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The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Business and Human Rights Litigation

open access: yesAJIL Unbound
Civil society organizations (CSOs), including non-governmental organizations, not-for-profits, and trade unions, have proven to be central actors in efforts to hold corporate actors accountable for human rights, environmental, and climate-related harms.1
Christopher Patz, Sekar Banjaran Aji
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proactive work behavior and its antecedents: Survey data on correctional officers throughout Indonesia

open access: yesData in Brief
This dataset contains data from a survey of officers in correctional institutions throughout Indonesia. A total of 1284 officers completed the survey regarding their self-assessment of proactive work behavior, perceived organizational support, person ...
Anis Eliyana   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Volatility analysis and forecasting of vegetable prices using an ARMA‐GARCH model: An application of the CF filter and seasonal adjustment method to Korean green onions

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
wiley   +1 more source

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are all meats substitutes? A basket‐and‐expenditure‐based approach

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship among animal‐based meat and plant‐based meat alternatives (PBMAs) using a basket‐and‐expenditure‐based choice experiment. In particular, we examine whether animal‐based meat products are substitutes or complements with PBMAs.
Clinton L. Neill, Logan L. Britton
wiley   +1 more source

THE CONCEPT OF RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS A PART OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN NORTH MACEDONIA

open access: yesIustinianus Primus Law Review, 2020
The core interest of the authors of this paper is analyses of the application of The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in North Macedonia.
Goran Koevski, Darko Spasevski
doaj  

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Disaster Rights: Public and Private Responsibility in Safeguarding Human Rights during Environmental Disasters

open access: yesLifestyle Journal, 2023
Objective: This research aims to examine the construction of Disaster Law, focusing on the allocation of responsibility to private entities and its correlation with Human Rights, Business Law, and Environmental Law spheres.
Flávia Jeane Ferrari   +2 more
doaj  

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