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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
wiley   +1 more source

Green talent management as a driver of public sector well-being: insights from civil servants' job satisfaction in China. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Zhou M, Wang B, Zhang R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
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, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invisible burdens of platform work: a qualitative study of food-delivery riders' lived experiences in urban India. [PDF]

Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
Kariveliparambil A, R A R, Ahmad MS, Ramesh S, Kuriakose A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond seed funding: why Nigerian digital health startups struggle to grow. [PDF]

Health Econ Rev
Elechi US, Onah CO, Tarawallie MA, Ifeanyi I.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Tax Legislative Process: A Byrd’s Eye View [PDF]

, 2018
Aprill, Ellen P., Hemel, Daniel J.
core   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Violence Perpetrated Against Transgender Individuals in Brazilian Healthcare Services: A Conceptual Analysis Based on Foucault's Microphysics of Power. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Leal GDC, Silva-Júnior JNB, Ferreira QR, Silva TO, Andrade LKA, Assumpção ALBNM, Lima MCRAD, Ballestero JGA, Fronteira I, Palha PF.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source