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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

Practical Consideration of Pair Problem Solving in Computer Literacy Education [PDF]

open access: yesIAFOR Journal of Education, 2013
Direct instruction to students enrolled in a computer literacy program at the undergraduate level frequently involves difficulties due to varied knowledge levels and skills among the students, as well as an increase in the number of unmotivated students.
Yoshihiko Oya, Kimiko Uchida
doaj  

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

open access: yesAI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computer literacy of primary school teachers

open access: yesLietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, 2003
The research (sample N = 213) shows strong primary school teachers' motivation to use computer technologies and dynamic vusual aids in teaching process. Today limited use of computers and lack of instruction programmes.
Orinta Kiseliova
doaj   +1 more source

How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Messung computer- und informationsbezogener Kompetenzen von Schülerinnen und Schülern als Schlüsselkompetenz im 21. Jahrhundert

open access: yesMedienimpulse, 2012
Mit der ICILS 2013 (International Computer and Information Literacy Study) realisiert die IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) erstmalig eine internationale Vergleichsstudie, die empirisch abgesichert ...
Birgit Eickelmann, Wilfried Bos
doaj   +1 more source

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