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Forest-based livelihood choices and their determinants in Western Kenya

open access: yesForest Science and Technology, 2021
Forest extraction is an important livelihood activity for millions of low-income households in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the choices households make to extract forest products can help formulate strategies for preventing ...
Purity Yego   +3 more
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Adoption of improved processing technology among African locust bean processors in south-west, Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2020
The paper investigated the effect of socio-economic and institutional factors on the adoption of improved locust bean processing technology in South-West, Nigeria.
A Kolapo   +3 more
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Factors that Determine Aflatoxin Infestation in Ghana: Application of Cragg's Double Hurdle Model

open access: yesSustainable Futures, 2020
In our application of Cragg's (double hurdle) model, we explicitly address functional form misspecification by first using nonparametric regression to identify the functional relationship between aflatoxin infestation and a vector of agronomic and ...
Prince Maxwell Etwire, Edward Martey
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Market participation of smallholder groundnut farmers in Northern Ghana: Generalised double-hurdle model approach

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2023
Market participation is both a cause and a consequence of economic development. Markets offer households the opportunity to specialize according to comparative advantage and thereby enjoy welfare gains from trade.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Franklin N. Mabe
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A Bayesian hurdle quantile regression model for citation analysis with mass points at lower values [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
© 2021 The Authors. Published by MIT Press. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00147Quantile ...
Wilson, Paul   +2 more
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Estimating Productivity Loss Cost according to Severity of Vehicle Crash Injury

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, 2019
This study estimates the productivity loss cost according to the severity of vehicle crash injury. A contingent valuation survey was conducted to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of vehicle crash offenders in Taiwan.
Rong-Chang Jou, Tzu-Ying Chen
doaj   +1 more source

The role of social capital in addressing seed access constraints and adoption intensity: Evidence from Arsi Highland, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
In Ethiopia, limited empirical studies exist on how seed supply access constraints condition adoption intensity (demand). Hence, this research employs the augmented Double hurdle model to incorporate the effect of seed access (local supply) constraints ...
Bedilu Demissie Zeleke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Market Participation Decision and Intensity among Date Producers in Afar Region, Ethiopia: A Double Hurdle Approach

open access: yesInternational Journal of Fruit Science, 2022
Date palm production and marketing contribute substantially to food security, reduction of malnutrition, mitigation of poverty, and income diversification for poor agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia.
Dagmawe Menelek Asfaw   +2 more
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Determinants of market participation among smallholder farmers in Southwest Ethiopia: double-hurdle model approach

open access: yesAgriculture & Food Security, 2022
Background Agricultural production by smallholder farm households is a means of livelihood for many rural households in developing economies, including Africa.
Kusse Haile   +2 more
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Public Policies, Open Innovation Ecosystems and Innovation Performance. Analysis of the Impact of Funding and Regulations

open access: yesJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2022
: Open innovation (OI) has been implemented to develop competitive advantages based on the management of innovation with external players. As such, it is expected that the generalized adoption of OI practices needs to be nurtured by governmental public ...
Joana Costa, António Carrizo Moreira
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