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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Ideal homes/artificial horizons [PDF]

, 2007
Notes to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, by artist Rupert Griffiths. Rupert was artist in residence at MoDA from the summer of 2006. He started by exploring the collections, which provide a fascinating document -
Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, White, L.   +1 more
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Reorganizing U.S. domestic intelligence : assessing the options /

, 2008
"One of the questions in the fight against terrorism is whether the United States needs a dedicated domestic intelligence agency separate from law enforcement, on the model of many comparable democracies. To examine this issue, Congress directed that the
Intelligence Policy Center (U.S.), Treverton, Gregory F., Rand Homeland Security (Program)   +2 more
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The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
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The Increasing Significance of Religious Tourism: A Case from Uttar Pradesh, India

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Tourism, in its numerous forms is a major source of income for various nations. India is no exception to this. Within some countries, a few states bring the major chunk of tourists.
Aruna Dhamija
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
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Brucellosis outbreak in a remote village in northwestern Tajikistan in 2023: a matched case-control study

Frontiers in Epidemiology
BackgroundA sharp increase in reported brucellosis incidence was observed in northwestern Tajikistan (from 1.0/100,000 people in January–May 2022 to 32.7/100,000 in January–May 2023).
Emomali Qurbonov, Emomali Qurbonov, Emomali Qurbonov, Jamila Silemonshoeva, Jamila Silemonshoeva, Jamila Silemonshoeva, Roberta Horth, Roberta Horth, Roberta Horth, Zulfiya Tilloeva, Zulfiya Tilloeva, Salomudin Yusufi, Dilyara Nabirova, Dilyara Nabirova, Dilyara Nabirova   +14 more
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Domestic Politics

Abstract Domestic politics matters in foreign, security, and defence policies, and helps explain national orientations towards NATO. This chapter looks first at domestic actors and processes. Actors and processes are usually studied separately under the rubric of ‘organizational’ and ‘party politics’ approaches.
HOFMANN, Stephanie Claudia, WILLIAMS, Michael John   +1 more
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Culture of indifference : dilemmas of the Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong

, 2008
In this study, an examination of the everyday experiences of the contract migrant Filipina domestic helpers exposes a culture of indifference which pervades the Hong Kong society on all levels--individual, community, and judiciary.
Kennelly, Estelle M
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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