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Video and Text‐Based Supplemental Health Information and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Nutrient‐Enhanced Eggs

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating information literacy

open access: yesJournal of Information Literacy
This short think-piece describes my journey of discovery through the information landscape (from 2004 to present) and the development of a theory of information discernment which unpacks one aspect of information literacy (IL)—that of the cognitive ...
Geoff Walton
doaj   +1 more source

Examining health literacy disparities in the United States: a third look at the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background In the United States, disparities in health literacy parallel disparities in health outcomes. Our research contributes to how diverse indicators of social inequalities (i.e., objective social class, relational social class, and social ...
R. V. Rikard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The New Paradigms: Artificial Intelligence, Metamedia, and Educational Horizons

open access: yesПроблеми на постмодерността
The first issue of the 2025 year includes articles by scholars from Bulgaria, Greece, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, and Kenya. As we stated in the previous issue, all roads lead to AI.
Stella Angova, Ivan Valchanov
doaj  

Information literacy now

open access: yesJournal of Information Literacy
Librarians have long been at the forefront of information literacy (IL), helping to develop and codify definitions and standards and advocating for its importance across situations and domains.
Laura Saunders
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Information Literacy in the Provision of Virtual Reference Services at the Enquiry Desk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Virtual Reference (VR) tools are a useful means of allowing remote interaction between librarians and library users. This paper focuses on the use of synchronous VR tools and their potential for fostering information literacy.
Beck, Daniel, Beck, DJ
core   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative information literacy: Designing an online course at the interface between information literacy and statistical literacy

open access: yeso-bib. Das offene Bibliotheksjournal, 2017
Information literacy has become a large topic in libraries while statistical literacy is at most of secondary concern in library services. The article introduces the design of the online self-learning course “Daten und Statistiken recherchieren und ...
Christina Kläre
doaj   +1 more source

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