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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Does Founders’ Human Capital Matter for Innovation? Evidence from Japanese Start-ups [PDF]
Using a sample from an original questionnaire survey in Japan, this paper explores whether and how founders’ human capital affects innovation outcomes by start-ups.
Honjo, Yuji +2 more
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Bonding, Bridging, and Social Change [PDF]
, 2009 This paper discusses the efficacy of using Robert Putnam’s theory of social capital as the framework for forming long-term reciprocal relationship amongst Writing students, faculty, clients and staff of a community-based agency.
Nester, Nancy L.
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Inequality across the Generations in North America and Europe [PDF]
Privater Transfer, Bildungsinvestition, Bildungschancen, Nordamerika, EU-Staaten, Private transfer, Human capital investment, Educational opportunities, North America, EU ...
Miles Corak
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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PLoS ONEAs vocational undergraduate students in China face increasing challenges in the job market, understanding the factors that shape their employment expectations is crucial.
Zerui Huang +5 more
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Human Capital Formation during Communism and Transition: Evidence from Bulgaria [PDF]
Is it true that communist countries had well-developed human capital, or is it just a myth? What were human capital stocks at the beginning of transition to market economy? What happened to human capital formation during the transition?
Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa
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Education, Equity and Social Cohesion : A Distributional Model [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 7] [PDF]
, 2003 This report - the first from the Centre’s comparative strand of research - focuses on the effects of education on social cohesion at the societal level. The research involved two elements.
Green, Andy +2 more
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