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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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Does Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program and Off-Farm Work Affect the Level and Distribution of Farm Household Incomes? [PDF]
Using a national survey of U.S farm households, this paper investigates the interrelationship among the decisions to work off the farm by the operator and the spouse, and participation in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The effects of these three
Boisvert, Richard N., Chang, Hung-Hao
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor +3 more
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Off-farm income and farm capital accumulation: a farm-level data analysis [PDF]
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/30/06.Farm Management,
Lagerkvist, Carl Johan +2 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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IMPACT OF OFF-FARM INCOME ON ADOPTION OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES [PDF]
Off-farm income has recently been incorporated into the analysis of technology adoption, due to its increasing share in total farm household income in the U.S.
Gedikoglu, Haluk, McCann, Laura M.J.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner +11 more
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The Impacts of Off-Farm Income on Farm Efficiency, Scale, and Profitability for Corn Farms [PDF]
This paper estimates returns to scale and technical efficiency of corn farms following an input distance function approach and compares the relative performance of farm operator households with and without off-farm wages and salaries.
Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge +1 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Vietnam, traditional distilled rice alcohol is often produced at the household scale with limited sanitary conditions, leading to low yield, unstable, and moderate‐quality alcohol products. No‐cook or Simultaneous liquefaction, saccharification, and fermentation (SLSF) technology has shown to be very promising thanks to its advantages such ...
Van‐Thai Hoang +4 more
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An Empirical Analysis of Internet Use by U.S. Farmers [PDF]
The Internet may reduce constraints on a farmerÂ’s ability to receive and manage information, regardless of where the farm is located or when the information is used.
Mishra, Ashok K., Park, Timothy A.
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