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Visiting a Farm: An Exploratory Study of the Social Construction of Animal Farming in Norway and the Netherlands based on Sensory Perception [PDF]

Most citizens in modern societies have little personal knowledge or experience of animal farming. This study explores the social construction of animal farming by studying how citizens perceive and evaluate modern farming after visiting a farm in real ...
Bock, B.B., Boogaard, B.K., Krogh, E., Oosting, S.J.   +3 more
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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

Understanding How Rurality Relates to Residents' Experiences of Accessing Primary Care: An Interview-Based Study. [PDF]

Aust J Rural Health
Higgins M, Gurney T, McGrail M.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Measuring cancer equity globally: harmonising international rural-urban classifications for exploring cancer outcomes. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health West Pac
Wright C, Riva S, Crichton M, Rodi H, Jongebloed H, Leigh L, Johnston EA, Bergin RJ, Chapman A, Alston L, Crawford-Williams F, Hart NH, Rhee J, Gao L, Gunn K, Gasper H, Ugalde A, Marshall S.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Keeping in touch – A benefit of public holidays using time use diary data [PDF]

This paper argues that public holidays facilitate the co-ordination of leisure time but do not constrain the annual amount of leisure. Public holidays therefore have benefits both in the utility of leisure on holidays and (by enabling people to maintain ...
Joachim Merz, Lars Osberg
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racial and ethnic disparities in access to acute stroke capabilities in California: Association with rurality and telestroke access. [PDF]

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
Zachrison KS, Hsia RY, Boggs KM, Gao J, Messac L, Schwamm LH, Reeves MJ, Fung V, Samuels-Kalow ME, Camargo CA.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of age and rurality on colorectal cancer outcomes in the United States. [PDF]

Cancer Causes Control
Grunert C, Tsai MH, Rogers CR, Howard S, Hogg-Graham R, Martin C, Conwell D, Toriola AT, Bhakta A, Moore JX.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source