ABSTRACT Rapid growth in digital finance has expanded credit access for rural smallholders, yet financial capability has not kept pace with access. Where fee structures are opaque and search is costly, this gap raises the risk of expensive borrowing in digital financial services.
Albert Nsengumuremyi +3 more
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Chemical Profile and Antibacterial Effect of <i>Pimenta dioica</i> Essential Oil Against <i>Ralstonia solanacearum</i> Race 2 Causing Moko Disease on Banana Crop. [PDF]
Martínez-Bolaños L +9 more
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Abstract This article analyses the racialized and gendered constraints faced by African sportswomen in international sporting competitions, from the interwar period to the 1980s, with a focus on the policing and expectations framing young international athletes’ acceptable behaviour.
Claire Nicolas
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profiling of the SPL Gene Family in <i>Musa acuminata</i>: Insights into Their Response to Drought Stress and <i>Serendipita indica</i> Inoculation. [PDF]
Shafiq M +10 more
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Optimization of natural fibre length in bacterial cement mortar using TOPSIS for enhanced mechanical properties. [PDF]
Sunantha B +6 more
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REPRODUCING OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES: The Rock Mining for Indonesia's New Capital City
Abstract Indonesia's new capital city is designed to become a green and sustainable city. In this article, we examine the (un)sustainability of the process through which the city is coming into being. Using the sociospatial theory of planetary urbanization, we trace the dialectical relationship between the new city and sites beyond it to show how ...
Bosman Batubara +4 more
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Effects of Chemical Ripening With Calcium Carbide on Nutritional Composition, Antioxidant Capacity and Heavy Metal Accumulation in Climacteric Fruits. [PDF]
Mode AM +5 more
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Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”
ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser +2 more
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Streptomyces-induced Glycerol-3-Phosphate enriches beneficial microbiota to enhance resistance against banana Fusarium wilt. [PDF]
Cai B +13 more
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