AgricultureTo ensure food safety and support sustainable development of agriculture, it is critical to accelerate the transition of agricultural production methods and develop green agriculture.
Yilan Xu, Kuan Zhang
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If only I could borrow more ! Production and consumption credit constraints in the Philippines [PDF]
This paper provides a new approach to analyzing credit constraints by differentiating which of the household's production and consumption decisions are affected by credit constraints.
Manohar Sharma, Marie Godquin
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Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci +3 more
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Which Loans Do We Take? A Micro-Level Analysis of Croatian Households' Debt Participation
Croatian Economic Survey, 2022 This paper uses a new data set in order to explore micro-level patterns of household borrowing in Croatia. By analyzing cross-section data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, conducted for the first time in Croatia in 2017, we present the ...
Krunoslav Zauder, Mate Rosan
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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan +2 more
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Does Direct Foreign Investment Affect Domestic Firms' Credit Constraints? [PDF]
Firms in developing countries cite credit constraints as one of their primary obstacles to investment. Direct foreign investment, by bringing in scarce capital, may ease domestic firms' credit constraints.
Ann E. Harrison, Margaret S. McMillan
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MusicSwarm: Biologically Inspired Intelligence for Music Composition
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Biologically inspired swarms of frozen foundation models self‐organize to compose complex music without fine‐tuning. By coordinating through stigmergic signals, decentralized agents dynamically evolve specialized roles and adapt to solve complex tasks.
Markus J. Buehler
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Did the Credit Crunch in Japan Affect Household Welfare? An Augmented Euler Equation Approach Using Type 5 Tobit Model [PDF]
We investigate whether the credit crunch in Japan affected household welfare and the manner in which it did. We augment the theoretical framework of a consumption Euler equation with endogenous credit constraints and estimate it with household panel data
Jeong-Joon Lee +3 more
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ASSESSING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY: CREDIT CONSTRAINTS AMONG LAYER FARMERS IN TOGO'S MARITIME REGION, WEST AFRICA [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic SciencesIn Togo's Maritime Region, credit constraints pose a significant barrier to economic efficiency for layer farmers. This study use stochastic profit frontier approach, moves beyond simple comparisons to illuminate the underlying mechanisms behind this ...
Sao A.T., Adabe K.E., Abbey G.A.
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