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Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu, Amin Mugera, John Mburu, Rose Nyikal, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign penetration, competition, and credit risk in banking

Borsa Istanbul Review, 2019
This paper reveals that foreign penetration in terms of assets and branches exhibits different impacts on credit risk in banking. In general, a higher share of foreign banks’ total assets exacerbates nonperforming loans, but the increased number of ...
Muhammad Natsir, Wahyoe Soedarmono, Wahdi Salasi April Yudhi, Irwan Trinugroho, Ari Warokka   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Credit and Trade Credit under the COVID Crisis: A Comparison of the High-Technology and Low-Technology SMEs in Portugal

Ekonomický Časopis
This study mainly investigates the relationship between bank credit and trade credit separately for high-technology and low-technology small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Portugal with considering the impacts of the COVID crisis.
Yehui Tong, Zélia Serrasqueiro
doaj   +1 more source

Bank Credit and Business Networks [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
We construct the topology of business networks across the population of firms in an emerging economy, Pakistan, and estimate the value that membership in large yet diffuse networks brings in terms of access to bank credit and improving financial viability. We link two firms if they have a common director.
Mian, Atif, Abid, Qamar, Khwaja, Asim Ijaz   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bank regulation induced new credit channels and obscure obstruction of monetary transmission

National Accounting Review
In response to the financial crisis, some central banks have employed quantitative easing policies to stimulate economic recovery. Furthermore, stringent bank regulatory policies were introduced to ensure economic stability.
Hua Zhong, Xudong Zhang, Yougui Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How AI usage shapes employees’ exploitative and exploratory innovation: joy as a mediator and learning goal orientation as a moderator

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
IntroductionEmployees play a pivotal role in organizational ambidextrous innovation, yet existing studies have paid limited attention to how artificial intelligence shapes employees’ exploitative and exploratory innovation. Drawing on cognitive appraisal
Li Liu, Ya Lv
doaj   +1 more source