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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of geographical education of students through STEM

open access: yesFrontiers in Education
Teaching geography through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is often cited as a rational and effective way to provide students with quality and experience-based education.
Yerkegul Seminar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Extent of the Acquisition of Geography Teachers of the Concepts and Skills Found in the First-Secondary Economic Geography Textbook in Jordan [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Islamic Studies, 2001
This study aimed at answering the following questions: 1- To what extent did geography teachers acquire the concepts and skills found in the economic geography textbook?
Ibrahim Al-Qaoud, Muhammad Subeihi
doaj  

An interdisciplinary approach to teaching contents geography in primary school [PDF]

open access: yesGlasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva, 2017
In order to meet the needs of modern society, schools should be continually reviewed its role. In contemporary the methodological concepts, interdisciplinary teaching is seen as a necessity in order to increase the quality of teaching and ...
Živković Ljiljana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teaching geography with literary mapping: A didactic experiment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The relationship between maps and literature has long been debated from both narrative and geographical perspectives. At the core of this contribution are so-called reader generated mappings, mapping practices performed after the reading of a literary ...
Luchetta, Sara
core   +1 more source

Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on stock prices, profits and perceptions in the food supply chain

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had profound consequences for the global economy. As both countries are major commodity exporters, the food value chain was also affected. This study investigates the impact of the invasion on stock prices, profitability and sentiments of agribusinesses along the food supply chain by using an ...
Julia Höhler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Bring in the Graduates” – alumni contributions to HE T&L - Blog post [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Blog post on Teaching-focused in HE: THE GEES network.
Derounian, James
core  

Geography of African development : an alternative curriculum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The Geography of African Development module is part of a year-long Third Year level geography course on Africa that has been offered at Rhodes University since 2002.
Fox, R C
core   +2 more sources

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