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IDENTIFICATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS IN THE DECISION TO DISPOSE SUGARCANE FARMERS' RATOONS IN EAST JAVA

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2023
The purpose of this study was to identify the socio-economic aspects that influence farmers' decisions to unload ratoons (ratoon plant cane). The research was conducted in Gondang Legi District, Malang Regency, East Java Province, which is one of the ...
Rizkiyah N., Wijayati P.D.
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Assessing the Social Capital among Farmers in Urmia City and Its Effect on Their Pro-Environmental Behavioral Tendencies

محیط زیست و توسعه فرابخشی, 2022
Introduction: The concept “social capital” was proposed by experts after the topic of “sustainable development” was raised in the last decades of the 20th century. The central concept of social capital is that social interactions create social networks, strengthen trust, form values, support norms and culture, and create community.
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
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Farmers’ environmental perception and adaptation of different livelihood strategies in ecotone: a case of Wanjigou village, Yanchi County, Ningxia

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2014
Environmental perception has been drowning more and more attention all over the world. Farmers’ accurate perception is the premise of reasonable environmental behavior.
Bian Yingying, Song Naiping
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Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Failure to Use Cubicles and Concentrate Dispenser by Heifers after Transfer from Rearing Accommodation to Milking Herd

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2001
Thirty-three dairy farms in the Norwegian counties of Østfold and Akershus in which cubicle sheds had been in use for at least one year and with a herd size of less than 60 cows, were contacted and asked to participate in a study.
Myren HJ, Kjæstad HP
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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Technical change in Finnish grass silage production

Agricultural and Food Science, 2008
Stochastic production frontier analysis is applied in decomposing output growth of grass silage production to technical change, technical efficiency change, scale effect and input growth.
T. SIPILÄINEN, M. RYHÄNEN
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