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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Organizational Productivity with the Role of Mediating Empowerment and Job Stress (Case Study: Shahid Beheshti University Staff

مشاوره شغلی و سازمانی, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) on organizational productivity by mediating employees empowerment and job stress (Case study: Shahid Beheshti University staff).
زهرا بخشعلی, سید عبداله امین موسوی, جلال رضائی نور   +2 more
doaj  

Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mendorong Produktivitas Kerja Melalui Peran Pelatihan dan Kepuasan Kerja Dengan Komitmen Organisaional Sebagai Intervening Penelitian Pada Karyawan Industri Genteng di Kebumen

Sains Manajemen
This study aims to investigate the effect of job training and job satisfaction on work productivity, with organizational commitment as an intervening variable.
permata permata, Harry Cahyono, Julinha Betty Guterres Riu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan, Yiwen Zhao, Andrea Carlson, Parke Wilde, Joanna Reagan, Julianna Jayne, Starr Seip, Denise Laursen, Matthew P. Rabbitt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Transformational Leadership and Organizational Culture on Employee Job Satisfaction and Work Productivity at PT. Asuransi Jiwa Sinarmas MSIG Life Cab. Lombok

Danadyaksa
This study aims to analyze the influence of transformational leadership and organizational culture on employee productivity, with job satisfaction serving as a mediating variable at PT. Asuransi Jiwa Sinarmas Msig Life Cab. Lombok. The research employed
Nensi Anggraini, Abdul Azis Bagis, I Nyoman Nugraha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Workplace Productivity: The Nexus of Organizational Culture and Policies in Public Institutions

Journal of Human Resource Management
Aim – This study aims to explore the intricate interplay between organizational culture, policies, and productivity within a major public institution in Ghana.
Emmanuel Erastus YAMOAH, Felicity OFFEI-GYEKYI, Joseph Ato FORSON   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source