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Effets des chaînes d'approvisionnement aval sur la gestion des exploitations agricoles. CHAINES D'APPROVISIONNEMENT ET EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The environment of the farms is changing in recent decades, notably due to a stronger position of actors in the field of processing and distribution. This situation potentially leads to a reduction of leeway for producers to manage their farm and to a growing need for coordination between producers and downstream actors.
Faure, Guy   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Monitoring African Megafauna in an Anthropogenic Landscape: A 15‐Year Case Study of the Vulnerable West African Giraffe

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
We used pattern recognition software to correct misidentifications in a 15‐year photographic database of the last, vulnerable West African giraffe population in Niger. After revealing substantial methodological errors that had inflated population estimates by nearly 19%, we corrected individual encounter histories and applied capture‐mark‐recapture ...
Mara Vukelić   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

La politique agricole et l’accumulation du capital : Le cas des États-Unis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
Confronted with economic crisis, american agricultural policy since 1970 has been dominated by one priority : the solution of problems associated with other sectors, by saving public agricultural expenses as well as by using exports as a « food weapon ».
Perelman, Michael
core   +1 more source

The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
wiley   +1 more source

Co-operative Bank System: The Spanish Case [PDF]

open access: yes
In practically all European countries, co-operative credit societies have evolved towards a system which is comparable to other financial groups. This paper explores the recent evolution of Spanish credit co-operatives and especially rural savings banks.
Navarro, Amparo Melian
core   +1 more source

The degree of cooperativism in Europe: Towards an evaluation model for cooperative banking

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Democracy, social commitment and proximity are fundamental values of cooperative‐based financial institutions. The degree of cooperativism of an entity (or, by extension, of a territorial area or country) can be associated with the intensity with which the entity promotes the inherent values of cooperatives.
Francisco Salas‐Molina   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voyage en terres urbaines cultivées

open access: yesProjets de Paysage, 2017
« L’agriculture dans la ville, pour la ville » est le slogan adopté par le Reyerhof, une ferme en polyculture-élevage biodynamique. Ce slogan traduit certes un argument commercial mais aussi un état de fait.
Dominique Henry
doaj   +1 more source

Institutional Evolution, static and dynamic approaches in assessing performance related to development goals [PDF]

open access: yes
1. The Resocot Projet is a research project which brought together teams of researchers from the North and Africa, not all of which were familiar with the theoretical approach used at the outset.
Michel Fok, Sophia Tazi
core  

US‐China trade war: Heterogeneous effects on the US consumer

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper meticulously investigates how the US‐China trade war of 2018–19 affected nondurable consumption patterns for households across the United States. Using highly granular NielsenIQ barcode scanner data, we find that a 1 percentage point (pp) increase in a county's tariff exposure growth was associated with a decrease in nondurable ...
Michael DeDad, Sucharita Ghosh
wiley   +1 more source

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