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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2016 The article is the result of a doctoral research project that addressed the issue of contemporary indigenous policies by analyzing the formation and use of transnational networks of indigenous organizations within the context of socio-environmental ...
Marcela Herrera
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal +2 more
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POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS E CONFLITOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS: problematizando o Seguro-Defeso da pesca artesanal
Revista de Políticas Públicas, 2020 Considered the main policy intended to support the Brazilian artisanal fishing in recent decades, the Seguro-Defeso (SD) grants fishermen a minimum income during the Defeso season, when forced interruption of work occurs.
Rafael Barsotti Torres +1 more
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Unidades de conservação e conflitos ambientais no litoral sergipano, Brasil
Confins, 2019 The coastal areas of Sergipe include protected areas among which it is worth mentioning the nature conservation units (UC). A UC is established as a space for environmental and territorial conflicts, when they restrict the use of resources by the ...
Claudio Roberto Braghini +1 more
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Indigenous people, socio-environmental conflict and post-development in Latin America [PDF]
Ambiente & Sociedade, 2015 The aims of this article is to reflect on the contradictions between a conception of development that is anchored in the idea of progress, industrialization and economic growth and worldviews of indigenous peoples, for whom the existing symbiotic bond between man and nature necessarily involves intangibility and irreducibility of natural resources as a
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Orchestrating Forest Policy in Italy: Mission Impossible? [PDF]
, 2018 In the Italian political and economic agenda the forest sector occupies a marginal role. The forest sector in Italy is characterized by a high institutional fragmentation and centralized decision-making processes dominated by Public Forest ...
Carbone, F. +6 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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ConfinsThe book explores the reconfiguration of the so called Matopiba (Maranhão, Tocantins, Piaui et Bahia) agricultural frontier in Brazil, focusing on the expansion of the agro-industrial sector and its socio-environmental impacts.
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NATURAL RESOURCES, RESTRUCTURING AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST IN THE STATE OF CAMPECHE
Ra Ximhai, 2020 Southeast Mexico is a region of profound social, economic, environmental and political contrasts, with vast natural wealth, and for this reason, a factor in constant environmental conflicts for several decades.
Moisés Frutos-Cortes +2 more
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