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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

An integrated framework for evaluating landscape performance in tourism-oriented rural areas. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Li Y, Shen G, Wang Y, Chang Y, Mo D, Xue P, Li J, Ding L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Remittances, Trade Liberalisation, and Poverty in Pakistan : The Role of Excluded Variables in Poverty Change Analysis [PDF]

This study attempts to assess the impact of two shocks - trade liberalisation and a decline in remittances from abroad- on poverty in Pakistan using a CGE framework.
A. R. Kemal, Rizwana Siddiqui
core   +1 more source

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

Expenditure and use on radiology imaging in urban and rural areas in a developing country. [PDF]

Cost Eff Resour Alloc
Espinosa O, Puentes G, Bejarano V, Romero J, Arias ML, Hedgire S, Daye D, Mohan S, Duszak R.   +8 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

Traffic sign dataset for connected and automated vehicle operations in rural areas. [PDF]

Data Brief
Zakaria M, Getahun T, Karimoddini A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Deadly Cities? A Note on Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

In this paper we analyze if an 'urban mortality penalty' exists for today's developing countries, repeating the history of industrialized nations during the 19th century.
Günther, Isabel, Harttgen, Kenneth
core  

Smart rural futures: Will rural areas be left behind in the 4th industrial revolution?

Journal of Rural Studies, 2020
Paul Cowie, L. Townsend, Koen Salemink
semanticscholar   +1 more source