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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Konjac glucosylceramides on cognitive function in cognitively unimpaired older adults with subjective cognitive concerns: a randomized, double-blind, controlled pilot study. [PDF]

J Nutr Health Aging
Yuyama K, Sun H, Eguchi K, Oe K, Ukawa Y, Otsuki M, Nakai H, Isono J, Sekine T, Imada T, Tanaka A, Kagami-Katsuyama H, Honma N, Nishihara J, Monde K.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The business of quality: analysing the association between healthcare quality improvements and patient utilization and staff numbers in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

Front Health Serv
Gómez-Pérez GP, Brals D, de Graaff AE, Sotirova A, Dada I, Agyei BB, Risha P, Bonareri E, Dekker JT, Rinke de Wit TF, Spieker N, Janssens W.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou, Joshua Berning, Alessandro Bonanno, Jude Bayham   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Make the most of what you have! Exploring circularity practices adoption in olive milling through the norm activation model. [PDF]

PLoS One
Di Vita G, Spina D, Pulvirenti A, Giuffrida L, Rizzo M, Falcone G, D'Amico M, Zanchini R.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva, Angel Perni, Jesus Barreiro‐Hurle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nursing in enterostomal therapy in digital health in rural and remote Amazonia: a business model. [PDF]

Rev Bras Enferm
Balzereit C, Galvão NS, Oliveira HM.
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff, Charles A. W. de Grazia, Nicholas E. Rada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk management externalities in agrifood supply chains

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Firms may under‐ or over‐invest in risk management from the social planner's perspective, resulting in a negative externality on other economic agents in the supply chain. The externality of risk management is particularly relevant for agrifood supply chains, which frequently experience disruptions and play a primary role in preventing major ...
Jeffrey Hadachek, Meilin Ma
wiley   +1 more source