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Newsletter of the analytical and capacity development partnership (ACDP), March 2015 [PDF]
, 2015 The newsletter have information about OECD review of the Indonesia education sector, development of the Indonesia qualifications framework, teacher absenteeism in Indonesia, rural and remote area education strategic planning for Tanah Papua, improving ...
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Rural tourism and protected areas – factors to increase resilience of rural areas
Acta agriculturae Slovenica, 2007 The study analysed the influence of presence of protected area on the vulnerability and resilience of the surrounding region in different socio-economic and natural shocks and perturbations. For the study two areas were selected: area of Triglav national park (TNP), as area with highly diversified rural tourism and area of Kozjansko regional park (KRP)
Perpar, Anton, Udovč, Andrej
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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 +3 more
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PlantsFlooding stress caused by climate change is a serious threat to crop productivity. To enhance our understanding of flooding stress in soybean, we analyzed the transcriptome of the roots of soybean plants after waterlogging treatment for 10 days at the V2
Yo-Han Yoo +8 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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Rural Urbanity and Rural Metropolises as Emerging Patterns of Urban Growth [PDF]
The processes of metropolitanization must explain if and how they concern some specific areas, how and if they primarily concern networks, hubs and nodes, pushing into the background the immediate territories of the metropolis. We assume that small-sized
Claude LACOUR (IERSO-IFReDE-GRES) +1 more
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At the Razor's Edge: Building Hope for America's Rural Poor [PDF]
, 2006 Hurricane Katrina exposed the poverty that lay in our midst, and although the images served to remind the country of its enduring inequality, the picture was one of urban poverty.
Leif Jensen
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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 +4 more
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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
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Journal of Integrative AgricultureLignans are critical bioactive compounds in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), valued for their health benefits and industrial potential. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying the lignan biosynthesis pathway remain poorly understood.
Yeon Ju An +11 more
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