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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Gender dimensions of quality of life": The determinants of life satisfaction among South Africans residing in the Gauteng province-Using a multilevel psychodemographic analysis of the GCRO's quality of life survey (2009-2024).

PLoS ONE
This study examined gender-related differences in life satisfaction among 70,314 South Africans (33,325 males and 36,989 females) using data from the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (2009-2024).
Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe, Salmon Likoko, Shamsunisaa Miles-Timotheus, Moyahabo Mabala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of total factor production and official development assistance relationship in developing countries

Cogent Economics & Finance
The objective of this paper was to analyze the relationship between official development assistance (ODA) and total factor production (TFP) in developing countries to allow a better allocation of aid.
Ezako Jean Tony
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Differences in Precision Agriculture Adoption: New and Beginning Farmers, and Established Farmers

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper compares precision agriculture (PA) adoption between new and beginning farmers (NBFRs) and established farmers using data from a 2021 U.S. Midwest farmer survey. We focus on the human capital of two different groups of farmers in the PA adoption.
Whoi Cho, Oscar Sarasty, Tong Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Scenarios for Calculating Profitability for Eggplant Cultivation in Protected Areas

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture
In the context of current climate challenges and the need to increase efficiency in agriculture, growing vegetables in protected areas becomes a viable solution to ensure the continuity and quality of production.
Ancuța MARIN, Diana-Maria ILIE, Ruxandra-Eugenia POP, Steliana RODINO, Vili DRAGOMIR, Rozi Liliana BEREVOIANU   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of new media use on farmers’ willingness to use clean energy: the role of topography and agricultural income

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms by which new media use (NMU), media trust (MT), and ecological cognition (EC) influence willingness to use clean energy (WTUCE), with the aim of promoting the development of clean energy and ...
Shi Yin, Shuai Han, Yijie Liu, Yilin Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Effect of Reduced Corporate Income Tax Implementation on Employment in Turkey

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
This paper investigates the effect of regional differences in corporate income tax reduction rates on employment within the scope of the reduced corporate income tax implementation put into effect in 2009.
Elyasa Aksoy
doaj   +1 more source