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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Inertia and Institutional Change in an Expanding Normal-Form Game

open access: yesGames, 2013
We investigate aspects of institutional change in an evolutionary game-theoretic framework, in principle focusing on problems of coordination in groups when new solutions to a problem become available.
Torsten Heinrich, Henning Schwardt
doaj   +1 more source

The U. S. Corn Farmers' Genetically Modified Technology Adoption with Neighborhood Effects [PDF]

open access: yes
Genetically Modified, Neighborhood Effects, Consumer/Household Economics, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
Yoo, Do-il
core   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The institutional dimension of market failure

open access: yesEkonomia i Prawo, 2019
Motivation: At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, institutionalism was presented by T. Veblen as an alternative to neoclassical economics. On the basis of neoclassical economics, in addition to the explanation how an effectively functioning market ...
Wojciech Giza
doaj   +1 more source

Market Competition, Institutions, and Contracting Outcomes: Preliminary Model and Experimental Results [PDF]

open access: yes
Contracts, Competition, Market Power, Enforcement, Institutions, Agribusiness, Industrial Organization, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Production Economics, C91, D02, D43, D86,
MacDonald, James M., Wu, Steven Y.
core   +1 more source

Theory of institutions by the New Institutional Economics and institutional economic reforms in Vietnam

open access: yesScience & Technology Development Journal - Economics - Law and Management, 2018
Economic institutions play an indispensable role in creating an impetus for economic development. Although the concepts of institutions and economic institutions are not new in Vietnam, their connotation and nature remain controversial. This paper aims to clarity the connotation and the nature of institutions and economic institutions, thereby ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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