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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social ties in old age: the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]

Eur J Ageing
Menashe-Oren A, Uccheddu D, Rizzi EL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Trump Tariffs 2.0: Assessing the Impacts on US Distilled Spirits Imports

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The proposed 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada could have significant repercussions on US imports of distilled spirits. This study estimates US import demand across various spirit categories (e.g., tequila, whiskey) and assesses the potential impact of the proposed tariff.
Andrew Muhammad
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recognition and testimony memory: differential effects in young and older adults. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Bonilla M, Flores Kanter PE, Vidal V, Jiménez ZA, Leon CS, Urreta Benitez FA, Brusco LI, Vázquez Chenlo A, Corfdir Y, García Bauza C, Forcato C.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemic-Related Worries and Stressors and Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Postpartum Women in the United States Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]

Public Health Rep
Zhu X, Liu J, Hung P, Merchant A, Alberg AJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intensification of research activities in the battle against coronavirus pandemic

, 2021
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava   +1 more
openalex   +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

Smoking status and the onset of suicidal ideation among adults in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]

Ann Gen Psychiatry
Stickley A, Shirama A, Sumiyoshi T.
europepmc   +1 more source