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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Declines in cigarette smoking among US adolescents and young adults: indications of independence from e-cigarette vaping surge. [PDF]

Tob Control
Pierce JP, Luo M, McMenamin SB, Stone MD, Leas EC, Strong D, Shi Y, Kealey S, Benmarhnia T, Messer K.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of discontinuation of lactation consultant program on early infant feeding in Manitoba. [PDF]

Int Breastfeed J
Hui A, Yamamoto JM, Dragan R, Poliquin V, Birk P, Kearns K, Decaire E, Omarr V, Onyiuke C, Friesen K, Raimondi C, Wicklow B, Dyck C, Shen GX.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental drought consistently underestimates productivity responses to natural drought in four Central US grasslands. [PDF]

Oecologia
Condon KV, Carroll CJW, Griffin-Nolan RJ, Slette IJ, Wilkins KD, Smith MD, Knapp AK.   +6 more
europepmc   +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

Annual Homicide Rate as a Proxy for Overall Gun-Related Violent Crime: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

Cureus
Lewis RH, Magnotti LJ, Manley N, Davis GR, Martinez B, Hoover W, Jacome T.   +6 more
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

Duration of Methadone and Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment.

JAMA Netw Open
Kleinman RA, Kurdyak P.
europepmc   +1 more source