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ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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In addition to other incomes, the incomes of local and branch (regional) self-government units are made by the income-earning property as well. Statutory provisions determine their realization. This work presents basic kinds of these incomes with legal
Dubravka Mahaček +2 more
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The article focuses on assessing how the quality management system is implemented within Slovak local and regional self-government organizations. The main aim of the article was to evaluate the degree of implementation of selected quality management systems – common assessment framework (CAF), total quality management (TQM), European forum for quality ...
Laura Bandlerová +3 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
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
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ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner +3 more
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FEDERALISM IN RUSSIA AND EVOLUTION OF THE REGIONAL STATEHOOD: THE CASE OF REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN
Approaches to the optimization of the federal government system should ensure increasing efficiency of the authorities at both federal and regional levels.
Аlavutdin R Ibragimov, Yury A Zubarev
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Lika i hrvatska lokalna (i regionalna) samouprava
U posljednjih 15-tak godina hrvatska politièka elita nije dovoljno uèinila na planu “debalkanizacije” lokalne uprave u RH koju obilježava korupcija, nepotizam, bahatost, glomaznost i neodgovornost. Nužno je stoga uspostaviti weberijanski model racionalne uprave koju, između ostaloga, obilježava načelo sine ira et studio.
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The Evaluation of the Finnish Self Government Experiment [PDF]
This paper evaluates the cost effects of a regional self government experiment. The experiment introduced a new intermediate tier of local administration that was given the responsibility to organize 60 per cent of public services. These services include
Kari Hamalainen
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ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques +2 more
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Yu. Yu. Kurilov
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