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Fertility transition in Kenya: a regional analysis of the proximate determinants
, 2006 This paper analyses regional fertility patterns in Kenya since 1989 using data from the four Demographic and Health Surveys of 1989, 1993, 1998 and 2003, and a consistent set of 21 regions.
Hinde, Andrew, Anyara, Ekisa L.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Fertility of internal migrants: comparison between Austria and Poland [PDF]
Previous research has proposed four competing views on an individual’s fertility following a move from one social context to another. Each view has received support but has also been challenged by literature.
Hill Kulu
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani +3 more
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda +3 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões +2 more
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Contraception: From fertility control to identity construction
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016 Paper features basic classification of contraceptives according to their use, modus operandi, and distribution. Role of contraceptives in reproduction policies is discus- sed, alongside with using them as tools of identity construction in particular ...
Bojan Žikić
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Further Evidence of Within-Marriage Fertility Control in Pre-Transitional England. [PDF]
Demography, 2019 Cinnirella F, Klemp M, Weisdorf J.
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Fertility transition in Pakistan: neglected dimensions and policy implications
, 2013 This research addresses some of the neglected non-program dimensions related to stagnant fertility transition in Pakistan. Previous research identified a range of factors influencing fertility in Pakistan, particularly the effect of distortions in ...
Nasir, Jamal Abdul
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