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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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Rurality, productivity and skills in the East Midlands: final report
, 2010 This report sets out the findings of research into the relationship between rurality, skills and productivity in the East Midlands. The report has been prepared by the Enterprise Research and Development Unit (ERDU) at the University of Lincoln on behalf
Gray, D +3 more
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Beyond the agricultural sector in Latin America: territorial approaches for rural development
A recent transition in the field of agrarian economics theory for rural development is the move from a narrow agricultural sector approach, to one which adopts broader territorial vision.
Pisani, Elena
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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Tacit knowledge of places. Experiences from the post-agrarian countryside
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic SeriesThis article is framed by a broader discussion on the new meanings conferred by rural areas, and the construction of rurality recently undertaken by human geographers.
Paulina Tobiasz-Lis, Marcin Wójcik
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, 1993 The sense of belonging to the village develops and is demonstrated in very complex ways that are difficult to fully explain. In this article the author tries to systematize only some levels and components of rurality.
Maja Štambuk, Štambuk, Maja
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Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva +2 more
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Mapping the language of landownership: discourses of property, management and rurality
Hegemonic categorisations have been used to examine rural landownership'. including non-farmer/farmer, production/consumption and productive/postproductive.
Wright, Nick
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Book review : The new European rurality : strategies for small firms
, 2009 The new European rurality: strategies for small firms, by Teresa de Noronha Vaz, Eleanor J. Morgan and Peter Nijkamp.
Vanessa Ratten (13053288)
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