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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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Revue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2017 Rural social movements fighting for agrarian reform have been among the most organized and combative collective actors in Brazil for the last few decades.
Camila Penna
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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RELATIONAL GEOGRAPHIES: THE PARTY AT THE FATIMA’S SANCTUARY IN FORTALEZA - CE
GeoTextos, 2012 The aim of this paper is to demonstrate what the geographical sense of the party dynamic in the relational context. For this, we went to Fatima Sanctuary in Fortaleza - CE to analyze the movements which builds the festive sense that the sanctuary has, as
Tiago Vieira Cavalcante +1 more
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The third-party regulation on food safety in China: A review
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015 Stakeholders in the field of food safety management in China can be classified into three categories, government, food producers (farmers and enterprises), and the third-party regulatory bodies.
Man ZHANG +5 more
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, 2001 An impartial history of American statesmanship will give some of its most brilliant chapters to the Whig party from 1830 to 1850, wrote James G. Blaine in his memoirs.
Guelzo, Allen C.
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Luddites in the Congo? Analyzing violent responses to the expansion of industrial mining amidst militarization [PDF]
, 2017 The expansion of industrial mining in the war-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has provoked resistance from those depending directly and indirectly on artisanal mining for their livelihood, and has been faced with violent actions from ...
Verweijen, Judith
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Understanding the habitat requirements of imperiled flora is critical for informing ex situ conservation practices, designing effective reintroduction strategies, and understanding how climate change will impact such species, especially in montane regions with high levels of environmental heterogeneity. In southern Appalachia, USA, the
Nicholas J. Chang +6 more
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What are elections for? conferring the median mandate [PDF]
, 2004 Democracy is often described as a system in which a majority of electors choose one out of a number of competing parties to form a government and carry out its programme. Unfortunately, spontaneous majorities rarely form in support of one party.
Budge, Ian +2 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani +2 more
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