Group model-building approach to understand the dynamics and identifying entry points to build resilience in the groundnut value chain in Senegal. [PDF]
Kumar S +7 more
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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
wiley +1 more source
Motivational factors and financial incentives to mitigate tail biting in pig production in Finland. [PDF]
Väre M +6 more
europepmc +1 more source
CAP REFORM, WHEAT PRICE INSTABILITY AND PRODUCER WELFARE [PDF]
We use a simple nonlinear commodity market model to illustrate the impact of recent reforms of the CAP on the variability of EU and world wheat prices.
Thompson, Stanley R., Gohout, Wolfgang
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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
wiley +1 more source
Targeting Investment in On-farm Surface Water Storage for Groundwater Conservation. [PDF]
Kovacs KF.
europepmc +1 more source
Anti-Poverty Transfers without Riots in Tunisia [PDF]
We draw some lessons from the Tunisian experience of social reforms and associated unrest. Our main interest is the riots that occurred after subsidy cuts and the attempts at substitution of price subsidies by direct cash transfers.
Christophe Muller
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Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Are ultra-processed foods really cheap? Reassessing health, equity and environmental costs across the life course in low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]
Kaur S, Chauhan AS.
europepmc +1 more source
Latin America's experience with export subsidies [PDF]
Twenty years ago, it ws believed that export subsidies would produce more diversification and better export performance. This has not happened. In most cases, export subsidies were not supported by more open import policies - so subsidies reduced only ...
Nogues, Julio
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