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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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Mechanisms of social partnership management in correctional education

Studia Humanitatis, 2018
The article presents the results of experimental and analytical project activity on the organization and inclusion of higher, secondary professional and correctional education, socially oriented non-profit organizations and charitable organizations in ...
Aldakimova Olga Viktorovna, Gerlach Irina Vitalievna, Shkuropiy Konstantin Viktorovich   +2 more
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Building capacity for transformative agroecology education: lessons from the North Carolina Agroecology Educators Network

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Transformative food system education offers a critical response to the environmental, economic and political challenges of the current agrifood system.
Jacob Rutz, Angel Elisa Cruz, Saskia Cornes, Alexia M. Witcombe, Dawn Rodriguez-Ward, Frieda Kahan, Ann Bybee-Finley   +6 more
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SOCIALLY ORIENTED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: SOME FEATURES OF THE LEGAL STATUS

Вестник Пермского университета. Юридические науки
the establishment of the special category of socially oriented non-profit organizations (SONPOs) at the regulatory level was necessitated by the need to create an optimal regime for their effective operation and to provide them with comprehensive support.
E.E. Bogdanova, T.V. Soyfer
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
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The formation of volunteer movements in Russia: development problems and dynamics

Вестник Майкопского государственного технологического университета
The research is determined by the fact that the role of social movements in the modern world is increasing due to the deterioration of the socio-economic and political situations.
A. M. Kushkhova, A. A. Kubova
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide

Voices in Bioethics
Photo by Sean Pollock on Unsplash ABSTRACT Bioethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) were born out of similar concerns, such as the reaction to scandal and the restraint of irresponsible actions by individuals and organizations.
Caio Caesar Dib
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Models of Interaction of Social Subjects and Actors in Ensuring Socio-Cultural Security of Municipalities

Регионология
Introduction. In the realities of modern Russian society, characterized by increasing social differentiation and the risk of increased intergroup tension, there is an acute shortage of effective mechanisms for maintaining public consensus and integration
Yuliia S. Markova, Svetlana S. Gordeeva   +1 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source