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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accountability, autonomy, equity, and trust in selected healthcare systems: a comparative analysis

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
Aim Healthcare systems struggle to balance priorities within complex settings. This analysis aims to identify cross-national insights and trade-offs in healthcare policy by examining how five high-income countries navigate accountability, autonomy ...
Tal Sigawi, Doron Yosef, Orna Tal
doaj   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wastewater surveillance reveals patterns of antibiotic resistance across the United States

Nature Communications
Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health threat, with over 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections and 35,000 attributable deaths annually in the U.S. Here, we sought to use wastewater monitoring to assess community-level burden of antibiotic
Sooyeol Kim, Alessandro Zulli, Elana M. G. Chan, Dorothea Duong, Rebecca Y. Linfield, Caroline E. M. McCormack, Bradley J. White, Marlene K. Wolfe, Alexandria B. Boehm, Amy J. Pickering   +9 more
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A comparative study on community-based peer support service models for people with severe mental illness

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng
Peer support as an important approach to mental health recovery has gained increasing global attention in recent years. On the basis of a review of the development of community-based peer support services in the United States and Australia, combined with
Ning MA, Wufang ZHANG, Runzi CHEN, Yunge FAN   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pricing Dynamics in the US Hemp Market: A Vertical Price Transmission Analysis of the Hemp Value Chain

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The US hemp market is a new and nascent industry that has been devoid of research for about half a century. This study examined the effects of exogenous shock on price at each phase of the value chain—Farm (hemp biomass), and its impact on prices at other phases of the value chain—Intermediary Processor (crude cannabidiol hemp) and Final ...
Solomon Odiase, Tyler Mark, Patalee Buddhika Appuhamilage   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weighting the United States All of Us Research Program data to known population estimates using raking

Preventive Medicine Reports
Background: The All of Us Research Program aims to collect longitudinal health-related data from a million individuals in the United States. An inherent challenge of a non-probability sampling strategy through voluntary participation in All of Us is that
Vivian Hsing-Chun Wang, Jingwen Lei, Tingjia Shi, José A. Pagán   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source