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The Role of Income Growth in Emerging Markets and the BRICs in Agrifood Trade [PDF]

This study develops an import demand model to explore the role of income in explaining the trade performance of low, middle and high-income countries with a special emphasis on Brazil, Russia, India and China – the BRIC economies. The study estimates the
Haq, Zahoor Ul, Meilke, Karl D.
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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Assessing factors influencing greywater characteristics around the world: a qualitative and quantitative approach with a short-review on greywater treatment technologies

Discover Water
The obsolete efficiencies in conventional centralized wastewater treatment systems call for implementation of source separation and treatment of wastewater.
S. Mohan, Vineeth Manthapuri, Santhoshi Chitthaluri   +2 more
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Avenues for Export Diversification: Issues for Low-Income Countries [PDF]

While diversification of exports is often a desirable trade objective, it is far from clear how best to tap into new opportunities. This paper discusses the range of avenues of diversification, including (i) expanding the range of markets into which ...
Brenton, Paul, Newfarmer, Richard, Walkenhorst, Peter   +2 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

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Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
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An update on the mechanisms and risk factors for anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in children: a narrative review

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
The relation between surgery and anesthesia safety in children and a country's Human Development Index (HDI) value has been described previously. The aim of this narrative review was to provide an update on the mechanisms and risk factors of Anesthesia ...
Leandro Gobbo Braz, Jose Reinaldo Cerqueira Braz, Teofilo Augusto Araújo Tiradentes, Daniela de Sa Menezes Porto, Cristiano Martins Beserra, Luiz Antonio Vane, Paulo do Nascimento Junior, Norma Sueli Pinheiro Modolo, Mariana Gobbo Braz   +8 more
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MONETARY INSTABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH [PDF]

Favorable conditions existed for world economic growth during the 1980s and early 1990s. Yet real GDP growth rates for 76 out of 87 countries included in this study decreased during this time, relative to the 1968-80 period.
Peterson, Willis L.
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

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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
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International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: An Update Using 2005 International Comparison Program Data [PDF]

In a 2003 report, International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns, ERS economists estimated income and price elasticities of demand for broad consumption categories and food categories across 114 countries using 1996 International Comparison Program (
Meade, Birgit Gisela Saager, Muhammad, Andrew   +1 more
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