Results 201 to 210 of about 206,574 (299)

Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
wiley   +1 more source

Determining the influence of livelihoods, land access, and location on household food and nutrition security in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

Agric Food Econ
Sardeshpande M, Naicker R, Hlahla S, Mutanga O, Slotow R, Mabhaudhi T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rendezvous in Space: Tech Diplomacy and the Commercial Space Era—A Study of Rendezvous and Docking Technologies and Space Exploration Co‐Operation Since the Cold War

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On‐orbit rendezvous and docking constitute one of the most technically challenging activities in the history of space activities. As space endeavours mature to crewed missions, space rendezous and docking technologies (RDT) emerge as an area of technological innovation critical to advances in future crewed space exploration.
Nikita Chiu, Markus Kornprobst
wiley   +1 more source

'A successful re-blocking project is when the government works hand in hand with the community': Factors determining the longevity of re-blocking projects for fire-risk reduction. [PDF]

Jamba
Sintu SS, Pharoah R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Global average socio-economic farm size may triple by 2100. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wang J, Li Y, Liu S, Xu H, Zhu Z, Ding J, Liu P, Yang Y, Zhu Q, Liu L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Samuel Sebsibie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring barriers to adoption of climate-smart agriculture among smallholder farmers in Odisha, India. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mishra T, Gaurav S, Bose D, Kumar A, Singh M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Geographical indications in international markets: Policy, productivity, and trade

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Geographical indications (GIs) are an increasingly important feature of global agri‐food markets and trade agreements, yet the economic literature lacks a structural open‐economy model to analyze how GI policies influence exports, productivity, and welfare.
Jakob Rackl, Luisa Menapace
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of local officials' promotion incentives on Public-Private Partnership project investment from a political-performance-driven perspective: Empirical evidence from China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhang L, Yue M, Du S, Zheng R, Zhu T, Tang B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source