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Estimating Causal Effects With Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most research questions in agricultural and applied economics are causal in nature: they study how changes in one or more variables (such as policies, prices or weather) affect one or more other variables (e.g., income, crop yields or pollution).
Arne Henningsen, Guy Low, David Wuepper, Tobias Dalhaus, Hugo Storm, Dagim Belay, Stefan Hirsch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retraction notice to "Smallholder farmers' participation in small-scale irrigation system: Insight from Lume district, Ethiopia" [Heliyon 10 (2024) e39638]. [PDF]

Heliyon
Idahe D, Solomon Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Pass‐Through of Cocoa Prices Along the Supply Chain: What's Left for Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire?

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are trapped in a cycle of poverty and farming practices that degrade the environment. This paper aims to provide an in‐depth understanding of the price formation process for cocoa at each stage of the supply chain in the world's largest cocoa‐producing country.
Kathrin Kaestner, Gunther Bensch, Colin Vance   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human brucellosis in pregnancy in western Uganda: High seroprevalence and health risk factors identified in a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Virginia W, Ishimwe MPS, Kazigo AK, Tshilumba T, Rukamba JD, Pius T, Isse SAS, Hakizimana T.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Is Technological Heterogeneity the Key to Sustainable Coffee Production Efficiency?: A Latent Class Frontier Analysis in the Traditional Coffee Region of Colombia

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coffee producers deal with uncertainty due to high volatility in coffee prices. To navigate these challenges, producers must balance the tradeoff between higher yield and better quality utilising heterogeneous technologies, such as intensive production methods and environmental management practices.
Orlando Rodríguez, Maria Vrachioli, Johannes Sauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the welfare of smallholder pigs in Vietnam using a pilot protocol. [PDF]

Trop Anim Health Prod
Dang-Xuan S, Huyen LTT, Ha TQ, Duc DV, Dung LT, Tuan HA, Unger F, Doyle R, Toribio JA.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Impacts of livestock development investment: Documented positive impacts of livestock-related interventions in Africa, Asia and Latin America [PDF]

, 2020
Ballantyne, Peter G., Staal, Steven J., Wanyoike, Francis N.   +2 more
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Women's Off‐Farm Employment and Dietary Quality in Rural Africa

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off‐farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analysed links between off‐farm employment and well‐being, but mostly at the household level, not considering that household members may be affected differently.
Chrispinus Mutsami, Martin C. Parlasca, Matin Qaim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Smallholder Dairy Cattle Farmers in Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Survey on Cattle Infertility. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Ngou A, Laven R, Parkinson T, Kashoma I, Donaghy D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Promoting Methane Reductions Through Behavioural Nudges and Informational Boosts: A Field Choice Experiment in Japanese Rice Farming

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural methane emissions represent a significant contributor to global climate change, with irrigated rice cultivation being one of the primary sources. Despite the availability of effective mitigation technologies, their adoption often remains limited due to behavioural and institutional constraints.
Shengyi Du, Katsuya Tanaka, Hiroki Sasaki, Tetsuya Horie, Shinya Horie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source