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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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The economics of apprenticeship training: Seven lessons learned from cost-benefit surveys and simulations [PDF]
, 2019 This text summarises the seven most important findings that have been gleaned using detailed cost-benefit surveys of apprenticeship training programmes in various countries and subsequent cost-benefit simulations for other countries over the last 20 ...
Muehleman, Samuel, Wolter, Stefan
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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Meiotic chromosome mobility in fission yeast is resistant to environmental stress [PDF]
, 2016 This work was supported in part by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; SCHE350/10-1, SPP1384) to HS, and a start-up grant from the College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, UK, to AL. We thank M. Port (Institut für
Illner, Doris +2 more
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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 +5 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block +2 more
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Increasing chloride concentrations in Lake Constance: characterization of sources and estimation of loads [PDF]
, 2018 The chloride concentration in Lake Constance, by volume the second largest lake in Europe, has increased by a factor of 2.4 during the past 40years. Based on a chloride budget for the year 2006, we estimated total chloride imports to the catchment at ...
Gächter, René, Müller, Beat
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Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza +2 more
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Weak-form market efficiency in European emerging and developed stock markets [PDF]
This paper tests for random walks and weak-form market efficiency in European equity markets. Daily returns for sixteen developed markets (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain ...
Andrew C. Worthington, Helen Higgs
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Wachsen mit den Werten: Wertewandel im Ökolandbau – ein Ländervergleich [PDF]
, 2009 The enormous growth of the organic branche in Germany and its European neighbouring countries has led to far reaching structural changes. The large demand for organically produced goods has led to mass production, monopolisation and long-distance ...
Boergen, MSc. Isabel +1 more
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