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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Health Perceptions of Cows' Milk and Plant‐Based Milk Alternatives

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study used a best‐worst scale experiment to reveal consumers' beliefs about the healthiness of selected cows' milk and plant‐based milk products based on their nutrition panels. We find that while there is heterogeneity in health perceptions, consumers overwhelmingly select skim milk as the healthiest milk product. Additionally, the cows'
Danielle M. Kaminski, Wei Yang, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early assessment of tobacco excise sharing fund as policy for farmers’ viable alternatives in Indonesia: case study of four municipalities in Indonesia

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Indonesia’s Tobacco Excise Sharing Fund (DBHCHT) policy mandates that part of the fund be allocated for tobacco crop diversification – reducing the farmers’ reliance on the tobacco industry as well as implementing Article 17 of the Framework Convention ...
Abdillah Ahsan, Nur Hadi Wiyono, Nadira Amalia, Retno Rusdjijati, Meita Veruswati, Santi Martini, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Adela Miranti Yuniar   +7 more
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC THEORIES

Population
It is important to analyze demographic issues as they appear in the economy from a theoretical point of view. Even before Adam Smith (1776), those who may be called pre-economists have tried to define the place of the population and its possible interference with the conditions of production, distribution and consumption. Then the "population principle"
openaire   +2 more sources

Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mortality trends and depopulation in Serbia [PDF]

Geographica Pannonica, 2016
The research presented in this paper is dealing with mortality and its impact on the natural increase, i.e. population dynamics in Serbia at the beginning of the 21st century.
Marinković Ivan, Radivojević Biljana
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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AS A FACTOR OF STUDENT LOYALTY: A MARKETING APPROACH [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Ekonomskog Fakulteta u Istočnom Sarajevu
This paper focuses on student loyalty in higher education. In higher education, loyalty primarily means building a stronger connection with students, shaping a positive perception, and spreading positive publicity about the institution. Loyalty in higher
Perica Macura , Nedeljka Elez
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demographic change and housing markets (Conference report) [PDF]

, 2012
Professor Robert E Wright of the Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde organised a one-day workshop titled: "Demographic Change and Housing Markets", held in Glasgow on February 15, 2012.
Wright, Robert
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied 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, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source