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Climate Change Responses of Cocoa Farmers in Ghana
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 2020 Background: Undoubtedly, vulnerability and adaptation of the agricultural sector to the adverse impacts of climate change are among the most crucial concerns of many developing countries where agriculture is largely rain-fed. In Ghana, the cocoa sector is the mainstay of the agricultural sector, contributing about 60% of agricultural GDP.
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Does innovation success need advocacy? Stakeholder involvement in firm innovation
Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Prior research documents that firms often collaborate with advocacy groups to mitigate stakeholder contention. Integrating stakeholder theory into a performance model of collaborative innovation, we propose an overlooked explanation for such collaborations: to enhance the adoption of firms' innovations.
Paolo Carioli +3 more
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Impact of Environmental Microparticles on Insect Olfaction
Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Terrestrial insects underpin key ecosystem services, including pollination, herbivory regulation, decomposition, nutrient cycling, and disease control. These functions depend on chemical communication that guides insects to food, mates, hosts, shelters, and oviposition sites while helping them avoid threats.
Steve B. S. Baleba +9 more
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Using the Socio-Ecological Model to Frame the Influence of Stakeholders on Cocoa Farmers' Pesticide Safety in Nigeria: Findings from a Qualitative Study. [PDF]
Risk Manag Healthc Policy, 2021 Oludoye OO, Robson MG, Siriwong W.
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Annual meeting of the Williamson County Farmers' Institute.
, 1901 Publication of the 11th annual meeting of the Williamson County Farmers' Institute, which contains premium lists with advertisements for local businesses.Premiums lists with advertisements for local businesses ...
Williamson County Farmers' Institute
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Reflections on Adoption of New Agricultural Practices
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on adoption of new practices, technologies and systems in agriculture has generated thousands of publications over the past 70 years, covering uptake of agricultural practices spanning more than 100 years. This paper contains selected key lessons from the results of this enormous research effort, drawn from numerous reviews of the ...
David J. Pannell
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Export commodity production and broad-based rural development: coffee and cocoa in the Dominican Republic [PDF]
An estimated 80,000-100,000 Dominican farmers produce coffee and cocoa, nearly 40 percent of all agricultural producers. The sectors also provide employment for tens of thousands of field laborers and persons employed in linked economic activities.
Siegel, Paul B., Alwang, Jeff
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transnational due diligence regulations, such as the European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐Free Products (EUDR), are reshaping sustainability governance by transforming voluntary norms into binding global rules. Yet, their effectiveness depends on how well they align with domestic governance systems and on the power asymmetries that ...
John James Loomis +2 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Use of derived intoxicating cannabinoid products (DICPs) has grown in the United States (US), as have associated poisonings, emergency department visits and psychotic episodes. Brand marketing on social media, a largely underregulated marketing channel, may be contributing to this growth.
Kathryn La Capria +10 more
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Manual for cocoa extension in Ghana
, 2018 Manual Draft Copy: For sustainable production of cocoa it is the view of the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of the COCOBOD to have highly trained and motivated human resource to facilitate the processes, which can lead to increased and ...
Ghana Cocoa Board
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