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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining how fiscal policies influence innovation in TCM enterprises: the role of R&D investment and executives with pharmaceutical backgrounds. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Guo D, Qi L, Song X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Is there a Role for an Active Fiscal Stabilization Policy? [PDF]

This paper discusses the need and scope for an active fiscal stabilization policy. It is argued that the effectiveness of fiscal policy as a short run stabilizer does not depend on the long run multipliers of (balanced budget) fiscal policies.
Torben Andersen
core  

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The performativity of potential output: pro-cyclicality and path dependency in coordinating European fiscal policies

, 2016
Philipp Heimberger, Jakob Kapeller
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Real business cycles: a legacy of countercyclical policies? [PDF]

If business cycles are caused mostly by changes in productivity, rather than by monetary and financial disturbances, what role do monetary and fiscal policies play?
Satyajit Chatterjee
core  

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of COVID-19 and fiscal stimuli on global emissions and the Paris Agreement

Nature Climate Change, 2020
Y. Shan, Jiamin Ou, Daoping Wang, Zhao Zeng, Shaohui Zhang, D. Guan, K. Hubacek   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Mechanism of Inflation Differentials and Current Account Imbalances in the Euro Area [PDF]

This paper examines the mechanism of persistent inflation differentials, current account imbalances, and fiscal deficits in the euro area by constructing a multi-country model in which the optimization behaviors of governments as well as those of ...
Harashima, Taiji
core   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

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
wiley   +1 more source