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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 +5 more
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Revue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 2015 History education in contemporary Japan has been the subject of intense domestic political controversy, relating especially to coverage of the country’s wartime past.
Edward Vickers
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From Problem Posing to Posing Problems via Explicit Mediation in Grades 4 and 5
, 2015 Drawing upon cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) perspectives,in this chapter we portray a classroom practice of problem posing that evolved with a cohort of students across Grades 4 and 5 in Sweden.
Blomqvist, Charlotta, +3 more
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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 +3 more
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Razón mitificada en el capitalismo: ¿obstáculo para utopistas?
Cuadernos LIRICOWhat is the place of utopia in today's narrative production? That is the triggering question that guides the reflections contained in this work. The aim is to delimit a problem of profound significance in the cultural field: the (dis)functionality of ...
Matías Lemo
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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
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin +5 more
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Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher EducationThis article discusses how problem-based learning combines with what I from Nietzsche call “becoming who you are”. It argues against thinking of problem-based learning merely as a method that integrates theory and practice.
Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva +2 more
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Sociologies, 2018 Political representation continues to be a problem in our societies. Constantly questioned, constantly in "crisis", it does not constitute a clear and definite practice which makes its analysis difficult.
Américo Mariani
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