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Public Health Services, Health Human Capital, and Relative Poverty of Rural Families. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Yang Y, Zhou L, Zhang C, Luo X, Luo Y, Wang W.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding Persistent Food Insecurity: A Paradox of Place and Circumstance [PDF]

Survey data from a USDA-funded multi-state longitudinal project revealed a paradox where rural low-income families from states considered prosperous were persistently more food insecure than similar families from less prosperous states. An examination of
Jean W. Bauer, Leslie Richards, Sheila Mammen   +2 more
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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparison of the Parent-Child Interactions Between Russian Immigrant and Non-immigrant Families in a Rural Setting in Missouri

The Rural Educator, 2009
The purpose of this study was to compare the parent/child interactions between Russian immigrant and non-immigrant families in a rural Missouri school setting.
Jimalee L. James, Barbara N. Martin
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring the cost-effectiveness of a home-visiting intervention to promote early child development among rural families linked to the Rwandan social protection system. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health, 2023
Desmond C, Watt KG, Jensen SKG, Simmons E, Murray SM, Farrar J, Placencio-Castro M, Sezibera V, Rawlings LB, Wilson B, Betancourt TS.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthy Lifestyles in Rural Families. [PDF]

J Healthy Eat Act Living, 2022
England KM, Forseth B, Bangash M, Bhagat R, Murray M, Bakula DM, Davis AM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Raising sons or daughters for old age? Influence of children's gender on intergenerational family support in rural families. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2022
Jiguang Z, Yuncan W, Yunxing S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source