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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Educational Reform in Chile

Pedagogika
This study aims to analyse, within the context of paradox theory, the tensions and opportunities introduced by the meetings of microcentres, as spaces for teacher professional development within an educational reform.
Marta Quiroga Lobos
doaj  

Between the river and the classroom: Rural Education as an instrument for inclusion and critical thinking among riverside communities in the Amazon

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo
The article discusses the role of Rural Education as a tool for social inclusion in riverside communities, focusing on the community of Mapiraí de Baixo.
Matheus de Jesus Gaia Dias, Lucas Rodrigues Lopes   +1 more
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culture and Territorial Identity: An Analysis Based on the Organization of Pedagogical Work in Rural Education

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo
The general objective is to analyze, through a systematic review of academic literature (2009–2024), how the organization of pedagogical work in Rural Education has been conceived and practiced, highlighting its relationship with cultural processes and ...
Rodrigo Cardoso da Silva, Doriedson do Socorro Rodrigues   +1 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is functional literacy a prerequisite for entering the labor market? An analysis of determinants of adults literacy and earnings in Ghana [PDF]

The authors analyze the determinants of literacy and earnings in Ghana. They link literacy and earnings with various other factors, including age, gender, family educational background, distance to school, and income.
Blunch, Niels-Hugo, Verner, Dorte
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning outcomes and school cost-effectiveness in Mexico : the PARE program [PDF]

Past research often attributed most differences in student learning to socioeconomic factors, implying that the potential for direct educational interventions to reduce learning inequality was limited.
Lopez Acevedo, Gladys
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source