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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening social capital as a strategy for edutourism development of Kampoeng Soesoe Randuacir Salatiga municipality

open access: yesJPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)
Educational tourism development is not only related to strengthening human capital, physical capital, financial capital and natural capital, but also requires social capital as an integrated part of the five livelihood assets.
Lasti Nur Satiani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Kuznets Curve of Education: A Global Perspective on Education Inequalities [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper describes global trends in average educational attainment and in education inequality since 1870, improving the database released by Morrisson-Murtin (2009).
Christian Morrisson, Fabrice Murtin
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Sociological Explanation of the Relationship between Family\\\'s Social Capital and Children\\\'s Educational Achievement

open access: yesجامعه شناسی کاربردی, 2015
Introduction   Type of family relationship in terms of both quality and quantity is important. It is believed that family's social relationships can influence children's educational performance.
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doaj  

The Holistic Capital Model: Time and Body Capital as Sources of Inequity

open access: yesAERA Open
We present a model of capital that expands existing models to introduce two new forms of capital (time and body capital) as sources of inequity in education. The aim is to (a) make visible core resources that are relevant to educational outcomes and also
Claire Wladis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality-adjusted Human Capital and Productivity Growth [PDF]

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Both the quality and quantity of human capital are important for growth. Although the quality aspects of human capital may have greater potential in explaining growth, given that the quantity effects of human capital have been found to be ambiguous, they
Md. Rabiul Islam
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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of occupation-specific brain drain on human capital [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper tests the hypothesis of a beneficial brain drain using occupation-specific data on migration from developing countries to OECD countries around 2000.
Heuer, Nina
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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