-powered cargo shipping in Europe. [PDF]

Commun Eng
Schlehuber S, Gutsch M, Kronemeyer N, Frieden F, von Delft S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Mobility Politics of Hong Kong's High‐Speed Rail

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human geography scholarship has revealed how powerful and marginalised actors alike may use (im)mobility to exert authority, and it has recognised the ability of infrastructure to either consolidate or undermine state power. This paper uses new evidence to demonstrate how Hong Kong's express rail link (XRL) to Mainland China was implicated in ...
Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Pose Estimation and Size Classification for Unknown Dump Truck Using Normal Distribution Transform. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Imai K, Watanabe K, Okabe H, Matsuyama T, Shirao A, Ito T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trading in troubled times: The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic, military coup, and Chinese border closure on the Kachin amber industry

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper investigates the impact of Covid‐19, border closure, and the military coup on the mining and trading of Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and the 2021 military coup have dramatically affected the lives and livelihoods of communities across Myanmar.
Seng Lawn Dan, Alessandro Rippa
wiley   +1 more source

A Simple Model to Estimate the Increase in Pavement Life Due to the Traffic Wander for Application in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Gajewska B, Gajewski M, Pais J, Thives L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Researcher Positionality and Relational Power: Playing With ‘Researching Up’ and ‘Researching Down’ in Critical Reflexivity

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper draws on the concepts of ‘researching up’ and ‘researching down’, often used to distinguish between relative ‘power over’ or ‘power under’ interlocutors. It suggests that by mobilising these concepts through feminist geography as a relational analytic rather than oppositional categories, we can generate new insights into our ...
Jennifer C. Langill
wiley   +1 more source

Communicating with two vehicles immediately ahead boosts traffic capacity sixfold in connected autonomous vehicle platoons. [PDF]

Commun Eng
Zheng ST, Jiang R, Michael Chen X, Tian J, Han X, Yan R, Jia B, Qu X, Li ZH, Gao LD, Zhang F, Zhang DZ, Gao Z.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source