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What Drives Climate Change Adaptation Practices in Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from Potato Farmers in Indonesia

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2022
The potato is the third most consumed crop globally after rice and wheat, but climate change has often disrupted its production. Therefore, adaptation practices are needed to maintain potato productivity.
Tina Sri Purwanti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Motivations for women’s participation in urban agriculture: a multivariate probit model analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Urban agriculture (UA) empowers women by providing economic opportunities, control over food, social connections, new skills, and improved health. Despite its importance, Ethiopian women's participation in UA remains low.
Tayech Lemma, Mala Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

DETERMINANTS OF MULTIPLE GROUNDNUT TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA [PDF]

open access: yesReview of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2016
This research analyses factors that influence the adoption of combination of improved groundnut seed, inorganic fertilizer, and organic fertilizer in eastern Ethiopia using a cross sectional data collected from 300 sample groundnut farming households ...
Hiwot Mekonnen MESFIN   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uptake of agroforestry-based crop management in the semi-arid Sahel – Analysis of joint decisions and adoption determinants

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionAgroforestry plays a vital role in maintaining and developing the resilience and productivity of farms and landscapes. Scientific evidence from the Sahel region suggests that integration of trees and shrubs has the potential to improve ...
Christian Grovermann   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

DRIVERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN ARTISANAL FISHERIES. A CASE OF MALAWI [PDF]

open access: yesReview of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2020
This study was conducted to understand fishers’ climate change adaptation decisions in order to move climate informed policy for artisanal fisheries in developing economies forward.
Yanjanani KAMBA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of the Eco‐Innovation, Knowledge Network and the Geographical Dimension in the Adoption of Circular Economy Business Models

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adopting circular economy (CE) business models is strategically complex due to the diversity and complementarity of CE practices across the value chain. This study examines how eco‐innovation, open innovation and geographical proximity condition the adoption of four CE practices—eco‐design, circular inputs, life cycle assessment (LCA) and end ...
Ángela Triguero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of market outlet choice decision of tomato producers in Fogera woreda, South Gonder zone, Ethiopia

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture, 2019
Vegetables are important for income generation to a large proportion of the rural households. Enhancing tomato farmers to reach markets and actively engage in the markets is a key challenge influencing tomato production in Ethiopia. The perishable nature
Hawlet Mohammed Kassaw   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing Biodiversity Disclosure Through the Interaction Between Women Leaders and Environmental Team: A Critical Mass Perspective

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems is increasingly recognised as essential to the long‐term sustainability of organisational operations. Drawing on critical mass theory, upper echelon theory and gender socialisation theory, this study examines the influence of female board and executive representation on corporate biodiversity ...
Masoud Rahmani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fully Bayesian Analysis of Relevance Vector Machine Classification With Probit Link Function for Imbalanced Data Problem

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
The original RVM classification model uses the logistic link function to build the likelihood function making the model hard to be conducted since the posterior of the weight parameter has no closed-form solution.
Wenyang Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Housing Security, Relative Deprivation, and Subjective Well‐Being: Empirical Evidence Derived From CFPS Data

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The housing issue significantly influences individuals' well‐being. As a crucial mechanism for alleviating the housing issue, the housing security system has garnered increasing attention regarding its impact on residents' happiness. Utilizing data from the China Household Tracking Survey (CFPS), this paper seeks to thoroughly investigate the ...
Lingzhen Yao, Bei Qiao, Yuhan Hu
wiley   +1 more source

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