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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
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Impacts of CIMMYT's International Training Linked to Long-Term Trials in Conservation Agriculture: 1996-2006 [PDF]

Education, Training courses, International cooperation, Research institutions, Natural resources, Resource conservation, Environmental Economics and Policy,
Kosina, Petr, La Rovere, Roberto, Svitakova, Jirina   +2 more
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Pengembangan Pendidikan Ekonomi Berkelanjutan Untuk Sekolah Menengah Atas [PDF]

, 2012
: The Development of Sustainable Economics Education for Senior High Schools. The focus of this first-year research of a multi-year study is portraying the implementation of economics education at senior high schools in East Java.
Handayani, E. S. (Endang), Nurastuti, N. (Nunung), Priambodo, M. P. (Magistyo), Sujono, G. (Gatot), Wahjoedi, W. (Wahjoedi)   +4 more
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A model of effective teaching of economics in higher education: the integral role of classroom learning environment, instructional practices, and teacher characteristics

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
Yidana and Darkwa explore university students’ perceptions of how the classroom learning environment and Economics teachers’ instructional practices promote learning in higher education.
Peter Yidana, Sarah Darkwa
doaj   +1 more source

Telecommunications reform in Uganda [PDF]

The paper documents the case of Uganda's telecommunications reform. Uganda is one of only two countries in Africa that decided to privatize telecommunications in a competitive framework by selling a second national operator license. The authors find that
Gebreab, Frew, Haggarty, Luke, Shirley, Mary M., Tusubira, F.F.   +3 more
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Farmers Participating in a Carbon Sequestration Program? Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment in Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block, Michael Danne, Oliver Mußhoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From tools to theories: The emergence of modern financial economics [PDF]

It is shown that early research in modern financial economics had substantially been driven by the application of the research strategy of economics and the use of newly developed mathematical methods. For this purpose the professionalization of business
Koehn, Julia
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The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source