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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services report 2011-12: online services report - key results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This report examines health services, Aboriginal community controlled and non-community controlled health organisations, funded by the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.SummaryPrimary health careIn 2011-12, Aboriginal and Torres ...

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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Life Is Not Mere Living but Living in Health" - An Overview of Rural Health Practice

open access: yesNational Journal of Community Medicine, 2013
India is home to one-sixth of the world’s population. It has shown rapid development in recent years.  People who live in rural areas experience many health disadvantages including inequitable access to health services in comparison with urban ...
Ravishekar N Hiremath   +5 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

The 2009 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is the 2009 Annual Report by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS). This year’s report examines three key topics in health and human services and their effects in rural areas: workforce and community ...
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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The Evaluation of Rural Health Insurance based on General Justice

open access: yesمدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2011
• Introduction: In order to fulfill the health and medical needs of rural people, Iran's Medical Services Insurance Organization approved a plan to provide rural health insurance in 2005.
Mahmoud Kazemian, Majid Khosravi
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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