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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fine-grained evaluation framework for urban land cover change based on feature monitoring with remotely sensed imagery. [PDF]

PLoS One
Liu Q, Guo J, Zheng C, Ling F, Da Z, Song W, Zhao F, Lian J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing cropping intensity and system productivity through early-bulking potato genotypes in potato-based cropping systems. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hossain MM, Islam AKMM, Tasnim J, Sarkar MAR, Barma NCD, Hasan AK.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The CHOVE-CHUVA Earth observation platform to monitor socio-environmental dynamics in Mato Grosso, Brazil. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Arvor D, Denize J, Rouxel L, Dubreuil V, Ribeiro UM, Funatsu BM, Betbeder J, Bégué A, Silgueiro V, da Silva CA, Dias AP, Simões M, Ferraz RPD, Kuchler P, Bellec A.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Are all meats substitutes? A basket‐and‐expenditure‐based approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship among animal‐based meat and plant‐based meat alternatives (PBMAs) using a basket‐and‐expenditure‐based choice experiment. In particular, we examine whether animal‐based meat products are substitutes or complements with PBMAs.
Clinton L. Neill, Logan L. Britton
wiley   +1 more source

Conversion from farmland to orchard or agroforestry improves soil carbon sequestration by enhancing microbial biological activity in Northwest China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wang W, Petticord DF, Zhao S, Yang G, Chen Y, Huang X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the threshold of the supply and demand of ecosystem services. [PDF]

PLoS One
Deng H, Liao Z, Zhou X.
europepmc   +1 more source