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
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Investment Retention Mechanisms: Rationale and Implementation Experience
This contribution highlights the importance of institutional dispute prevention not just to prevent the proliferation of formal legal disputes between states and foreign investors, but also to preserve the relationship between investors and states and ...
Priyanka Kher
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Frequency, distribution, and molecular recognition of Argas persicus (Argasidae) infestation of local chicken Gallus gallus domesticus in Mosul city [PDF]
Seven hundred sixty-four ticks of Argas persicus have been collected from 390 local chickens at four locations in Mosul city. Ticks have been determined by investigating their existence in different chicken cages.
Abeer A. Ahmed, Layan Y. Khalil
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Background: There is a pressing need for systematic approaches for monitoring how much tuberculosis (TB) treatment is ongoing in the public and private sectors in India, Both to shed light on the true scale of the problem and to help monitor the progress
Yogesh Shukla +3 more
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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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Report of the Second Meeting of the CGIAR Private Sector Committee [PDF]
Report of the second meeting of the CGIAR Private Sector Committee (PSC) held at ISNAR, the Hague, April 29-30, 1996. Issues discussed included the role of the committee in the CGIAR and its representation at CGIAR meetings, biotechnology, intellectual ...
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Influence of Connector Width on the Stress Distribution of Posterior Bridges under Loading
Objective: In all ceramic fixed partial dentures the connector area is a common fracture location. The survival time of three-unit fixed partial dentures may be improved by altering the connector design in regions of maximum tension.
S. Mir Mohammad Rezaei +4 more
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The Global Financial Crisis Discloses Dysfunctional Distribution of Income in Developed Economies. Where Do Central and Eastern Europe Stand? [PDF]
Born in 2008 in one of the most dynamic economies of the world as a massive financial crush and spilled over developed countries threatening growth and social stability, the global financial crisis unveiled structural problems in mitigating global risks ...
Simona MARINESCU, Cezar Radu COJOCARIU
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Strengthening CGIAR-Private Sector Partnerships in Biotechnology: A Private Sector Committee Perspective on Compelling Issues [PDF]
A paper prepared for the CGIAR Private Sector Committee by a member of the CGIAR Secretariat, on the role of biotechnology in the CGIAR, and the need for partnerships with private sector firms engaged in research in agricultural biotechnology.Three ...
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