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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Journal of the Academy of Business and Emerging Markets, 2023 This study investigates differences in customer satisfaction between post-Soviet and Western tourists' perceptions of hotel service quality. Because of the post-USSR split in tourists, the West has divergent experiences in developing their services ...
Leila Shora, Nurym Shora
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda +2 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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The US Power Projection in the Post-Soviet Space: Policies and Practices [PDF]
The Review of International AffairsThe article analyses the US policies in the post-Soviet space as an example of how a great power can stimulate specific political order in a region.
Alexey A. Davydov
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Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary The rise of emerging market lead firms (LFs) in global value chains (GVCs) challenges the prevailing view that only multinational corporations (MNCs) from advanced economies lead systems integration, design, and innovation activities.
Yuanyuan Wu, Paola Perez‐Aleman
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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On its 100th anniversary in 2026, the German Soil Science Society (DBG) is looking back not only on an eventful history with traditions and impressive achievements but also with painful interruptions and ruptures. One curious fact is that the DBG was initially founded as the national section of the International Soil Science Society (ISSS ...
Karl‐Heinz Feger
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Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2005 The five Central Asia Moslem Republics, born from the former USSR in 1991, are interesting examples for the problematics studied here: they invite to raise again the religious minority question in Islamic countries but in a different way from the usual ...
Sébastien Peyrouse
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Soviet Studies, Russian Studies, Ukrainian Studies... Politics, war, and ‘horizons’.
New Area Studies, 2023 This article looks at the development of Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian Studies as academic disciplines in the English-speaking world, and considers how the collapse of the USSR at the end of 1991 affected their approaches, conceptual horizons, and ...
Francis King
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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen +5 more
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