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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asociación de la contaminación atmosférica y trastornos mentales en la Gran Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica, período 2016-2019

open access: yesPoblación y Salud en Mesoamérica
Introducción: Diversos estudios han identificado la exposición a dióxido de nitrógeno (NO2), material particulado (PM10) y otros contaminantes como factor de riesgo para la incidencia de trastornos mentales.
Mónica Jiménez Seas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Creating Shared Value as an Antecedent of Value Co‐Creation: B2B Relationships in the Agri‐Food Sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the effects of value co‐creation and creation of shared value in agricultural input marketing. This study used a sample of 178 agricultural companies in Costa Rica. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS‐SEM) with SMART PLS software. Our findings reveal the significant influence
Luis Ricardo Solís‐Rivera   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nota técnica sobre la Evaluación financiera para el establecimiento de una planta de procesamiento de pollos de engorde en San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica.

open access: yese-Agronegocios, 2020
Este estudio de caso se enfocó en determinar la rentabilidad financiera para el establecimiento de una planta de procesamiento de pollos de engorde en el cantón de San Carlos de la provincia Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Nataly Montero Solís.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing and Refining a Knowledge Assessment Instrument for Individuals Involved in Managing Occupational Heat Stress: Paper A

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Occupational heat stress poses a critical threat to workers' health, safety, and productivity. To effectively manage this hazard, occupational health and safety (OHS) representatives must comprehensively understand heat stress, heat‐associated injury and disease outcomes, and heat mitigation measures to protect workers.
Emily J. Tetzlaff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disposición a pagar por los servicios veterinarios de vigilancia epidemiológica y bienestar animal en Costa Rica

open access: yese-Agronegocios, 2021
La disposición a pagar por un bien depende del precio y de diferentes variables relacionadas con el entorno del sujeto de estudio. Cuando no existe un mercado establecido y no se encuentran definidos los precios y la demanda, es necesario simular un ...
M.Sc. Johanna Solórzano Thompson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Records of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A pesar de ser componentes importantes en los sistemas marino-costeros, las anémonas de mar han sido poco estudiadas en las costas de Costa Rica. En el presente trabajo se dan a conocer registros nuevos de anémonas de mar para las costas del Caribe y ...
Acuña, Fabian Horacio   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Restricted Tweedie stochastic block models

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract The stochastic block model (SBM) is a widely used framework for community detection in networks, where the network structure is typically represented by an adjacency matrix. However, conventional SBMs are not directly applicable to an adjacency matrix that consists of nonnegative zero‐inflated continuous edge weights.
Jie Jian, Mu Zhu, Peijun Sang
wiley   +1 more source

Efecto de la disponibilidad de agua de riego en el valor de las tierras agrícolas en Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Un enfoque de precios hedónicos.

open access: yese-Agronegocios, 2021
La necesidad de agua y sus impactos en la agricultura y en la seguridad alimentaria son preocupaciones crecientes en todo el mundo y Costa Rica no es la excepción.
Bach. Paulo Méndez Campos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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