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Value of Information of Improved Traceability in Fresh Produce Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traceability plays an important role in promoting a safe food supply by fostering transparent information exchange along the food supply chain. New technological innovations have the potential to improve traceability outcomes, as greater transparency along the food supply chain can aid in pinpointing precise origins of the contamination ...
Kelsey Vourazeris, Mark R. Manfredo, Michael N. Kozicki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying Consumer Tradeoffs Across Firm‐Level Strategic Positioning Dimensions: Evidence from US Craft Beer Consumers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic positioning becomes increasingly important as markets mature, particularly in consumer‐facing industries that offer similar products, experiential cues, and values‐based messages. This study offers a conceptual model to examine the strategic positioning factors that motivate consumers to visit one local business over another before ...
Aaron J. Staples, Trey Malone, J. Robert Sirrine   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of achieving sustainable community health services for community case management of malaria. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2018
Boakye MDS, Owek CJ, Oluoch E, Wachira J, Afrane YA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gatekeeping and the utilization of community health services in Shenzhen, China: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore), 2017
Li W, Gan Y, Dong X, Zhou Y, Cao S, Kkandawire N, Cong Y, Sun H, Lu Z.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara, Eugenio Pomarici, Leonardo Cei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Nationwide Volumes for Five Major Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures in Japan: Implications From Publicly Available NCD and NDB Open Data

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim In Japan, the National Clinical Database (NCD), a clinician‐reported registry, and the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan Open Data (NDB Open Data), an administrative claims database, are both widely used as nationwide surgical databases, but their consistency in capturing national surgical ...
Atomu Kiriyama, Masakazu Fujii, Toshimichi Asano, Satoshi Hirano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient satisfaction and gender composition of physicians - a cross-sectional study of community health services in Hubei, China. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res, 2018
Xiong C, Chen X, Zhao X, Liu C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Association of Prophylactic Abdominal Drain Placement With Short‐Term Postoperative Outcomes After Hepatectomy: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Study in Japan

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Although randomized trials have discouraged routine prophylactic abdominal drainage after uncomplicated hepatectomy, these drains are still widely used in clinical practice. This study evaluated the association between prophylactic abdominal drain placement and short‐term outcomes after hepatic resection using a nationwide inpatient ...
Keita Kouzu, Shotaro Aso, Yuki Hirano, Hiroki Matsui, Kensuke Yoshimura, Hiroki Kitagawa, Toru Kato, Naoki Yamane, Osahiko Hagiwara, Norikatsu Miyoshi, Satoru Matsuda, Hiroshi Maruyama, Keita Morikane, Junichi Sasaki, Hideo Yasunaga, Yuko Kitagawa, Manabu Watanabe, Hironori Tsujimoto   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source