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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Farmers Participating in a Carbon Sequestration Program? Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment in Germany

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ORAL TEST: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ASSESSING STUDENTS' ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

open access: yesCelt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 2015
Teaching and testing are inseparable elements in pedagogical world irrespective of the course a teacher teaches. Phrased differently, there is no teaching without testing and vice versa. The results of testing should ideally motivate students in learning
Muhamad Ahsanu
doaj   +1 more source

GLOBAL CITIZENS: URBAN CITIZENSHIP IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ENGLISH AMERICA

open access: yesAlmanack, 2020
This essay explores the role that ideas about urban citizenship played in the political and economic development of English colonies across the Americas.
Paul Musselwhite
doaj   +1 more source

Gendered-Perspective Agile Leadership in the VUCA Era During the Covid-19 Pandemic

open access: yesJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2022
This study was to formulate a gender-responsive agile leadership model during the Covid-19 pandemic. A systematic literature review using PRISMA methods and field research on 18 purposely selected mid-level managers was conducted.
Ismi D. A. Nurhaeni   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homophobic slurs and public apologies: the discursive struggle over fag/maricón in public discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A handful of recent incidents hints at an ideological struggle over the use of the English word fag(got) and the Spanish word maricón in public discourse. This article examines the discursive and ideological struggle over the terms through the comparison
Cashman, Holly R.
core   +3 more sources

Enhancing Sustainability Label Effectiveness Through Logo Design Modification: An Analysis of the EU Green Leaf Logo

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Acceptance of New Sustainable Food Technologies: Upcycling Technology, Biostimulants, and Artificial Intelligence

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food systems have a significant impact on environmental sustainability, underscoring the need for innovative technologies to support more sustainable agricultural methods. However, the adoption of these technologies hinges on consumer acceptance, making the analysis of consumer perceptions essential.
Greta Castellini, Guendalina Graffigna
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

The First Use of Poison Gase at Ypres, 1915: A Translation from the German Official History [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
While English-speaking historians know in detail about almost every event on the BEF’s front, the same cannot be said of our knowledge of the German side of the Western Front.
Humphries, Mark Osborne
core   +1 more source

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