Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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A bushel Half Full: Reforming the Canadian Wheat Board [PDF]
The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) has been earning poor financial returns for farmers over the last three years, based on our benchmarking analysis. Reforms are required, including more transparency in reporting financial returns to farmers, and greater ...
Richard Pedde, Sylvain Charlebois
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Public understanding of regimes of risk regulation: Focus groups with citizens and consumers [PDF]
, 2009 This report investigates the nature of public understanding of risk and regulation. Issues of risk and regulation are both significant for the public and recognised as such by them.
Livingstone, S, Lunt, P, Malik, S
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao +3 more
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Aligning public financial management system and free healthcare policies: lessons from a free maternal and child healthcare programme in Nigeria. [PDF]
Health Econ Rev, 2019 Ogbuabor DC, Onwujekwe OE.
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Micro-level practices to adapt to climate change for African small-scale farmers: [PDF]
This paper discusses micro-level practices for adapting to climate change that are available to small-scale farmers in Africa. The analysis is based on a review of 17 studies about practices that boost small-scale farmers' resilience or reduce their ...
Artner, Astrid +3 more
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Studi Interpretatif Tentang Pola Pengelolaan Keuangan Badan Layanan Umum (PPK-BLU) Pada Balai Besar Kesehatan Paru Masyarakat Surakarta [PDF]
, 2016 This study was conducted to Describe and explain the concept of Financial Management at the Center for Lung Health Community Surakarta before becoming Public Service Agency.
, Dra. RinaTrisnawati, Ak, Msi.Ph.D. +1 more
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Fiscal risks and the quality of fiscal adjustment in Hungary [PDF]
The government of Hungary has contained the main fiscal risks of the transition to a market economy. It has paid off and resolved most problems in the banking and enterprise sectors.
Brixi, Hana Polackova +2 more
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“One Country, Two Systems,” Three Law Families, and Four Legal Regions: The Emerging Inter-Regional Conflicts of Law in China [PDF]
, 1995 With accumulation of sovereign debt in many large OECD countries it seems that attention is heightened on how to manage public resources more effectively.
Huang, Jin, Qian, Andrew Xuefeng
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