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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
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Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
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The Relationship Between Cyberchondria and E-Health Literacy Level in Oncology Patients

Ebelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
Objective: The primary objective of this study was to explore how e-health literacy is related to cyberchondria among individuals receiving oncology care.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 206 cancer patients who sought care at XXX ...
Muhammet Ali Aydin, Ayse Elkoca, Mehmet Salih Yıldırım, Ebru Solmaz, Metin Yıldız   +4 more
doaj   +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

The dose-response relationship between light physical activity and electronic health literacy among ​community-dwelling older adults

BMC Public Health
Background To investigate the dose-response relationship between e-health literacy and light physical activity (LPA) in older adults is to provide evidence for targeted interventions that enhance e-health literacy and promote LPA, thereby advancing ...
Yu Lu, Lin Wang, Shijie Liu, SiJun Wu, FengRui Shi, Jie Yu, YiXin Chen, Hong Wang, LinXia Tang, WenChao Gong, AoHan Guo   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship of the Sense of Coherence and E-health literacy With Health Anxiety in Older Women [PDF]

Sālmand
Objectives This study aims to investigate the relationship of the sense of coherence and e-health literacy with health anxiety in older women. Methods & Materials This is a cross-sectional study on 350 older women from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, who
Mehdi Rostami, Sefa Bulut, Nadereh Saadati, Seyed Amir Saadati, Seyed Hadi Seyed Alitabar, Zohreh Zadhasn, Parichehr Mehdiabadi, Kamdin Parsakia   +7 more
doaj  

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
wiley   +1 more source