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Abstract In the U.S., crime and violence are concentrated in cities that have lost industry and population due to economic disinvestment and structurally racist policies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have called for community‐level approaches that reduce violence in these cities by improving unsafe physical environments, increasing ...
Laney A. Rupp+9 more
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Supermarkets, Farm Assets, and Technology Choices: a Duration Analysis of Horticultural Growers in Nicaragua [PDF]
Supermarkets, Nicaragua, Horticulture, Small Farmers, Agribusiness, Community/Rural/Urban Development, International Development,
Hernandez, Ricardo+3 more
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ABSTRACT Background There is a growing appreciation of the importance of health and well‐being and of the complex set of factors, within and outside the workplace, that interact to affect the well‐being of workers. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers experience particular challenges, and measurement of factors that influence their health and well‐being is
Tessa Bonney+3 more
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Uncovering implementable dormant pruning decisions from three different stakeholder perspectives [PDF]
Dormant pruning, or the removal of unproductive portions of a tree while a tree is not actively growing, is an important orchard task to help maintain yield, requiring years to build expertise. Because of long training periods and an increasing labor shortage in agricultural jobs, pruning could benefit from robotic automation.
arxiv
Globalization, Production and Poverty [PDF]
globalization, employment, poverty, value chains, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, textiles, garments ...
Jenkins, Rhys
core
Virna - a database on organic food production [PDF]
Virna is an article reference database on organic food production. It contains material about such matters as organic and ecological crop production and horticulture, soil, fertilization, plant protection, animal production, processing of organic ...
Koistinen, Riitta
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horticulture and ornamental horticulture [PDF]
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ABSTRACT Embedded in the framework of intergenerational solidarity, this paper explores the interactions between older immigrants' participation in volunteering activities and intergenerational family relationships in the Chinese community in Sydney, Australia. The study investigates the effects of volunteering on the lives of older Chinese immigrants.
Bingqin Li+5 more
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