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When minds and networks matter: how mental health and social capital shape social frailty in older adults. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Almutairi S, Hussein Ramadan Atta M, Alasqah I, El-Sayed MM, Gomaa Mohammed S, Othman AA, Abdallah HMM, Amin SM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Associations Between Well-Being, Mental Distress, and Five Dimensions of Social Capital in Rural Georgia. [PDF]

Fam Community Health
Smith AJ, Bigger LM, McGee RE, Hermstad A, Haardӧrfer R, Kegler MC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sport Participation and Happiness Among Veteran Footballers: The Mediating Role of Social Capital. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Adatepe E, Kul M, Özkan A, Kırkbir F, Öz Ü, Ünlü Y, Seleciler C, Boz E.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What Really Drives Agri‐Environment‐Climate Measures' Adoption? Mandatory Requirements, Behavioral Traits, and Structural Factors in the CAP Green Architecture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To increase farmer adoption of green practices, the EU Common Agricultural Policy includes both mandatory (conditionality) and voluntary instruments (eco‐schemes–ECS– and more demanding, multi‐annual agri‐environment‐climate measures –AECM–). Building on the experiment of Barreiro‐Hurle et al.
L. Sanchez‐Mata, M. Rodríguez‐Entrena, M. Espinosa‐Goded, F. J. Dessart, J. Barreiro‐Hurlé   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can social capital motivate individuals to continue exercising? the case of group extreme conditioning program training. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Ntovoli A, Stavropoulou G, Anagnostou G, Papadopoulos P, Zourladani A, Giaginis C, Alexandris K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Lia Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between involvement in group extreme conditioning program training and PERMA: the mediating role of social capital. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Ntovoli A, Stavropoulou G, Anagnostou G, Papacosta E, Papadopoulou S, Giaginis C, Alexandris K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source