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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cascading continental-scale floods across Europe in 1342-1343. [PDF]

Nature
Kiss A, Viglione A, Barriendos M, Enzi S, Bauch M, Decker K, Maughan N, Retsö D, Ogilvie A, Bertola M, Soens T, Elleder L, Brázdil R, Pribyl K, Parajka J, Telelis I, Amorim I, Barriendos J, Böhm O, Benito G, Bertolin C, Camuffo D, Coeur D, Demarée G, Doktor R, Dotterweich M, Glaser R, Komma J, Macdonald N, Petrić H, Rohr C, Schmocker-Fackel P, Schulte L, Toonen WHJ, Wetter O, Blöschl G.   +35 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
wiley   +1 more source

Health system interventions to floods and heatwaves for maternal and child health services: a realist-informed systematic review protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Debele SE, Bozzani FM, Mushinda-Musonda G, Kovats S, Bonnet G, Chama-Chiliba CM, Foss AM, da Silva EN, Borghi J.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Not as information, but as a trigger: recurrent climate trauma after the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Cibulski SP.
europepmc   +1 more source

When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang, Andrew E. Anderson, Nicholas J. Pates, Eunchun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy flood: The overlooked surplus extreme in global wind-solar power systems. [PDF]

Innovation (Camb)
Cheng Q, Wang J, Liu P, Cheng L, Yin J, Feng M, Ming B, Li X, Zhang Z, Zhao Z, Gao J, Xia J.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

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, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source