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On the Unfairness of the 'Fair-share Principle' for Health Research. [PDF]

Public Health Ethics
Wang VM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge-driven teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm for bi-objective flexible job-shop scheduling problem with tool allocation. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chen K, Yuan X, Tan W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score^® test among node-negative early breast cancer patients in Japan. [PDF]

Breast Cancer
Koizumi K, Igarashi A, Gouldson M, Bilthare S, Eymere S, Cuyún-Carter G, Millen S, Nomoto M, Onishi Y, Kudo A, Drost P, Sugiyama N, Tang TK, Niikura N.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

The future is sweet: exploiting sugar allocation and use for cotton breeding. [PDF]

Plant Cell
González-Suárez P.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

Energy Allocation Resilience and Endocrine Integration. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci
Schuler CB, Sayre AB, Zakaria L, Tassone S, Rinehart A, Harris R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source