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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

Risk management externalities in agrifood supply chains

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Firms may under‐ or over‐invest in risk management from the social planner's perspective, resulting in a negative externality on other economic agents in the supply chain. The externality of risk management is particularly relevant for agrifood supply chains, which frequently experience disruptions and play a primary role in preventing major ...
Jeffrey Hadachek, Meilin Ma
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

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

Insights into Genetic Diversity Within the Auliekol Cattle Breed Using SNP Genotyping. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Dossybayev K, Karymsakov T, Yergali K, Kozhakhmet A, Bekman D, Sailaubek P, Tapelov A, Ciani E, Torekhanov A, Bekmanov B.   +9 more
europepmc   +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

Dairy cow health across an intensification gradient in Europe: an integrated multi-indicator assessment. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Crémilleux M, Cuenot J, Buronfosse T, Vogel L, Starke A, Michaud A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro, Jan Börner, Silke Hüttel, Katja Kowalski, Patrick Hostert, Krisztina Kis‐Katos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing the Epidemiology of Influenza A Viruses at the Swine-Human Interface: Study Protocol of the PigFluCam+ Project in Cambodia. [PDF]

JMIR Res Protoc
Holt H, Hidano A, Leung WTM, Chhour M, Yib S, Chou M, Saphonn V, Phoeung CL, Chhay T, Tum S, Vor S, Huy S, Sorn S, Wong FY, Zeller M, Smith GJD, Su YCF, Rudge JW.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source