Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Straw returning is important for rural ecological management and sustainable agricultural development. Using farm survey data for Anhui Province, China, in 2020, we applied the double‐hurdle model to investigate the impact of agricultural machinery services and land fragmentation on farmers' straw‐returning behavior, and to explore the ...
Xin Wang, Yanping Song, Wei Huang
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The Women's Movement and Colonial Politics in Bengal: The Quest for Political Rights, Education and Social Reform Legislation, 1921–36. By Barbara Southard. New Delhi: Manohar, 1995. x, 317 pp. $26.00 (cloth). - Beyond Purdah?: Women in Bengal, 1890–1939. By Dagmar Engels. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996. xii, 282 pp. $24.95 (cloth). [PDF]
, 1998 Leela Fernandes
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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New Proposals, 2010 As a grounded account of a neoliberal reform project, this article explores efforts to shape and reshape the “conduct of conduct” in social services. To investigate the ways that neoliberal commonsense enters the life worlds of social service workers ...
Lynn M. Nybell
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PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM AND THE CITIZEN'S CHARTER. Ed by Chris Willet London: Blackstone Press Ltd. Law in its Social Setting, xv and 127 pp (incl index). ISBN 1 85431 601 X. £19.95 [PDF]
, 1997 Tony Prosser
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries [PDF]
, 2001 Peter Heller, Christian Keller
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Josephine Butler: Social Reformer, Wife, Mother (1906) [PDF]
, 1995 Ann Loades
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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From People-Centred to People-Driven Care: Can Integrated Care Achieve its Promise without it?
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022 Nicholas Goodwin +4 more
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