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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

All of one kind? Labour market reforms under austerity in Italy and Spain

, 2016
G. Picot, Arianna Tassinari
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour market attachment before and after hospitalisation for sepsis: a Danish cohort study. [PDF]

Crit Care
Skov CS, Brabrand M, Mogensen CB, Skjøt-Arkil H, Rosenvinge FS, Johansen IS, Lassen A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour market trajectory clusters and utilisation of healthcare and benefits among the long-term unemployed: a Finnish population-based study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Kärkkäinen S, Laaksonen J, Mesiäislehto M, Saikku P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Health, labour market, and social service outcomes for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on a health or disability related benefit: an Aotearoa | New Zealand nationwide cross-sectional study using the integrated data infrastructure. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Bowden N, McLeod K, Anns F, Catchpole L, Charlton F, Taylor B, Vallings R, Vu H, Tate W.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Importance of skills development on labour market participation among workers aged 35 or older - a systematic review of prospective cohort studies. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Seeberg KGV, Stilling MN, Vinstrup J, Sundstrup E, Mortensen OS, Andersen LL.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source