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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

Spatial analysis of accessibility to healthcare-related facilities in Tokyo Metropolis using geographic information systems. [PDF]

PLoS One
Yamazaki T, Ito S, Ino Y, Sugishita K, Kageyama K, Sato M, Nakao S, Nonomura K, Tamaki H, Iguchi K, Nakamura M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Estimating the nationwide incidence of coxsackievirus A6-associated hand, foot and mouth disease in China, 2008-2022. [PDF]

Infect Dis Poverty
Liu Y, Wang N, Liu F, Li K, Ward MP, Grassly NC, Tu W, Yu J, Li W, Zhao Y, Zhang J, Dong J, Lu T, Liu M, Chang Z, Zhang Z.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographical dataset of questing nymphal density for three key tick vector species of Lyme disease. [PDF]

Sci Data
Zhang Y, Sun Y, Wang J, Wu X, Wang L, Yang X, Guo Y, Fang R, Miao L, Yang M, Peng B, Vanwambeke SO, Li S.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Ethical guidelines for geoprivacy: a framework for researchers and ethics committees. [PDF]

Int J Health Geogr
Malekzadeh M, Kestens Y, Blanford JI, Perchoux C, Mostafavi MA, McKenzie G, Kim EK.   +6 more
europepmc   +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

Urban-rural transportation accessibility: A novel geographical indicator for characterizing urban-rural integration. [PDF]

PLoS One
Liu L, Liang Z, Liu L, Qiao R, Lu W, Yin N, Ji J, Li J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source