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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the ethical values and social drivers behind consumer preferences for cruelty-free products. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Enginkaya E, Sağlam MH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging renewable-energy-electric-vehicle synergies for deep decarbonisation: Technical frontiers, market barriers and policy solutions. [PDF]

Carbon Balance Manag
Zhang Y, Lin S, Wu Y, Radulescu M, Bao H, Fan W, Zhai Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Not All Agreements Are Equal: Heterogeneous Effects of RTAs on Latin American Agri‐Food Exports, 1990–2019

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda, Ignacio Belloc, Vicente Pinilla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study of competitions in different fields through graphs under bipolar picture fuzzy environment. [PDF]

PLoS One
Khan WA, Begum H, Nguyen TT, Pham MH, Pham HV.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From continuous to interruptible distillation: Flexible electric heating column architecture with fast start‐up

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Electrification of distillation offers a promising route to reducing scope‐1 emissions from one of the chemical industry's most energy‐intensive unit operations. However, conventional adiabatic columns are dynamically inflexible: Long, energy‐intensive start‐ups make shutdown and restart impractical under variable electricity prices and ...
Samuel Mercer, Michael Baldea
wiley   +1 more source

Funding Transportation in the Dark? The Case Study of Ontario, Canada. [PDF]

Public Works Manag Policy
Sweet M, Denning W, Kitchen H, Haider M, Amborski D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source