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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

World in crisis should accelerate universal health reforms. [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Yates R, Bertram K, Lal A, Joshi N, van der Meulen M, Koonin J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Micro-Foundations for the Routines, Capabilities, and Performance Links [PDF]

Micro-foundations have become an important emerging theme in strategic management. This paper addresses micro-foundations in two related ways. First, we argue that the kind of macro (or “collectivist”) explanation that is utilized in the capabilities ...
Teppo Felin, Nicolai Foss, Peter Abell
core  

The transformative potential of Social and Solidarity Economy in elder care: social needs, social relations and provisioning systems. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Adam S, Douvitsa I, Pantazidou M, Vezyri Z.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Foundations of Climate Action: Some Uncomfortable Truths

Sustainability Science and Resources
This paper questions two fundamental political foundations for climate action: that there is but one common humanity and that global warming is the most critical and immediate threat to the survival of humankind.
Satish Chandra Mishra
doaj  

A humanity-first approach: the solidarity of the shaken in times of war. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Eur
Kerbage H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

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, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A scoping review of theoretical and measurement approaches to women's empowerment in low-and middle-income countries' capacity-building interventions. [PDF]

Glob Health Action
Kibreab F, Haraburda A, Albaba YAA, Yong AC, Shah K, Buthelezi S, Chan VF.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source