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Landmarked: land claims and restitution in South Africa

open access: yesReview of African Political Economy, 2010
Landmarked: land claims and restitution in South Africa, by Cherryl Walker, Athens, OH and Auckland Park, Ohio University Press and Jacana Media, 2008, xii + 292 pp., $26.95, ISBN 9780821418703 Wal...
openaire   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restitution and Reparations in Nigerian Urban Land Policy: A Case Study of Displaced Communities in Lagos

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background Land governance in post-colonial African cities continues to be shaped by historical injustices that have dispossessed communities through exclusionary urban planning, informal settlement demolitions, and legally sanctioned ...
Waidi
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Property rights imperfections and asset allocation: co-ownership in Bulgaria. [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes how imperfections of property rights affect households’ allocation of assets using micro-survey data from Bulgaria. Co-ownership of assets is widespread in many countries due to inheritance.
Macours, Karen   +3 more
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Sound‐Based Assembly of Magnetically Actuated Soft Robots Toward Enhanced Release of Extracellular Vesicles

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
Magnetic soft robots offer promise in biomedicine due to their wireless actuation and rapid response, but current fabrication methods are complex and have limited cellular compatibility. A new, contactless bioassembly strategy using hydrodynamic instabilities is introduced, enabling customizable, centimeter‐scale robots.
Wei Gao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Good faith exempt from guilt: utopia of the opponents before the decisions of the Superior Court of the District of Cúcuta - Civil Chamber Specialized in Land Restitution

open access: yesPostulados: Revista Sociojurídica
This article about the land restitution processes in Colombia established in Law 1148 of 2011, shows us where these processes come f rom, which are considered as reparation measures for the victims of the armed conflict,
Cristian Antonio Bohórquez Galviz
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Advanced Intelligent and Perceptive Soft Grippers

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Implementing soft yet strong and intelligent soft grippers request innovative and creative solutions in designing soft bodies and seamlessly integrating actuated systems with hierarchical sensing. This review systematically analyses soft grippers with a deep understanding of core components, from fundamental design principles to actuation and sensing ...
Haneul Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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