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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff, Charles A. W. de Grazia, Nicholas E. Rada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The recognition gap: land governance and the pre-hazard production of disaster risk in South Africa. [PDF]

Disasters
Abstract Disaster risk can be produced through governance processes that operate before hazards occur. The role of land tenure recognition in them remains undertheorised. This study examines how uneven institutional translation of tenure recognition may shape pre‐hazard disaster risk in legally plural settings.
Lefutso D.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Variable grouping patterns in primates: A test of the better competitor hypothesis in male Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Intraspecific variation in social organization (IVSO) within primate populations can arise due to male mating competition. Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) populations exhibit both single‐male and multi‐male groups, providing an opportunity to examine the relationship between male competitive ability and social organization.
Lemeng Li, Stacey R. Tecot, Rebecca J. Lewis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The law and practice of the Registered Land Act 1963 :a comparative study [PDF]

, 1991
The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether the Registered Land Act 1963 of Kenya has established an effective system of law and practice governing titles to land registered under the Act. Several key issues are addressed. First, how effective
Kagagi, D.N., Kagagi, D
core   +4 more sources

Customary Land Acquisition and Tenure Security in Refugee-Host Communities:

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background: Countries addressing the global refugee crisis are increasingly shifting from reliance on refugee camps or forced repatriation to promoting local integration.
Sophia Lukabwe Nagujja
doaj   +3 more sources

Farmer-herder conflicts, tenure insecurity and farmer’s investment decisions in Agogo, Ghana

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2021
Owing to climate change, population growth and tenurial changes, the past decade has witnessed high interest among migrant and settler pastoralist groups in the vegetal-rich customary lands of the Agogo Traditional Area. This has resulted in lease grants
Selorm Kobla Kugbega, Prince Young Aboagye   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Ecological Culture to Green Innovation: The Role of Ethnic Minority Corporate Leaders in China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Do ecological values embedded in ethnic cultures influence the environmental strategies of corporate leaders and their firms' green innovation? We examine this question in China's multiethnic context, where distinct ecological traditions across ethnic groups create sharp cultural contrasts that can be traced into leadership composition and ...
Yuan Du, Yingxin Di, Wei Cui
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous People and Customary Land Ownership Under Domestic REDD+ Frameworks: A Case Study of Indonesia [PDF]

Law, Environment and Development Journal, 2011
Deforestation is an immense, complex and multifaceted problem, responsible for approximately fifteen percent of global emissions of carbon dioxide. The primary international response to deforestation and land degradation has been the development of the ...
Glen Wright
doaj  

Antimicrobial Peptides and Peptidomimetics in Foods – A Synthetic Foray

ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
This Review discusses AMPs in foods and their syntheses. It espouses facile methods to make them accessible and suggests their utility in the mitigation and eradication of the burgeoning maladies of antimicrobial and multidrug resistance (AMR and MDR).
Josephat U. Izunobi, Adejoke D. Osinubi, Abosede A. Badeji   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate‐Community Land Governance for Peace: A Governance Materiality Framework for CSR, ESG, and Sustainable Agribusiness

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG), there is a gap. This paper aims to fill that gap by building on a previous empirical study. It introduces the Land Governance Materiality Framework (LGMF), which redefines land governance as a critical governance skill that impacts ESG performance ...
Ifedayo Grace Malachi, Reza Eslamipoor
wiley   +1 more source