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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring land use impacts of national dietary guidelines: a scoping review of methods, trade-offs and policy implications. [PDF]

Environ Res Food Syst
Kelly NM, King Forbes V, Wells R, Pearson R, Parsons K, Reynolds C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to agricultural carbon sequestration and emission reduction and food security synergy in Hunan China. [PDF]

iScience
Dou C, Liu X, Xiao H, Liu J, Xing Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen, Wei Zhang, Julian M. Alston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban-Rural Disparities in School Lunch Food Composition: Evidence from 12.7 Million Dish Records in Taiwan's National School Food Registry. [PDF]

Nutrients
Wang HM, Wang JH, Wu KC.
europepmc   +1 more source

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, Joshua Berning, Alessandro Bonanno, Jude Bayham   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous food systems of the Garo Hills of Meghalaya: nutritional composition and potential health benefits of traditional green leafy vegetables. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Nongthombam S, Marak NR, Devi CB, Marak CRN, Kumar P, Singh N, Das P.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva, Angel Perni, Jesus Barreiro‐Hurle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

System-wide modeling approaches for integrating supply chains into food security analysis: lessons from Uganda 2016-2020. [PDF]

J Public Health Policy
Gendre L, Blair C, Downing T, Goentzel J, Gralla E, Russell T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source