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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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Citizens’ participation in policy-making [in Europe]’, CINEFOGO Working Paper
, 2008 The paper initially emerged from the papers delivered at the first WP14 workshop at UWE in Bristol in February 2007. The conference brought together a range of academics and practitioners from mainly EU countries.
Grimshaw, Lucy, Lever, John
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Energy, Sustainability and SocietyBackground At the COP21, cities were recognised as key actors in combatting climate change. In supporting cities, climate city networks such as transnational climate networks (TCNs) and national climate networks (NCNs) have emerged to enable cities in ...
Mateo Zapata Arango +3 more
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Cogent Social SciencesCitizen participation is vital for enhancing trust in local government by ensuring citizens’ voices are heard in decision-making processes. However, most studies focus on central government trust, with limited research in the African context.
Ahmed-Nor Mohamed Abdi +1 more
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Counter-Governance: Citizen Participation Beyond Collaboration
Politics and Governance, 2018 The theory and practice of urban governance in recent years has undergone both a collaborative and participatory turn. The strong connection between collaboration and participation has meant that citizen participation in urban governance has been ...
Rikki John Dean
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, 2010 Over the last decade, the European Commission has supported and initiated participatory engineering projects to foster the participation of European citizens in EU affairs.
Karlsson, Martin,
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context
Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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Citizen participation in news [PDF]
, 2014 The process of producing news has changed significantly due to the advent of the Web, which has enabled the increasing involvement of citizens in news production.
Jonathan Scott +5 more
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