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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

A microeconometric analysis of factors affecting global value chain participation in Zimbabwe

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2019
Using firm-level data, this study explores the microeconomic factors affecting global value chain (GVC) participation in Zimbabwe. GVCs are important as a result of the fragmentation of global production across countries.
Stein Masunda, Norman Mupaso
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers Behavior Determinants on Online Local Market Platforms in COVID-19 Pandemic—A Probit Qualitative Analysis [PDF]

, 2022
Liviu Ciucan-Rusu, Valentina Vasile, Daniel Ștefan, Călin-Adrian Comes, Anamari-Beatrice Ștefan, Mihai Timuș, Anca Oltean, Elena Bunduchi, Maria-Alexandra Popa   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of multilevel ordinal regression models in the analysis of police force ratings

Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics
In the literature several methods have been developed to model ordinal data while considering their natural ordering. However, this study sought to compare two possible link functions for the multilevel ordinal regression using males’ ratings of the ...
Douglas Andabati Candia, Patrick Guge Oloo Weke, Moses Mwangi Manene, George Muhua   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual Role Executives and Corporate Membership of Emission Trading Schemes: The Role of Board Structure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of CEO duality on the likelihood of corporate participation in an emissions trading scheme. The results indicate that firms led by dual‐role executives are less likely to participate in emissions trading schemes.
Ibrahim Ayoade Adekunle, Gbenga Adamolekun, Edward Jones, Segun Thompson Bolarinwa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors explaining household payment for potable water in South Africa

Cogent Social Sciences, 2018
The critical role of clean water for sustaining life is enshrine in the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. However, water scarcity currently affects more than 40% of people globally and by 2030, demand for water is expected to grow by 50%.
B. E. Akinyemi, A. Mushunje, A. E. Fashogbon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adoption of ICT-Based Information Sources and Market Participation among Smallholder Livestock Farmers in South Africa

Agriculture, 2020
The study explored the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT)-based information sources to market participation among smallholder livestock farmers.
Christopher Ugochukwu Nwafor, Abiodun A. Ogundeji, Carlu van der Westhuizen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variational Bayesian multinomial probit regression with Gaussian process priors [PDF]

, 2005
It is well known in the statistics literature that augmenting binary and polychotomous response models with Gaussian latent variables enables exact Bayesian analysis via Gibbs sampling from the parameter posterior.
Girolami, M., Rogers, S.
core   +4 more sources

Advancing Biodiversity Disclosure Through the Interaction Between Women Leaders and Environmental Team: A Critical Mass Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems is increasingly recognised as essential to the long‐term sustainability of organisational operations. Drawing on critical mass theory, upper echelon theory and gender socialisation theory, this study examines the influence of female board and executive representation on corporate biodiversity ...
Masoud Rahmani, Renata Konadu, Remmer Sassen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source