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Rural and Agricultural Development – Maximising the Potential in the Islands of Orkney, Shetland & Outer Hebrides - Local Presentations of Findings

Presentation of research findings on Rural and Agricultural Development: Maximising the potential in the islands of Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides to elected Councillors, Local Authority staff and Local Action Group members in Shetland, Orkney and ...
Thomson, Steven; id_orcid, Scotland's Rural College, Rural Development & Food Marketing   +2 more
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Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak, Claudia Bazzani, Andreas C. Drichoutis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Jason de Koff, James Muriuki, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The models and the aspiring models: assessing the sustainable rural development philosophy and reality in India through multi-dimensional indices

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionThe key to sustainable societies and food systems in developing countries like India is sustainable rural development because majority population reside in rural areas. In India, the Gandhian philosophy of rural self sustainability has been a
Sangeeta Bhattacharyya, R. R. Burman, Rabindra Nath Padaria, Sudipta Paul, Palanisamy Venkatesh, Anindita Datta, Pinaki Roy, Suchandra Dutta, Samrat Sikdar, Savita Kumari   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Reality Tour in Rural and Public Health Nursing

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2019
Program Purpose: Rural areas face unique challenges recruiting and retaining registered nurses. Communities and higher education programs must work collaboratively to successfully recruit and retain nurses and other health professionals to rural areas.
Nicole Thill, Laura Pettersen, Alana Erickson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural education and rural realities: The politics and possibilities of rural research in Southern Africa

Perspectives in Education, 2012
From text: Rurality studies and research emerged from established disciplines such as agricultural sciences (Maat, 2001), agricultural education (Phipps, Osborne, Dyer & Ball, 2007) and human geography (Cloke, Crang & Goodwin, 2004). With regards to the latter, human geography and urbanisation studies (Reader, 2004) developed almost bifocally ...
Robert J. Balfour, Naydene de Lange, 'Mathabo Khau   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New relationships and knowledge in a school full-time in rural

Educação: Teoria e Prática, 2013
This article takes a look at the reality of full time school in the municipality of rural Iaciara, no Goiás State, Brazil. The research covers the daily school and aims to analyze how that institution plans its activities (regular and complementary ...
Iolene Mesquita Lobato, Cléria Neri dos Santos   +1 more
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