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Integrating the Perspectives of Youth, Women, and Marginalised Communities in Addressing Global Environmental Management Challenges. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Adom RK, Afuye GA, Kalumba AM, Simatele MD.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Agribusiness, 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, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a community research link worker role to enable culturally tailored research and empower marginalised communities to participate: the IBISES model. [PDF]

Res Involv Engagem
Fryer K, Reynolds J, Huang Q, Mawson R, Linton E, Aminu H, White J, Cory R, Mitchell C, University of Sheffield, Leeds University, Sheffield Chinese Community Centre, Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association, Shipshape, Children and Young People’s Futures, Rosasencis Productions.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Agribusiness, 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, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communities against cancer: a qualitative study assessing the effectiveness of a community engagement initiative in improving cancer awareness for marginalised communities. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Wright D, Foster R, Miles P, Duffield N, Rickard S, Frankland J, Calman L, Foster C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Targeted interventions to improve the social and economic circumstances of people with mental ill-health from marginalised communities: a systematic review. [PDF]

Psychol Med
Baldwin H, Greenburgh A, Weir H, Asif Z, Laporte D, Bertram M, Crawford A, Duberry G, Lauter S, Lloyd-Evans B, Lovelock C, Das-Munshi J, Morgan C.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Quantifying Consumer Tradeoffs Across Firm‐Level Strategic Positioning Dimensions: Evidence from US Craft Beer Consumers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic positioning becomes increasingly important as markets mature, particularly in consumer‐facing industries that offer similar products, experiential cues, and values‐based messages. This study offers a conceptual model to examine the strategic positioning factors that motivate consumers to visit one local business over another before ...
Aaron J. Staples, Trey Malone, J. Robert Sirrine   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health inequities in COVID-19: insights from Rio de Janeiro's marginalised communities. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Cerqueira-Silva T, Pescarini JM.
europepmc   +1 more source