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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A practical electrodialysis model for accelerating system development

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Empirical optimization of electrodialysis (ED) is dependent on repetitive experiments with incremental adjustments, which is cost prohibitive at scale. While models can reduce the costs associated with optimization and scale‐up, existing ED models are limited in application to specific use cases and tend to be developed for the exploration of ...
Smith Pittman, Douglas Fankell, Jason C. Quinn, Kenneth F. Reardon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade Realignments and the Need for Integrated Modeling Research in Latin America's Agri‐Food Sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Emiliano Lopez Barrera
wiley   +1 more source

Early child development in England: cross-sectional analysis of ASQ^®-3 records from the 2-2½-year universal health visiting review using national administrative data (Community Service Dataset, CSDS). [PDF]

Int J Popul Data Sci
Jung J, Cattan S, Powell C, Barlow J, Liu M, Clery A, Mc Grath-Lone L, Bunting C, Woodman J.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of long‐term blood pressure variability on renal function in community population

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine
Zhao Feng, Zhiquan Jing, Zeya Li, Gang Wang, Shanshan Wu, Dan Li, Jing Hao, Chunlei Yang, Jiashu Song, Xianzhong Gu, Rongchong Huang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source