Results 91 to 100 of about 307,967 (296)

Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data Management and Data Literacy

open access: yes, 2023
This presentation at the NFDI4Biodiversity & GfÖ Winter School 2022 focused on the fundamentals of Data Management and Data Literacy in the context of biodiversity research. Attendees gained insights into best practices for data collection, storage, sharing, and preservation. Further, the presentation emphasized the vital roles of NFDI4Biodiversity and
Kostadinov, Ivaylo, Tschink, Daniel
openaire   +1 more source

Toward an understanding of Data Literacy Needs in Community Colleges: A Conceptual Framework

open access: yes, 2023
Poster focuses on developing a conceptual framework to understand data literacy needs in community colleges. The authors propose a framework for studying data literacy by conceptualizing data literacy and explicating the core content and competencies ...
Ali, Irhamni   +4 more
core  

Finding Access Points for Data Literacy : the Example of the ERASMUS+ Project DaLiCo (Data Literacy in Context)

open access: yes, 2022
The paper addresses the increased need for data literacy education in higher education. The background for this is provided by the international Erasmus+ project DaLiCo, in which four universities of applied sciences are developing concepts for the ...
Gläser, Christine   +2 more
core   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guía educativa sobre aprendizaje conectado y basado en juegos & Guía para facilitar juegos DALI

open access: yes, 2023
Este documento contiene, por un lado, una guía educativa sobre cómo se ha desarrollado el aprendizaje conectado y basado en juegos en el proyecto Erasmus+ DALI: Data Literacy for Citizenship.
DALI: Data Literacy for Citizenship   +2 more
core  

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

A platform approach to experiential learning

open access: yesNetcom, 2019
This paper reports on the curriculum design and delivery of a practice-based, experiential learning course, which introduces students in an undergraduate communication and media studies program at a Canadian university to the challenges of working with ...
Sandra Robinson
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Contextual Phenomena-Based Learning to Improve Science Literacy

open access: yes, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of contextual phenomena-based learning to increase scientific literacy in three Basic Physics materials..
Sunarti, Titin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy