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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

'We cannot just keep it in our palm': A policy analysis of the integration of the case management of neglected tropical diseases into the health system of Liberia. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Wickenden A, Dean L, Molyneux S, Godwin-Akpan TG, Kollie KK, Phillip M, Zaizay ZF, Rogers E, van der Grinten E, Biritwum NK, Theobald S.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local translation of national guidance on discontinuing COVID-19 isolation into hospital policies results in considerable differences. [PDF]

Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
Haanappel CP, Severin JA, Veldkamp KE, Murk JL, van Oudheusden AJGM, Schippers E, McCall MBB, van Tienen C, van Kampen JJA, Koopmans MPG, Klont R, Kellerhuis BE, Jenniskens K, Reitsma JB, Vos MC, Voor In 't Holt AF, SCIP-COVID-19 project consortium.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Efforts towards the institutionalisation of evidence-informed decision-making. [PDF]

BMJ Evid Based Med
Boeira L, Hayter E, Oliver S, Mahlanza-Langer L, Simeon D, Bangpan M, Osorio Calderon V, Reveiz L, Hunte SA, Bogale Wolde F, Kuchenmuller T.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ART of evidence-based care: proof of concept of a novel strategy to accelerate research translation in health organisations. [PDF]

Front Health Serv
Harding KE, Lewis AK, Considine J, Casey P, Davis ID, Dennett A, Tan G, Boyle JA, Taylor NF.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source