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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The transition from subsistence to market‐oriented agriculture holds the potential to boost rural economic progress and improve the well‐being of the rural poor in developing countries. Despite this potential, there is limited understanding of the key drivers for smallholder commercialization. In this study, we utilize comprehensive three‐wave
Abebayehu Girma Geffersa +1 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, 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
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Agribusiness, 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
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Maximum Penalized Likelihood Estimation of the Skew–t Link Model for Binomial Response Data
AxiomsA critical aspect of modeling binomial response data is selecting an appropriate link function, as an improper choice can significantly affect model precision.
Omar Chocotea-Poca +2 more
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Asymptotic properties in the Probit-Zero-inflated Binomial regression\n model [PDF]
, 2021 Aba Diop, Demba Bocar Ba, Fatimata Lo
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties among Rural Farm Households in Central Nepal
Rice Science, 2015 The use of improved high yielding crop varieties is an important avenue for reducing hunger and food insecurity in developing countries. Using cross-sectional data obtained from a survey conducted during 2013 crop season, we performed a probit model ...
Raju Ghimire +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Desimal, 2020 The study aimed to predict the chances of success from the use of the Problem-based Learning (PBL) model compared to the Teams Games Tournament (TGT) toward students’ learning outcomes.
Ulfah Ardianti, Leni Marlena
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The effect of climate change adaptation strategies on bean yield in central and northern Uganda [PDF]
, 2020 This paper analyses the impact of adaptation to climate change on bean productivity on a micro-scale using instrumental variable techniques in a two-stage econometric model, using data collected from farming households in northern and central Uganda.
Bonabana-Wabbi, Jackline +2 more
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