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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki +6 more
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The use of political risk assessment techniques in Jordanian international firms [PDF]
The aim of this research was to describe and explain the use of techniques of political risk assessment (PRA) in Jordanian international firms. The research identified the extensive use of qualitative PRA techniques due to their flexibility ...
Al Khattab, Adel +2 more
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Risk management externalities in agrifood supply chains
Abstract Firms may under‐ or over‐invest in risk management from the social planner's perspective, resulting in a negative externality on other economic agents in the supply chain. The externality of risk management is particularly relevant for agrifood supply chains, which frequently experience disruptions and play a primary role in preventing major ...
Jeffrey Hadachek, Meilin Ma
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Premium subsidy designs and crowding out of insurance demand
Abstract Crop insurance is an important instrument to protect farmers against extreme weather events. Many countries provide subsidies for crop insurance products to make insurance more affordable for farmers. The Federal Crop Insurance Program in the United States and major European crop insurance programs such as in Spain, Italy, and France focus on ...
Tim Philippi
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The Reverse Risk Register Approach to Understanding Systemic Factors in Risk Analysis and Management Case Studies. [PDF]
Thekdi S, Aven T.
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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Whose fears count? Legitimacy, trust and viral outbreak responses after COVID-19. [PDF]
Grais RF.
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Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro +5 more
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Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate +4 more
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The 'Other' face of health security: Reimagining epistemic attachments in global health. [PDF]
López Toledano MD +7 more
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