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Transforming the rural nonfarm economy: Opportunities and threats in the developing world [PDF]
"Rural residents across the developing world earn a large share of their income—35–50 percent—from nonfarm activities. Agricultural households count on nonfarm earnings to diversify risk, moderate seasonal income swings, and finance agricultural input ...
Haggblade, Steven +2 more
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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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Will the rural economy rebound with the rest of the nation? [PDF]
As the U.S. economy slipped into recession in 2001, an already lackluster rural economy lost even more steam. Since 1995, job growth in rural areas has trailed growth in metro areas.
Jason R. Henderson
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Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa +3 more
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Strategies for stimulating poverty-alleviating growth in the rural nonfarm economy in developing countries: [PDF]
"The rural nonfarm economy (RNFE) accounts for roughly 25 percent of full-time rural employment and 35-40 percent of rural incomes across the developing world.
Haggblade, Steven +2 more
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Developing the rural creative economy 'from below': exploring practices of market-building amongst creative entrepreneurs in rural and remote Scotland [PDF]
, 2016 The article draws on material gathered as part of three research projects, the first, ‘Supporting Creative Business’ was funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, the second, ‘Towards a model of support for the rural creative industries’ was
Munro, Ealasaid
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
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Prayagraj Law ReviewThis research paper examines the transformative potential of integrating Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) with Geographical Indication (GI) branding, which can significantly contribute to empowering smallholder farmers economically, socially, and environmentally.
Nikki Kumar, Dr. Anis Ahmad
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Transformation of the rural economy in the Philippines, 1988-2006 [PDF]
, 2012 This research explores the changing structure of the rural economy in the Philippines from 1988 to 2006. We found that the expansion and upgrade of infrastructure such as electricity and roads and investment in secondary and tertiary education are ...
ESTUDILLO Jonna +3 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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