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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Prospects of Small Business Entities in the Agricultural Production System of Ukraine

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
The number of small agricultural enterprises in Ukraine has been decreasing in recent years, and their share in the total volume of production and sale of agricultural products has remained stable at a relatively low level.
Cherevko Heorhiy, Yatsiv Ihor, Cherevko Iryna, Yatsiv Svitlana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Statistical characteristics of formation and evolution of structure in the universe [PDF]

, 1999
An approximate statistical description of the formation and evolution of structure of the universe based on the Zel'dovich theory of gravitational instability is proposed.
A. G. Doroshkevich, Babul A., Bahcall N. A., Bahcall N. A., Baltz E. A., Bardeen J. M., Barrow J. D., Bellanger C., Bond J. R., Bower R. G., Broadhurst T. J., Bunn E. F., Buryak O., Buryak O., Cohen J. G., Cole S., Cole S., Coles P., Coles P., Colombi S., da Costa L. N., de Lapparent V., Dekel A., Dekel A., Demianski M., Demianski M., Demianski M., Doroshkevich A., Doroshkevich A., Doroshkevich A., Doroshkevich A., Doroshkevich A. G., Doroshkevich A. G., Doroshkevich A. G., Doroshkevich A. G., Doroshkevich A. G., Dressler A., Efstathiou G., Efstathiou G., Einasto M., Eke V. R., Evrard A. E., Gorski K. M., Gott J. R., Governato F., Gregory S. A., Hernquist L., Hui L., Jenkins A., Kendall M., Kirshner R. P., Kofman L., M. Demia ski, Mecke K., Melott A. L., Miralda-Escude J., Morris S. L., Oort J. H., Oort J. H., Peacock J. A., Perlmutter S., Quinn T., Ramella M., Sahni V., Seto N., Shapiro P. R., Shectman S. A., Shull J. M., Steidel C. C., Stocke J. T., Stompor R., Sunyaev R. A., Tegmark M., Tegmark M., Tomita H., Valinia A., Vishniac E. T., Weistrop D., White S. D. M., White S. D. M., Willmer C. N. A., Zel'dovich YA. B., Zel'dovich YA. B.   +82 more
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The professionalisation of teachers in France at a time of new reform: A comparative perspective of teacher‐trainers and students in pre‐service training

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The latest reform of initial teacher education (ITE) in France, introduced in 2021, aims to make teacher training less theoretical and therefore more ‘practical’. New elements, such as the replacement of the Écoles Supérieures pour le Professorat et l'Éducation (ÉSPÉs) by the Instituts Nationaux Supérieurs du Professorat et de l'Education ...
Eric Maleyrot, Thérèse Perez‐Roux
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers in Bugesera District, Rwanda

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej
To adapt to changing climate, farmers should transform their farming practices and adopt various methods that sustainably increase agricultural productivity and resilience.
Ntezimana Marie Grace, Kenee Fekadu Beyene, Bazimenyera Jean De Dieu, Chavula Petros   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Practices in SMEs: An Explorative Study on Ethnic Minority–Owned SMEs in the United Kingdom

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The application of firm sustainability practices (FSP) in ethnic minority–owned small and medium–sized enterprises (ESMEs) has received significantly less scholarly focus, making ESME FSP an emerging academic field. This study aims to explore the factors influencing ethnic minority–owned SMEs involved in FSP and identify the factors hindering ...
Nurul Islam, Faruk Bhuiyan, Shamsul Karim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurship of Farmers in Siedlce County

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej
Farmers’ entrepreneurship in Poland has both a historical and economic basis and stems from personality traits. It is supported by national and EU projects and funding. Legal conditions also favor farmers’ entrepreneurial activity. The aim of the article
Rymuza Katarzyna, Bombik Antoni, Kacprzak Tomasz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural credit constraints in smallholder farming in developing countries: Evidence from Nigeria

World Development Sustainability, 2022
The agricultural sector in developing countries like Nigeria is characterized by low productivity, driven partly by low use of modern agricultural technologies. Poor access to credit is seen as a key barrier to adoption of these technologies.
Bedru B. Balana, Motunrayo A. Oyeyemi
doaj   +1 more source

Nudging ESG Investments via Digital Financial Advising: Evidence From an Investment Game Experiment

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The influence of financial advisors on retail investors' sustainable investment choices remains surprisingly underexplored, despite their potential to shape investment behavior. This study uses an experimental design to examine how sustainability‐related information provided by a digital (simulated) financial advisor affects individual demand ...
Caterina Lucarelli, Manuele Citi, Matteo Pasquino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New coffee varieties as a climate adaptation strategy: Empirical evidence from Costa Rica

World Development Sustainability, 2023
Adapting to climate change in vulnerable coffee regions is crucial to maintain rural livelihoods. Among the solutions, coffee breeding strategies aim to produce coffee varieties with higher output performance than traditional varieties while reducing ...
Goytom Abraha Kahsay, Nerea Turreira-García, Daniel Ortiz-Gonzalo, Frédéric Georget, Aske Skovmand Bosselmann   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source