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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences and impact of chronic pain in South Africans living in a rural area: a qualitative study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Mulaudzi M, Ratshinanga A, Mohale J, Ramoshai T, Evangeli M, Pincus T, Parker R, Umunnakwe CN, Tempelman H, Wadley A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The urban-rural employment shift in Western Europe - an empirical analysis of the employment and population development in Britain, Germany and Italy [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to investigate the continuity and the driving forces of the urban-rural employment shift in Western Europe. Based on a comparable area typology for the three case study states Britain, Germany and Italy, the study finds out that ...
Kiehl, Michael, Panebianco, Stefano
core  

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Diabetes Knowledge and Medication Adherence Among High-Risk Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Rural Area in Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Clin Transl Sci
Ho HTT, Vo HT, Tragulpiankit P, Nathisuwan S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the juice? Trypanosoma cruzi vectorial-oral outbreak investigation in a semi-arid rural area of Brazil. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Ribeiro G, Frota JRT, de Sousa Silva NP, Barbosa BMO, Rios LS, da Silva LCG, de Araújo RF, Pereira FM, de Carvalho CMM, Tiernan NE, Bastos C, Pavan TBS, Santos FLN, Castro MC, Navengantes W, Gurgel-Gonçalves R, Dumonteil E, Herrera C, Reis MG.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of social networks in development of small-scale enterprises in the Chimanimani district of Zimbabwe [PDF]

The past decade has witnessed an increased interest in the concept of social networks after the seminal theses of Coleman (1988) and Putnam (1993).
Kirsten, Johann F., Zuwarimwe, J.
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Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source