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THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL FARM RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON REDUCING CREDIT RISK IN TANZANIA AGRICULTURAL LENDING

Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
Agricultural financing enhances food security, job creation, a transition from subsistence to commerce farming, and strengthens the overall economy. However, due to unfavorable weather and market conditions there is limited financing directed towards ...
Edward Ntulo, Aloyce Shaban Hepelwa
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Sustaining Circular Innovation Under Volatile Market Conditions: The Critical Role of Industry Platforms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While industry platforms are widely recognized as enablers of circular innovation, we still know little about how they evolve to scale and sustain innovation as economic conditions tighten and circular economy funding schemes become more selective.
Eva Qi Wang, Julia A. Fehrer, Jonathan J. Baker, Roderick J. Brodie   +3 more
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Analyzing the Development of a Sustainable Enterprise in an Emerging Economy: Black Cacau and the Bean‐to‐Bar Philosophy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) in emerging economies through the case of Black Cacau, a Brazilian bean‐to‐bar enterprise integrating agroforestry, direct trade, and Afro‐Brazilian cultural empowerment. Adapting the Patagonia‐based framework of Allal‐Chérif et al., the study explores how SE operates under conditions of ...
Marcelo Dionisio
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Effects of Simultaneous Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus During Storage of Maize in Hermetic and Non‐Hermetic Conditions

Cereal Chemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sitophilus zeamais (Mostschulsky), the maize weevil, and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), the larger grain borer, are two notorious insect pests of farm‐stored products in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The goal of this study was to determine whether there were interactions between P. truncatus and S. zeamais during storage.
Rashid Suleiman, Kurt A. Rosentrater
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An Overview of the Post-Harvest Grain Storage Practices of Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries

Agriculture, 2018
Grain storage loss is a major contributor to post-harvest losses and is one of the main causes of food insecurity for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Thus, the objective of this review is to assess the conventional and emerging grain storage
Ashish Manandhar, Paschal Milindi, Ajay Shah   +2 more
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Shifting Tides: A Decade of Business Climate Adaptation and Resilience Research (2013–2023)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is causing significant disruptions to the socio‐ecological systems in which organizations operate, presenting unprecedented challenges for businesses across sectors in adapting to shifting environmental conditions and building resilience to extreme weather events.
Domenico Villano, Laura Colli, Federico Martellozzo, Sara Lombardi   +3 more
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Harmonizing Social Impact Assessment in the Bioeconomy: A Cross‐Regional Fuzzy‐Delphi Approach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy transition risks underrepresenting social sustainability, while existing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S‐LCA) applications remain insufficient for comparison and decision support due to heterogeneous and non‐standardized selection of social impact categories. This study proposes a cross‐regional baseline set of impact categories
Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Claudia Coutinho‐Nóbrega, Nicholas M. Holden   +2 more
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Coherence Between Climate and Land Use Policies of the European Union, Brazil, and Indonesia: A Primer to Analyze Potential GHG Leakage

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Incoherence between national land use policies may weaken climate mitigation efforts by creating conditions under which agricultural and forestry production and GHG emissions are displaced across borders (leakage). Coherence depends on constellations and prioritization of national policy aims in land use (production) and climate (conservation).
Heiner von Lüpke, Claudia Azevedo‐Ramos, Dwi Laraswati, Ahmad Maryudi, Christina Ayu, Nilo Wijaya, Rio Sopaheluwakan, Daniel Kübler, Richard Fischer   +8 more
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Determinants of differential access to irrigation practices among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

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There are debates among scholars regarding the accessibility of irrigation to smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. Some scholars argue that smallholder farmers do not have access to irrigation, though the country has abundant water sources.
Abdisa Olkeba, Arega Aligo, Abrham Seyoum   +2 more
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Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Muhammad Umar, Pakeezah Tabasum, Maria Qadri, Talha Farooq, Eskeatnaf Yosef Getachew, Zemichael Getu Alemayehu, Eden Haile Hagos, Hailemariam Shimelis Gebeyehu, Hanna Tsehay Abebe, Nuradin Abdi Ali, David Chinaecherem Innocent, Temesgen Mamo Sharew   +12 more
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