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Public university and the training of rural teachers in PPGPE/UFES productions

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo
This article discusses the processes of the democratizing access to higher education at Brazilian public universities, particularly for rural populations, historically excluded from broader public education policies. It focuses on narrated experiences in
Janinha Gerke, Alessandro da Silva Guimarães, Miriã Lúcia Luiz   +2 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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The construction of Rural Education policy in the State of Paraná: analysis based on documents

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo
In this study we aim to address the standardization of the Rural Education (EdC) policy in the State of Paraná. To this end we developed bibliographic and documentary research limited to the descriptors “Rural Education”, “Rural Schools” and “State of ...
Sandra Garcia Neves, Fabiana Fátima Cherobin, Edilaine Aparecida Vieira   +2 more
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Rural America At A Glance, 2007 Edition [PDF]

Rural America At A Glance, 2007 highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends
Kusmin, Lorin D.
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Education of the countryside, waters and forests: the peasantry in the poetic song “Xote Ecológico”

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo
This essay analyses the intersection between Rural Education, the representation of the peasantry in the song "Xote Ecologic" by Luiz Gonzaga and Aguinaldo Batista, and the socio-environmental impacts of the Belo Monte Dam in the Xingu. It explores Rural
Ronaldo dos Santos Leonel, Everton Bedin
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THE PAIR EDUCATION AND INNOVATION – KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY’S ICON [PDF]

This paper uses the frame of the SWOT Analysis to introduce the EPIC Model, which is based on four elements, among which two of them we suppose are representative for the knowledge society: education and innovation.
Cristian Silviu BANACU, Marcela Izabela CIOPA, Olga OLARU   +2 more
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71% of Online Adults Now Use Video-Sharing Sites [PDF]

, 2011
Presents survey findings about trends since 2006 in Americans' use of online video-sharing sites by gender, age, race/ethnicity, income, education, community type (urban, suburban, or rural), and parental ...
Kathleen Moore
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source