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Market‐Based Nutrition Regulation and Adult BMI Dynamics in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based nutrition policies, including interpretative labeling systems and taxes on sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSBs), have been widely adopted across Latin America to influence dietary choices and address rising obesity rates. While prior research documents change in food purchasing and product reformulation following these policies ...
Emiliano Lopez Barrera, Grace Melo
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Urbanization and Development

, 2010
By many estimates, the world has just crossed the point where more than half the global population is urban, a trend driven by rapid urbanization in developing countries. Urban centres offer economies of scale in terms of productive enterprise and public
Jo Beall, Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb, Ravi Kanbur, Beall, Jo, Kanbur, Ravi, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis   +5 more
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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for regional collaboration based on urbanization and renewable energy assessment

Discover Energy
In order to address the challenge of uneven geographical distribution of renewable energy (RE) in Japan and enhance its utilization in some high potential regions, which is critical for achieving carbon neutrality and sustainable development, this study ...
Jiayue Li, Yutaro Akimoto, Keiichi Okajima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of new urbanization on water ecological resilience: An empirical study from central China.

PLoS ONE
Given the multitude of risks and challenges faced by the water ecological environment during urbanization, enhancing water ecological resilience and improving the water ecological environment have emerged as crucial topics in China's economic and social ...
Daxue Kan, Lianjv Lv
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

20th Century Russia’s History through Settlement Names [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2011
The article is devoted to research of settlement names as a primary source reflecting the history of the Russian 20th century society. Wide-scale cases of re-nomination testify to the deepness of social and mental transformations in society as a result ...
Lyudmila N. Mazur
doaj  

SUBVERSIVE FLORI.CULTURES. Ecological manoeuvres from the re-existing South

, 2017
The article deals with the need to approach a decolonial critique of the notion of nature, both in its theoretical and methodological dimension, since it has been clearly reified by Western scientific knowledge to sustain inequalities of power or the ...
Romero Caballero, Belén
core  

Contemporary Regional Disparities in Robotic‐Assisted Rectal Resection in Japan: A Nationwide Population‐Based Study Using the National Database Open Data

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Robotic‐assisted rectal resection in Japan increased markedly after national insurance reimbursement in 2018, with a concurrent decline in open surgery. Using NDB Open Data, we found substantial inter‐prefectural heterogeneity in surgical volume and robotic utilization that persisted after age and sex standardization (SCR). Urban–rural differences were
Ryo Ohta, Takeshi Yamada, Key Uehara, Hiromichi Sonoda, Akihisa Matsuda, Seiichi Shinji, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Goro Takahashi, Nobuhiko Taniai, Hiroshi Yoshida   +9 more
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