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Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the rhizosphere of robusta coffee plant (Coffea canephora) [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
In this study arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization in the soil at the Bangelan Robusta coffee plantation, Malang, East Java was observed in two different locations with different plant ages, 49 and 10-year-old.
Farha Aulia   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interview with Mary Fernandez Figueroa [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
In a brief interview, a woman talks about picking coffee in Kona as a young girl, later marriage to a Honokaa Sugar Company worker, and her plantation home in Haina.coffee picker; Puerto Rican; femaleInterview conducted in English.State ...

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Kopy Luwak: a conservation strategy for global market [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Subject area – Niche products and environmental ethics. Study level/applicability – The case is suitable for undergraduate students who have some understanding of competitive advantage in emerging economies, of niche products, the resource-based ...
Pratono, Aluisius Hery   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
wiley   +1 more source

Faunistic Analysis Of Soil Mites In Coffee Plantation

open access: yes, 2018
Abstract ─ The soil-litter system is the natural habitat for a wide variety of organisms, microorganisms and invertebrates, with differences in size and metabolism, which are responsible for numerous functions. The soil mesofauna is composed of animals of body diameter between 100 μm and 2 mm, consisting of the groups Araneida, Acari, Collembola ...
Marafeli, Patrícia De Pádua   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
wiley   +1 more source

The cost of the consumer revolution: Prices, material living standards, and real inequality in Amsterdam (1630‒1805)

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article measures the cost of the early modern consumer revolution through a quantitative analysis of product and process innovations in Amsterdam and examines their variegated social impact in two distinct datasets of probate inventories.
Bas Spliet, Anne E. C. McCants
wiley   +1 more source

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