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The determinants of organic fertilizers used in urban and peri-urban agriculture: an econometric analysis [PDF]

, 2010
Urban poverty, increases in food demand, land pressures, pollution resulting from solid waste generation and from mineral fertilizers uses in urban and peri-urban agriculture, are becoming real issues in agriculture in Cameroon, and there is a growing ...
Parrot, Laurent, Sotamenou, Joël
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +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

The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments [PDF]

Different instruments are relevant for different marketing objectives (category demand expansion or market share stealing). To help brand managers make informed marketing mix decisions, it is essential that marketing mix models appropriately measure the ...
Qiang Liu, Sachin Gupta, Thomas J. Steenburgh   +2 more
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Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels, Cord‐Friedrich von Hobe, Miryam Sarah Merk, Thomas Kneib, Oliver Musshoff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Factors Affecting the Severity of Injuries in Electric Two-Wheeled Vehicle Crashes with or without Violation: A Random Parametric Logit Model considering Heterogeneity of Means and Variances

Journal of Advanced Transportation
Electric two-wheeled vehicle is one of the main commuting tools in China, but they are also more likely to have violations of the road group. In order to study the effect of the presence of violation on the severity of road traffic crashes among electric
Fulu Wei, Yuxin Han, Yanyong Guo, Yongqing Guo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Nested Logit Model of Strategic Promotion [PDF]

Retailers use sales "price promotions" for a number of potential reasons. There is relatively little research, however, on their strategic role among frequently consumed perishable products. Using a two-stage, nested logit model of retail equilibrium, we
Richards, Timothy J.
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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

MIXED LOGIT ESTIMATION OF RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY [PDF]

This paper estimates what characteristics (e.g. location, number of casualties, and type of attack) are associated with an Islamic terrorist attack. This is established by identifying the significant determinants of the probability that an attack had ...
Carlos Barros, Isabel Proença
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source