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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of the Challenge Initiative's Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) on Public Sector Service Provision of Family Planning Services in Urban Sindh, Pakistan. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Siddiqui JU, Veesar MA, Manzoor K, Imran I, Saeed A, Mahar F, Shaikh SA, Dehraj ZA, Habib A, Abbas G, Rab SA, Igharo V.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Male partner influence on Women's choices and utilisation of family planning services in Mufulira district, Zambia. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Nkonde H, Mukanga B, Daka V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequities in effective coverage of family planning services in low- and middle-income countries: linking household and facility surveys. [PDF]

J Glob Health
Tian S, Hazel EA, Munos M, Maïga A, Jiwani SS, Wilson EB, Mady GRM, Amouzou A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection into family planning services: a scoping review. [PDF]

BMJ Sex Reprod Health, 2023
Gotsche CI, Steyn PS, Narasimhan M, Rodolph M, Baggaley R, Kiarie JN.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing changes in the availability and readiness of health facilities to provide modern family planning services in Bangladesh: Insights from Bangladesh Health Facility Surveys, 2014 and 2017. [PDF]

PLoS One
Banik R, Noor STA, Siddique AB, Mayen MSA, Saha A, Ashiquzzaman, Hossain L, Sayeed A, Saha N, Al-Zubayer MA, Kader ML, Akter E, Siddique MAB, Ahmed A, Raza S.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Implementation determinants and strategies in integration of PrEP into maternal and child health and family planning services: experiences of frontline healthcare workers in Kenya. [PDF]

Front Reprod Health, 2023
Wagner AD, Beima-Sofie K, Awuor M, Owade W, Neary J, Dettinger JC, Pintye J, Abuna F, Lagat H, Weiner BJ, Kohler P, Kinuthia J, John-Stewart G, O'Malley G.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gender Disparities in the Prevalence, Trends, and Determinants of Later‐Life Urinary Incontinence: A Disproportionate Burden on Women

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This study shows that UI prevalence rose steadily in both the USA and UK during the 2010s, driven by aging, comorbidities, and educational changes, with women accounting for 65% of the projected increase in UI cases by 2030. These findings underscore the need for gender‐responsive UI prevention and care strategies, including targeted interventions for ...
Xiyin Chen, Shaoxiang Jiang, Muqi Guo, Hao Zhang, Mouwang Zhou, Yao Yao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source