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Crop insurance and irrigation behavior: The conditional role of pumping costs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Excessive water use for irrigation can accelerate the depletion of water resources, undermining agriculture's resilience to weather‐related shocks. Understanding how farmers make water use decisions is essential for developing effective water management policies.
Sungmin Cheu, Molly Sears
wiley   +1 more source

Women's non-farm employment and household dietary quality in rural China: evidence from a national rural health perspective. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Gao Y, Wang G, Zhang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Farm labor scarcity and its uneven impacts on crop producers in the United States

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study is the first to evaluate the impacts of farm labor scarcity on producers in the United States across different crop production systems. Between 2002 and 2017, we disentangle the effects of labor scarcity from the impacts of rising commodity demand, technological change, and supply of other inputs on labor market outcomes.
Srabashi Ray, Alexandra E. Hill, Iman Haqiqi, J. Edward Taylor, Thomas W. Hertel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community perspectives on the Zambian Farm Block Development Program and an evaluation of household income factors: Lessons from Kawambwa district. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chanda O.
europepmc   +1 more source

Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated veterinary practices and farm performance of small ruminants. [PDF]

Vet Anim Sci
Ziba D, Danso-Abbeam G, Mabe FN, Dagunga G, Ogundeji AA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Premium subsidy designs and crowding out of insurance demand

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is an important instrument to protect farmers against extreme weather events. Many countries provide subsidies for crop insurance products to make insurance more affordable for farmers. The Federal Crop Insurance Program in the United States and major European crop insurance programs such as in Spain, Italy, and France focus on ...
Tim Philippi
wiley   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cocoa cultivation as an engine of rural development: Impact on the configuration of livelihoods strategies of rural households in Colombia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hernández-Nuñez HE, Gutiérrez-Montes I, Suárez JC, Andrade HJ, Bernal Núñez AP, Sánchez Castillo V, Gutiérrez GA, Casanoves F, Flora CB.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

It's a Match, Isn't It? Developing a Checklist on Matching Secondary Data at the Example of Job Control

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Few datasets simultaneously capture occupational exposures and health outcomes in a general working population. To understand associations between occupational exposures and health, researchers often combine existing datasets. As occupation codes are available in many datasets, combining these datasets seems a straight‐forward option. However,
Franziska J. Kößler, Candice Y. Johnson, Amel Omari, Kaori Fujishiro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source