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Mental, historical and geopolitical background of differences between Ukraine and Russia
Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2022 The article highlights certain prerequisites of mental, historical and geopolitical differences between Ukraine and Russia. Peculiarities of the Ukrainian mentality in comparison with the Russian mentality were studied.
Ihor Todorov
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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The crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s global strategy
Ибероамериканские тетради, 2023 When studying the conflict unfolding in Ukraine, two axes of confrontation are most often considered: Russia versus Ukraine and Russia versus the West. The author is convinced that such division is a false dyad.
A. O. Bezrukov
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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 +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had profound consequences for the global economy. As both countries are major commodity exporters, the food value chain was also affected. This study investigates the impact of the invasion on stock prices, profitability and sentiments of agribusinesses along the food supply chain by using an ...
Julia Höhler +2 more
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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The Russia-Ukraine War: Evangelical Voices
Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, 2022 On February 20, 2014, Russia started a hybrid war in Eastern Ukraine, occupying Crimea and parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russia escalated to a full-scale military attack on Ukraine. The new, more brutal phase of the war devastated the world for Ukrainians and left almost the entire population of the country ...
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Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
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Visual trust: Fake images in the Russia‐Ukraine war
Anthropology Today, 2022 One of the central topics that the anthropology of images must address is that of the visual fake. This article analyses some of the meanings and functions of false images in the current war between Russia and Ukraine. Its main idea is that the falsity of images is not an intrinsic property of images themselves but the outcome of a plurality of ...
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