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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
wiley   +1 more source

Earnings management and the auditing value in China

African Journal of Business Management, 2011
Auditing has been identified as an area of immense importance for the development of China's stock market. Auditing not only provides reliable information for users, but, more importantly, it must coordinate the potential interests among the public, central and local state, and the nation.
Liu Yi Pei, Cheng Yu Shu
openaire   +2 more sources

Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Критический анализ методических подходов управления стоимостью нефтегазовых проектов

Теория и практика общественного развития
В статье представлен критический анализ методических подходов управления стоимостью нефтегазовых проектов. Выделен ряд традиционных методов оценки и контроля стоимости, отмечены их достоинства и недостатки. Подчеркивается, что пренебрежение качественными
Добрышин Антон Валерьевич, Крестовских Татьяна Сергеевна   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Earned Value Management

, 2002
Earned Value Management is a methodology used to measure and communicate the real physical progress of a project and show its true cost situation. This tool was developed by the US Department of Defense in 1967 and later used successfully for monitoring ...
Kissler, Karl Heinz, Ferguson, J
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The Influence of Common Language on the Trade of Wheat and Bakery Products

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether sharing a common official language increases the probability that two countries engage in bilateral trade of wheat and bakery products. Using a binary choice framework applied to 54,780 country‐pair observations for 2023, probit and logit models of the extensive margin of trade are estimated, with a focus on whether
Felipe Durães do Nascimento Monteiro Barbosa, Dragan Miljkovic   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of Lean Six Sigma into earned value management using system dynamics

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
A Few Lean Six Sigma (LSS) papers were studied during the construction project’s progress. This study proposes the integration of LSS, system dynamics (SD), and earned value management (EVM) as a comprehensive toolkit for datadriven decision-making ...
Nasser Aljarallah, Abdullah Alsugair, Khalid Al-Gahtani, Naif Alsanabani, Abdulmohsen Almohsen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara, Eugenio Pomarici, Leonardo Cei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An application of Earned Value Management (EVM) with Monte Carlo simulation in engineering project management

Gestão & Produção
The fast changes in the Market make companies increasingly focus on project structures. A project differs from a routine activity because it is unique and must be managed and structured to provide expected benefits at no greater cost than anticipated ...
Felipe Kahan Bonato, Andrei Aparecido de Albuquerque, Michel Augusto Santana da Paixão   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food Security Strategy, Macroeconomic Dynamics and Food Import Sensitivity in Qatar

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Qatar has limited agricultural land and water resources and therefore remains highly dependent on food imports. This structural dependency makes Qatar vulnerable to external shocks such as the recent Gulf crisis, threatening food security and disrupting global supply chains. In response to previous shocks, Qatar started implementing a National
Hansini Ranjan, Simeon Kaitibie, Alanoud Ali S. Al‐Maadid, John N. Ng'ombe, Ishrat Hossain, Mostafizur Rahman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source