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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EACCO: Optimizing the Computation and Communication in Resource-Constrained IoT Devices for Energy-Efficient Swarm Robotics

open access: yesSensors
Energy consumption is a critical concern for Internet of Things (IoT) platforms lacking abundant resources, particularly for swarm robotic systems that rely on numerous devices operating collaboratively over extended periods.
Amir Ijaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management pattern and medication-related harms and its predictors in colorectal cancer patients: an institutional-based retrospective study

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2023
IntroductionData on colorectal cancer (CRC) patients’ thorough management practices and medication-related harms (MRH) are scarce. This study’s aim was to investigate the MRHs in patients receiving CRC chemotherapy at the comprehensive specialized ...
Belayneh Kefale   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons Learnt From WASH Action Research With Practitioners in Four Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This is the final report from the Action Research for Learning programme, a three-year initiative (2013 -- 2015), led by IRC, to improve the effectiveness of existing hygiene promotion and community empowerment programmes of selected local Dutch WASH ...
Jeske Verhoeven, Marielle Snell
core  

The Current Standing and Future Prospects of ARTS and Culture in Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This research article explores the current state of affairs of arts and culture sector in Ethiopia. An in-depth analysis of various dimensions of art and culture highlights where the country is presently lacking in governance and socio-economic progress ...
Khurana, K. (Karan)   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Pricing Dynamics in the US Hemp Market: A Vertical Price Transmission Analysis of the Hemp Value Chain

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The US hemp market is a new and nascent industry that has been devoid of research for about half a century. This study examined the effects of exogenous shock on price at each phase of the value chain—Farm (hemp biomass), and its impact on prices at other phases of the value chain—Intermediary Processor (crude cannabidiol hemp) and Final ...
Solomon Odiase   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethiopia: 'Destroy the Muslims' [PDF]

open access: yesIndex on Censorship, 1987
Religious leaders of all denominations are targets of persecution, but some groups are more persecuted than others.
openaire   +1 more source

Using image-based modelling (SfM-MVS) to produce a 1935 ortho-mosaic of the Ethiopian highlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Approximately 34,000 aerial photographs covering large parts of Ethiopia and dating back to 1935-1941 have been recently recovered. These allow investigating environmental dynamics for a past period that until now is only accessible from terrestrial ...
De Maeyer, Philippe   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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