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Can internet use change sport participation behavior among residents? Evidence from the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
PurposeThe popularization of the internet has promoted the implementation of China's national fitness strategy and created conditions for Chinese residents to participate in sports.
Hua-mei Zhong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non‐Tariff Measures and U.S. Agricultural Exports

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract How much do non‐tariff measures (NTMs) affect U.S. agricultural exports? While countries maintain a large and diverse set of NTMs to safeguard the health of plants, animals, and humans, policymakers and regulatory bodies may neglect the impact these measures have on international trade.
Yunus Emre Karagulle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LOGISTIC AND PROBIT REGRESSION MODELING TO PREDICT THE OPPORTUNITIES OF DIABETES IN PROSPECTIVE ATHLETES

open access: yesBarekeng
Diabetes is among the most prevalent chronic diseases globally, posing significant health risks to individuals. The identification of individuals at risk of developing these conditions is of paramount importance, particularly in high-stress and ...
Danang Ariyanto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do farmer, household and farm characteristics influence the adoption of sustainable practices? The evidence from the Republic of Moldova

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2018
Drought represents the main constraint on agricultural production in the Republic of Moldova indicating the need to shift from conventional agricultural practices to more sustainable ones. To provide a more comprehensive understanding of the determinants
Tereza Pilarova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Market participation of smallholder groundnut farmers in Northern Ghana: Generalised double-hurdle model approach

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2023
Market participation is both a cause and a consequence of economic development. Markets offer households the opportunity to specialize according to comparative advantage and thereby enjoy welfare gains from trade.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Franklin N. Mabe
doaj   +1 more source

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of the Arab Spring Protests in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya: What Have We Learned?

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of protest participation in Arab Spring countries that witnessed major uprisings and in which social unrest was most pronounced.
Zahraa Barakat, Ali Fakih
doaj   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Local Variations in Intermarriage

open access: yesMathematics, 2022
We utilized all Spanish marriage records available at the municipality level from 2005–2007 to model spatial variations in intermarriage. We constructed a spatial regime zero-inflated Poisson model and grouped-data probit model, with spatially lagged ...
Albert Esteve   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Household Food Insecurity in Developing Countries Evidences From a Probit Model for the Case of Rural Households in Rwanda

open access: yes, 2015
This study uses probit model to identify determinants of food insecurity among rural households in developing countries. The model used in this study, that allowed us to estimate coefficient and marginal effect for each independent variable vis-a-vis ...
J. Habyarimana
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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