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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solar photovoltaic feed-in tariffs: viability analysis and policy recommendations. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mekonnen T, Tsegaye S, Belete B, Selvaraj J, Negewo A, Minaye E, Godana K, Wolie A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Addendum: High economic costs of reduced carbon sinks and declining biome stability in Central American forests. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Baumbach L, Hickler T, Yousefpour R, Hanewinkel M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin, Wen You, Annie Reid, Kathleen Porter, Brittany Kirkpatrick, Jamie Zoellner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation and prediction on the economic burden of schistosomiasis in 25 endemic countries. [PDF]

Infect Dis Poverty
Chen XF, Li Q, Bergquist R, Zheng JX, Guo SY, Lan QF, He ZZ, Zhang LJ, Cao CL, Xu J, Zhou XN.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of a cascading positive tipping point towards electric vehicles. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Mercure JF, Lam A, Buxton JE, Boulton CA, Akther A, Lenton TM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Declining discount rates and the `Fisher Effect': Inflated past, discounted future? [PDF]

, 2014
Freeman, Mark, Groom, Ben, Panopoulou, Ekaterini, Pantelidis, Theologos   +3 more
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