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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

'We feel abandoned out here': teamwork dilemmas among rural health professionals in distributed emergency settings. [PDF]

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Morian H, Hultin M, Creutzfeldt J, Dubois H, Härgestam M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural health care workforce retention measures: A rapid scoping review. [PDF]

J Rural Health
Mengeling MA, Sears R, Buchanan CH, Howren MB, Samuelson RJ, Miller K, McConnell C, Wilson JR, Archambault E, Anderson BL, Axon RN, CPIC – VA QUERI Center.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Area remoteness and the distribution and attrition of the rural health workforce in Australia. [PDF]

Hum Resour Health
Bakar KS, Radchenko P, Ho-Nguyen N, McDonald E, Bailie R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C, Xiaoli Etienne, Andres Trujillo‐Barrera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Rural Health Model for Parkinson's Care: The Clients' Perspective. [PDF]

J Patient Exp
Iansek R, Danoudis M, Ceely M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
wiley   +1 more source