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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do socioeconomic factors and local human preference determine the hybridization of knowledge in local medical systems?

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Hybridization between the local medical systems (LMSs) and biomedicine has been the focus of different studies in ethnobiology, primarily due to the increasing access to biomedicine by indigenous peoples and local communities.
Jorge Izaquiel Alves de Siqueira, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Washington Soares Ferreira-Júnior, Flávia Rosa Santoro, Luci de Senna Valle   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local ecological knowledge and folk medicine in historical Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Galicia in Northeastern Europe, 1805-1905. [PDF]

Open Res Eur, 2022
Anegg M, Prakofjewa J, Kalle R, Sõukand R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak, Claudia Bazzani, Andreas C. Drichoutis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A productive friction: Leveraging misalignments between local ecological knowledge and remotely sensed imagery for forest conservation planning

Conservation Science and Practice
Earth's forests are continually monitored by both the satellite record and the lived experiences of nearly 2 billion forest‐proximate peoples. Generally, the satellite record summarizes production estimates, such as percent tree cover, at regular ...
Matt Clark, Haji Masoud Hamad, Jeffrey Andrews, Nicholas Kolarik, Kelly Hopping, Vicken Hillis, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating local social-ecological knowledge to prioritise invasive species management

, 2018
There is a lot of uncertainty about how we pick the best invasive species management strategies to improve the environment, local economy, and human well-being, as invasive species management involves complex and multidimensional challenges. Invasive species management on inhabited islands is especially challenging, often due to perceived socio ...
Cáceres-Escobar, Hernán, Davis, Katrina J, Atkinson, Scott C, Possingham, Hugh P, Kark, Salit   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Assessment of Farmers’ Plant Disease Knowledge in Organic Cacao Cultivation [PDF]

, 2013
The Alto Beni region on the eastern foothills of the Andes accounts for 90% of certified organic cacao production in Bolivia and other tropical products for the city of La Paz. In the region more than 2200 households strongly depend on the cultivation of
Heuschekel, Zoe, Home, Robert, Pohlan, Jürgen, Schneider, Monika   +3 more
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Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu, Amin Mugera, John Mburu, Rose Nyikal, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A case study of local ecological knowledge of shellfishers about edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon, Western Iberia. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2022
Braga HO, Azeiteiro UM, Magalhães L.
europepmc   +1 more source

LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ON BYCATCH MITIGATION IN CROATIA

HydroMediT 2024 : 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography & Aquatic Environment : Book of Proceedings
Local traditional and ecological knowledge of fishers on bycatch and bycatch mitigation in Croatia was collected using the survey method to support the identification of existing, acceptable and applicable solutions for bycatch mitigation. In total, 30 responses were received.Fishers reported that it is possible to accidentally catch all targeted ...
Matić Skoko, Sanja, Vrdoljak, Dario, Pavičić, Mišo   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source