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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of the Impact of L2 Grit on the Intercultural Competence of Chinese EFL Students with Willingness to Communicate Digitally as the Mediator [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
A study conducted at a university in Guangzhou examined 267 students, revealing a positive correlation between L2 grit and the intercultural competence of students.
Liu Jiana, He Yu
doaj   +1 more source

Foreign Languages and Trade [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Cultural factors and especially common languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of foreign languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main languages used in EU and candidate countries.
Fidrmuc, J, Fidrmuc, J
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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

The Effect of Content Instruction in L2 on L1 Pragmatics [PDF]

, 2011
This study investigates whether content instruction in English has an impact on L1 pragmatics. In this study a discourse completion test with eight request situations in Turkish was given to three groups of Turkish students enrolled in undergraduate ...
Kanik, Mehmet
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting language learners' grades in the L1, L2, L3 and L4: the effect of some psychological and sociocognitive variables [PDF]

, 2007
This study of 89 Flemish high-school students' grades for L1 (Dutch), L2 (French), L3 (English) and L4 (German) investigates the effects of three higher-level personality dimensions (psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism), one lower-level personality ...
Argyle M., Chamorro-Premuzic T., Costa P., Costa P., Dewaele J-M., Dewaele J-M., Dewaele J-M., Dourado M. R., Dö rnyei Z., Eysenck H. J., Eysenck H. J., Eysenck H. J., Furnham A., Gardner R. C., Gleick J., Housen A., Jean-Marc Dewaele, Jessner U., Kiani G., Kinginger C., Kinginger C., Lalonde R. N., Lasagabaster D., Lasagabaster D., Lasagabaster D., Lochtman K., MacIntyre P. D., MacIntyre P. D., Marin-Marin A., Mettewie L., Naiman N., Preston D., Safont-Jordà M. P., Sternberg R. J., Swain M., Van Daele S., Willems D.   +36 more
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The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring foreign language anxiety in higher education: Multifaceted insights into causes, impacts, and coping strategies

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
It is believed that high anxiety in foreign language learning can negatively affect learners' language learning processes and hinder the development of their language skills.
Osman Özdemir, Hümset Seçkin
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An Experience-Connected e-Learning System with a Personalization Mechanism for Learners’ Situations and Preferences [PDF]

, 2011
This paper presents an “experience-connected” e- Learning system that facilitates users to learn practical skills of foreign language by associating knowledge and daily-life experiences.
Nagato , KASAKI, Shuichi , KURABAYASHI, Yasushi , KIYOKI   +2 more
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