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Spatial relationships between farmlands and hydrographies in agrarian landscapes

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background Climate induced disasters, human involvement, and changes in natural cycles have all had a profound, complex, and difficult-to-understand impact on rural landscapes, especially agrarian landscapes. Most of these negative impacts
Marcel Loyd MINKA
doaj   +1 more source

Human Rights and National Minorities in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Three human rights myths serve to limit the debate over human rights in the United States and bias our perspective in dealing with the human rights claims of citizens from other countries.
Henry, Charles P.
core   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to adopting African continental guidelines on women’s land rights to strengthen women’s tenure security

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background A typical character of land tenure or property systems in sub-Saharan Africa is that the systems exclude women (implicitly and explicitly) (Chigbu, 2019).
Marcel Loyd MINKA
doaj   +1 more source

Tax Policy and Farm Organization

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced substantial changes to the tax code, affecting farms' organizational incentives. This study examines farms' responses to the TCJA along extensive and intensive margins, focusing on organizational and labor expense adjustments.
Tia M. McDonald, Katherine Lacy
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Valuation of Meat Alternatives and Labeling Policies: A Comparative Perspective

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates and compares US consumer perceptions and the impact of environmental, human health, and animal welfare information related to conventional meat on preferences for meat alternatives and labeling policies. Using the best–worst scaling method across 10 different burger alternatives, our results show that the meat burger is
Daniele Asioli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The need to legislate and regulate obstetric violence to ensure women a real legal protection.

open access: yes(Con)textos, 2022
Women across the world face multiple and intersecting forms of violence, both in private and public life. A form of violence during facility-based childbirth has been addressed and framed by the WHO and UN following women’s reports of abuse and ...
Alessandra Battisti
doaj   +2 more sources

Enhancing the adaptive capacities of agrarian landscapes through participatory sketch mapping and spatial perceptions on landmark’s distribution and disparities

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Agrarian Landscapes are the natural basis for the survival and development of people in rural communities. Participatory sketch mapping refers to the collection of data (spatial, land use and land rights data) through the hand map drawing of study areas
Marcel Loyd MINKA
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional Methods of Dealing with Conflicts among IDPs in Duhok Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan; including a case study of Yesidi mediators

open access: yesگۆڤارا زانستێن مرۆڤایەتی یا زانكۆیا زاخۆ, 2018
The recent influx of internally displaced people (IDPs) into Kurdistan Region-Iraq with little hope of returning home has made peaceful coexistence within and between religious groups (both in host communities and IDP camps) a priority for local and ...
Maamoon Abdulsamad Mohammed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Kantian Argument for Sovereignty Rights of Indigenous Peoples [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Kant’s non-voluntarist conception of political obligation has led some philosophers to argue that he would reject self-government rights for indigenous peoples.
Krista, Thomason
core   +2 more sources

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