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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maurice A. Crane interviews Arch Farmer

open access: yes, 1989
Arch Farmer recalls working with CBS newsman Mike Wallace, working for Col. Robert McCormick at the Chicago Tribune, and writing the first 1,700 episodes of the soap opera "The Guiding Light." Farmer is interviewed by Maurice Crane, head of the G. Robert
Farmer, Arch
core   +1 more source

Tackling misunderstandings: A farmer-led approach to improve the usability of multi-decadal climate services

open access: yesClimate Services
Future climate projections are incorporated into a growing number of interactive online platforms, changing the way users interact with climate information.
Stephen Snow   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differentiated Impacts of EU Rural Development Measures: A Finite Mixture Evaluation of Italian Olive Farms

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between participation in the EU Rural Development Program and the economic performance of Italian olive farms using a finite‐mixture model with inverse‐probability‐weighted regression adjustment. Based on 2010–2022 FADN panel data, it estimates heterogeneous treatment effects while correcting for selection ...
Francesco Caracciolo, Marilena Furno
wiley   +1 more source

Community Management of Irrigation Infrastructure in Burkina Faso: A Diagnostic Study of Six Dam-Adjacent Irrigation Areas

open access: yesAgriculture
In Burkina Faso, small-scale, community-managed irrigation systems play a crucial role in stabilizing agricultural production and improving food security.
Cyrille Bassolo Baki   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Farmer-Led Irrigation Development in Ghana

open access: yes, 2021
Adequate agricultural production for food and nutrition security as well as better incomes for farmers and rural inhabitants represent key development objectives of many nations, and they are most crucial in Africa. Water is critical in food production, and its use now and in the future is a major determinant of whether the stated objective is achieved.
openaire   +1 more source

Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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