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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap +2 more
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Annual meeting of the Williamson County Farmers' Institute.
, 1901 Publication of the 11th annual meeting of the Williamson County Farmers' Institute, which contains premium lists with advertisements for local businesses.Premiums lists with advertisements for local businesses ...
Williamson County Farmers' Institute
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Do farmers perceive risks of fraudulent pesticides? Evidence from Saudi Arabia.
PLoS ONE, 2020 The increasing number of fraudulent pesticides on the market not only constitutes a major threat to sustainable agriculture but can also have adverse consequences for the environment and human health.
Hazem S Kassem, Bader Alhafi Alotaibi
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Farmers Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change: An Estimation of Willingness to Pay [PDF]
This paper assesses farmers’ perception and adaptation to climate change to enhance policy towards tackling the challenges climate change poses to the farmers in Ghana.
Onumah, Edward E., Acquah, H. de-Graft
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Impact of flood and flood disaster management: the perception of smallholder farmers in Kelantan Malaysia [PDF]
, 2018 Of all natural disasters occurring in most part of the world floods account for significant socio-economic losses especially to smallholder farming communities living along coastal and low-lying areas. Hence, flood disaster management systems, which seek
Adamu Jega, Abdussalam +3 more
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Agriculture, 2019 Smart Farming Technologies (SFTs) have a real potential to deliver more productive and sustainable agricultural production. However, limited empirical research is available on the role played by objective and subjective factors in the adoption of such ...
Federica Caffaro, Eugenio Cavallo
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Agriculture, 2020 Although the Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOAI) implemented Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) in rice production, farmers’ application of GAPs is decreasing.
Soe Paing Oo, Koichi Usami
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal +2 more
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Farmer Perception of Technology and its Impact on Technology Uptake: The Case of Fodder Legume in Central Kenya Highlands. [PDF]
Technology adoption by farmers is crucial to increasing agricultural productivity hence meeting food and nutrition challenges in Africa. Economists investigating consumer demand have accumulated considerable evidence showing that consumers generally have
Sinja, Judith +6 more
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