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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

Navigating delayed diagnoses, self-neglect, and lost livelihoods: a qualitative exploration of fisherfolk’s health perspectives and management of non-communicable diseases in Kerala, India

BMC Primary Care
Introduction Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) place a significant burden on India's healthcare system, accounting for approximately 62% of all deaths in the country in 2017.
Surya Surendran, Gloria Benny, Jaison Joseph, Devaki Nambiar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paying for "End-of-Life" Drugs in Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom: Balancing Policy, Pragmatism, and Societal Values [PDF]

, 2012
Analyzes British, Australian, and German health systems' policies on covering expensive end-of-life drugs while maintaining equity and efficiency, such as requiring evidence of comparative clinical and cost-effectiveness.
Andreas Gerber, Kalipso Chalkidou, Ruth Lopert   +2 more
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Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing the equity gap in under-5 mortality through an innovative community health program in Ethiopia: an implementation research study

BMC Pediatrics
Background The Ethiopian government implemented a national community health program, the Health Extension Program (HEP), to provide community-based health services to address persisting access-related barriers to care using health extension workers (HEWs)
Laura Drown, Alemayehu Amberbir, Alula M. Teklu, Meseret Zelalem, Abreham Tariku, Yared Tadesse, Solomon Gebeyehu, Yirdachew Semu, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Amelia VanderZanden, Agnes Binagwaho, Lisa R. Hirschhorn   +11 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging multisectoral approach to understand the determinants of childhood stunting in Rwanda: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews
Background Addressing childhood stunting is a priority and an important step in the attainment of Global Nutrition Targets for 2025 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Chester Kalinda, Maria Albin Qambayot, Sage Marie C. Ishimwe, Denis Regnier, Darius Bazimya, Theogene Uwizeyimana, Samson Desie, Christiane Rudert, Alemayehu Gebremariam, Elizabeth Brennan, Silver Karumba, Rex Wong, Abebe Bekele   +12 more
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Ethics in women's health: A pathway to gender equity [PDF]

, 2015
The differences between women’s and men’s experiences of health and illness are well known. Gender-specific medicine needs to restore equilibrium in order to understand the different clinical signs, diagnostic procedures, and therapeutic needs of ...
BAGGIO, GIOVANNELLA, CAENAZZO, LUCIANA, TOZZO, PAMELA   +2 more
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The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source