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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 +3 more
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Do Gender Quotas Foster Women’s Political Engagement?
, 2009 Gender quotas have been held to have more far-reaching consequences than increasing women’s political representation. Some scholars claim that they foster women’s overall political engagement.
Zetterberg, Pär,, Pär Zetterberg
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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L’engagement politique des jeunes militants à Puebla (Mexique)
Sociétés et Jeunesses en Difficulté, 2015 The political engagement of young people has experimented a sort of revival in recent years in Mexico. Thus, political movements and organizations where young people play an important role proliferate in a context in which living conditions are rather ...
Eduardo González Castillo
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques +2 more
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Political Learning and the Pathways to Political Engagement
, 2010 This thesis addresses two central questions: How in the long run do Canadian citizens learn about politics? And how does long term experience with politics influence democratic political engagement?
White, Stephen
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Studies in Communication Sciences, 2022 Internet memes have become a popular format for expressing individual political opinions in social media. Based on a quantitative online survey of political Internet meme users from fringe web communities and sharing platforms (n = 482), this study ...
Michael Johann
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Integrating Civic Engagement Into Scholarly Reward Systems
, 2022 According to the American Democracy Project (2021), the definition of “civic engagement” is “working together to make a difference in the civic life of our communities.” This includes nonpolitical activities (e.g., volunteerism) and political engagement (
Kedrowski, Karen
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Scripting deliberative policy-making:Dramaturgic policy analysis and engagement know-how [PDF]
, 2015 Public engagers are officials tasked with facilitating collaborative performances in the theatres of deliberation that increasingly populate local governance.
Escobar, Oliver; id_orcid
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann +4 more
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