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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

DETERMINANTS OF PART-TIME FARMING AND ITS EFFECT ON FARM PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY [PDF]

Little attention has been given in the agricultural economics literature to the impact of off-farm work on farm productivity and efficiency. More knowledge about what determines part-time farming and whether farm productivity and efficiency are affected ...
Lien, Gudbrand D., Kumbhakar, Subal C., Hardaker, J. Brian   +2 more
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CSR Disclosure and Operating Performance in the Agri‐Food Manufacturing Industry: Evidence From Southern Europe

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and operating profitability in the agri‐food manufacturing industry of Southern Europe, focusing on Extremadura (Spain). From an initial pool of 284 firms, the final sample comprised 185 companies after excluding inactive or non‐reporting cases.
Ángel Sabino Mirón Sanguino, Maria Pache Durán, Triana Arias Abelaira, María Beatriz Corchuelo Mártinez Azua   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From health protection to labor incentive: health and economic impacts of Medical Financial Assistance in rural China. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Wang Y, Yang W, Yin S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Farm Productivity and Efficiency in Rural Bangladesh: The Role of Education Revisited [PDF]

This paper reassesses the debate over the role of education in farm pro duction in Bangladesh using a large dataset on rice producing hous eholds from 141 villages.
Rahman, Sanzidur, Asadullah, M. Niaz
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Harmonizing Social Impact Assessment in the Bioeconomy: A Cross‐Regional Fuzzy‐Delphi Approach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy transition risks underrepresenting social sustainability, while existing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S‐LCA) applications remain insufficient for comparison and decision support due to heterogeneous and non‐standardized selection of social impact categories. This study proposes a cross‐regional baseline set of impact categories
Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Claudia Coutinho‐Nóbrega, Nicholas M. Holden   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structured vulnerability: nationality stratifies wages, working conditions, and labor rights among migrant workers in Malaysian oil palm plantations. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Duhamel PN, Thammachote P, Hoo KC.
europepmc   +1 more source

OFF-FARM LABOR AND THE STRUCTURE OF U.S. AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF CORN/SOYBEAN FARMS [PDF]

While the growing importance of off-farm earnings suggests large benefits accrue to farmers from efforts to expand off-farm income opportunities, survival still depends on greater efficiency.
Banker, David E., Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge, Nehring, Richard F.   +2 more
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Corporate‐Community Land Governance for Peace: A Governance Materiality Framework for CSR, ESG, and Sustainable Agribusiness

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG), there is a gap. This paper aims to fill that gap by building on a previous empirical study. It introduces the Land Governance Materiality Framework (LGMF), which redefines land governance as a critical governance skill that impacts ESG performance ...
Ifedayo Grace Malachi, Reza Eslamipoor
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the nexus between household livelihood vulnerability and ecosystem service dependence in southern Shaanxi. [PDF]

iScience
Liu W, Guo L, Xu J, Feldman MW, Li C.
europepmc   +1 more source