Results 141 to 150 of about 8,192,817 (357)

Climate Change Agricultural Comparative Advantage and the US Trade Balance

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Current science indicates that warming and elevated atmospheric CO2 will have ambiguous results for crop productivity depending on crop type and geographic location, whereas increased heat stress makes livestock and human labor less productive.
Elizabeth A. Fraysse, Thomas W. Hertel, Roman Keeney   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
wiley   +1 more source

Turning numbers into knowledge: Farmer‐preferred approaches for soil health reporting

Agricultural & Environmental Letters
Many soil health indicators have been developed by researchers to aid farmer decision‐making yet rarely incorporate farmer preferences in the presentation of that data.
Kelly R. Wilson, Tanner O. Rankin, Jordon Wade, Timothy Haithcoat, Jenny Melo‐Velasco, Olivia Caillouet, Donna Brandt, Catherine Brockert   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Analysis of The Agribusiness Communication Structure of Dairy Cattle Farmers: The Case Study of The Tegal Mandiri Farmer Group

Animal Production: Indonesian Journal of Animal Production
Problems in dairy cattle agribusiness require attention not only from the farmers themselves but also from farmer organizations. To understand the communication patterns among group members in the agribusiness sector, including the exchange of ...
Dyah Gandasari, Mochamad Sugiarto, Diena Dwidienawati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short urban food chains in LDCs: signs of the past or of the future? [PDF]

, 2013
The paper investigates the specifie features of short food chains supplying cities in LDCs in relation with the characteristics in terms of transportation, farmers' strategies and consumer preferences.
Moustier, Paule
core  

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insuring Rural China's Health? An Empirical Analysis of China's New Cooperative Medical System [PDF]

Although health is an important factor in economic development, millions of China's rural residents have no medical coverage. Nearly 10 percent of those that were sick in rural China consciously did not seek medical care, mostly because of financial ...
Rozelle, Scott, Wang, H. Holly, Yan, Yuanyuan, Zhang, Linxiu   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Focus groups of value concepts of producers: National Report Switzerland [PDF]

, 2005
The Organic Revision project was funded by the EU with the aim of supporting the further development of the EU Regulation 2092/91 on organic production. As part of the project focus groups were run in five European countries on value concepts of organic ...
Bodini, Antonella, Kilchsperger, Rahel, Schmid, Otto   +2 more
core  

Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
wiley   +1 more source

Paul Farmer: A Pioneer of Global Health, Health Equity, and Health Advocacy

Cureus
Paul Farmer, a distinguished physician and anthropologist known by many as a pioneer in global health endeavors, made a profound impact on the landscape of healthcare. Through his innovative approaches to healthcare delivery and his unwavering commitment to social justice and health equity, he changed the landscape of healthcare on a global scale.
Schindler, Hanna, Wallen, Michelle
openaire   +2 more sources