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Rural Areas and the Internet [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Presents findings from surveys conducted between 2000 and 2003. Looks at the growth of Internet distribution in rural communities, and the gap between rural and suburban or urban ...
Lee Rainie
core  

Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

open access: yesApplied 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
wiley   +1 more source

Household Vegetable Demand in the Philippines: Is There an Urban-Rural Divide? [PDF]

open access: yes
A three-step estimation method and a Nonlinear Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (NQAIDS) are used to assess the vegetable demand behavior of rural and urban households in the Philippines.
Mutuc, Maria Erlinda M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect Differences of Omega‐3 Fatty Acids From Plant Oil and Fish Oil on Human Health

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Omega‐3 fatty acids in plant oil is no less than fish oil on human health. ALA in plant oil takes directly healthy effects without conversion to DHA and EPA. Plant oil can be substitutes for fish oil to support partial ω‐3 fatty acids. For people who cannot afford fish oil, plant oil is also good for public health.
Mengxue Fang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generative Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Agri‐Food Innovation

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Emerging use cases of generative artificial intelligence in agri‐food innovation. ABSTRACT The recent surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI), typified by models such as GPT, diffusion models, and large vision‐language architectures, has begun to influence the agri‐food sector.
Jun‐Li Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Farm Specialisation, Environmental Subsidies and Agri-Districts on Technical Efficiency in Italian Farms

open access: yesИкономика и управление на селското стопанство, 2020
Since the early 2000s, Italy has seen a significant increase in the number of agri-districts and rural districts focused on stimulating the production of Ag commodities and high-quality foods that have a low environmental impact.
Nicola Galluzzo
doaj  

Globalising Rural Areas: International Migrants in Rural Germany

open access: yes, 2016
International migrants sometimes decide to live in rural instead of in urban areas. These migrants can be clustered into different groups, e.g. amenity migrants, cross-border migrants, asylum seekers, training migrants and working migrants (seasonal and permanent). In rural areas in Germany, for example, in 2010 11.1 % of the population had a migratory
Nienaber, Birte, Roos, Ursula
openaire   +2 more sources

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