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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey data of finalists and winners in the search for outstanding teachers in the Philippines, 1988–2010

open access: yesData in Brief, 2020
The data derives from a survey of teachers who competed at the national level in the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. Search for Outstanding Teachers in the Philippines from 1988 to 2010.
Majah-Leah V. Ravago   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inovasi Pembelajaran Kitab Kuning Di Pesantren Dalam Penguatan Literasi Keagamaan

open access: yesJurnal Keislaman
This research aims to analyze the forms of innovation in the teaching of Kitab Kuning in Islamic boarding schools (Pesantren) to strengthen religious literacy. The study employs a library research approach, utilizing literature sources such as journals,
Ronna Sari Daulay   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Practitioner Profile: An Interview with Erin Wirth, AFC

open access: yesJournal of Financial Therapy, 2013
Erin Wirth is an Accredited Financial Counselor and the Director of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln Student Money Management Center, a financial education program for college students.
Erin Wirth
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Congratulation letter, Council of the Federation Literacy Award: Joan Acosta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Letter from BC Premier, Gordon Campbell, congratulating Joan Acosta on receiving the 2007 Council of the Federation Literacy Award for her work on the Westcoast Reader. Selected by 50th Anniversary History Team.

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Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation and Assessment in Information Literacy: WASSAIL as a tool to support diverse methods

open access: yesNordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education, 2010
In the higher education Information Literacy context, there is growing interest and requirements for evaluation of librarian teaching and assessment of student learning. This session will explore these issues and use WASSAIL as a sample tool to consider
Nancy Goebel
doaj   +1 more source

“It's Not Deterministic and It Will Never Be Deterministic”: A Qualitative Study on Stakeholder Perspectives of Polygenic Risk Score Testing for Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes significant mental and physical distress, yet only a small subset of individuals exposed to trauma develop the disorder. Scientists and clinicians are still unable to predict who will get the disorder or how it will manifest.
Brandy M. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

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