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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for analysing the adoption of New Zealand pastoral farming systems in central Veracruz State, Mexico : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Farm Management at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Tropical areas of developing countries have significant potential for increased food production. In the case of Mexico, an important economic activity in the tropics is livestock production based on pasture.
Martínez-García, Alejandro Nicolás
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Illegal Migration from Mexico to the United States [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, I selectively review recent literature on illegal migration from Mexico to the United States. I begin by discussing methods for estimating stocks and flows of illegal migrants.
Gordon H. Hanson
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The role of Research‐Practice Ambassadors in strengthening socially just and equitable partnership processes

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Research‐Practice Partnerships seek to close the research‐practice gap through developing collaborative, authentic partnerships between researchers and community members. Our team has leveraged Research‐Practice Ambassadors to support socially just and equitable partnership processes in schools.
Danielle R. Hatchimonji   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of Cronisia Berkeley (Corsiniaceae) from Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A new species of Cronisia with sessile dorsal female involucres is described from Mexico. This plant, C. mexicana, is compared to C.
Hicks, Marie L.
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Isolated Cranial Nerve VI Palsy in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis has many presentations and is known to cause optic neuropathies, but the mechanism of injury is usually related to mass effect from a space-occupying granuloma. In this case report, we present a patient with cranial nerve
Alexis Trujillo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laboratory Personnel Gender and Cold Pressor Apparatus Affect Subjective Pain Reports

open access: yesPain Research and Management, 2014
BACKGROUND: There is no standardized method for cold pressor pain tasks across experiments. Temperature, apparatus and aspects of experimenters vary widely among studies.
Jacob M Vigil   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in New Mexico Agriculture 1995 [PDF]

open access: yes
Industrial Organization,
Harper, Wilmer M., Orta, Laura
core   +1 more source

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