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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Creating Lifelong Relationships: Children’s Connections to Characters

WOW Stories, 2007
Kathryn Tompkins
doaj  

Chinese expert consensus on the diagnostic definition of cerebral palsy. [PDF]

BMJ Paediatr Open
Jiang W, Zhu D, Tang X, Xu K, Zhu C, Xiao N, Members of the Expert Group.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Literature Discussion Seems to Go Nowhere: Revaluing Teaching and Learning

WOW Stories, 2007
Lisa Thomas
doaj  

Publication and Retraction Activity in the Field of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Origins, Concerns, and Perspectives. [PDF]

J Korean Med Sci
Permenov BA, Zimba O, Suigenbayev D, Kocyigit BF.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Applied 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, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning To Mean: Teaching about Refugees

WOW Stories, 2011
Lorraine Wilson
doaj  

Advancing global mental health through social media engagement: lessons from an international professional organization (IACAPAP). [PDF]

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
Sravanti L, Hamoda HM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source