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Frontlines burning: Women's lives at the heart of climate injustice. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Nagesh S, Sahu M.
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

PROTOCOL: The Effects of Land Management Policies on the Environment and People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Campbell Syst Rev
Marion P, Storhaug I, Lee S, Romero C, Parrao CG, Snilstveit B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporality of experiencing and overcoming stigma for children born in captivity (CBIC) among the Lango people of Northern Uganda. [PDF]

Discov Glob Soc
Apio EO, Lee S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Garrett R, Meyfroidt P, de Bremond A, Wartenberg A, Barbieri L, Fernández-Llamazares Á, Acheampong E, Addoah T, Adeleye M, Alexander P, Brandão J, Coomes DA, Ellis EC, Fajardo J, Jacobi J, Leach M, Lele S, Llanque Zonta A, Lyons-White J, Martin A, Messerli P, Milner-Gulland EJ, Müller D, Mills M, Nantongo Kalunda P, Pascual U, Rueda X, Ryan C, Setty S, Pham TT, Zagaria C.   +30 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous rights, health and traditional medicine systems. [PDF]

Bull World Health Organ
Redvers N, Menzel K, Carroll D, Zavaleta C, Kokunda S, Kobei DM, Rojas JN.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source