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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 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

State-Level Geographic Disparities in Liver Transplant Access: Waitlist Outcome Patterns. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Nahian A, McFadden L, Ela T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ecomuseums and rurality: a case study in Cabaiguàn, Cuba.

, 2014
: Cabaiguàn is a municipality in the province of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, characterized by a typical cultural landscape in which the production of various crops in rotation with tobacco prevails.
GALLI, Andrea, Ceballo Melendres, Osmany, Romeu Torres, Omaida, Ramírez, Ignacio González   +3 more
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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Rurality representation and changes in rural tourism destination. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hong X, Huang Z, Li X, Zhang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Household Food Insecurity Indicators in Rural Aotearoa New Zealand: Patterns, Protections, and Persistent Inequities. [PDF]

J R Soc N Z
Dey Ngāti Pūkenga Ngāiterangi K, Jeffreys M.   +1 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Knowledge and rurality: deconstructing geographic narcissism in education

Rurality is an identified point of disadvantage by school authorities in measures such the ICSEA and school resourcing models. However, socioeconomic disadvantage is commonly used as an explanation for lower average student achievement levels in rural ...
Roberts, Philip, Dean, Jenny, Poretti, Laurie, McMahon, Samantha, Downes, Natalie, Goldsmith, Ada, O'Neill, Kristy, Reid, Jo-Anne   +7 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source