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Lessons From High- and Low-Performing States for Raising Overall Health System Performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Examines socioeconomic, demographic, political, cultural, and marketplace factors that influence health system improvement in high- and low-ranking states in the State Scorecard on Health System Performance and outlines promising ...
Greg Moody, Sharon Silow-Carroll
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Do Sustainable Agricultural Practices Boost Production and Technical Efficiency? A Case Study of Coffee Smallholders in Peru

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder agriculture remains a cornerstone for economic development and poverty reduction in Latin America. Their transition to sustainable agricultural production is critical in the face of the environmental challenges posed by conventional farming practices and is a key pathway to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Gabriela Carbajo‐Alvarez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic Factors and the Consumption of Wine in Tenerife [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we measure the impact of an individual's socioeconomic conditions on the decision to consume wine in a traditionally wine-producing area.
Donate, M.C. Rodriguez   +3 more
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Hampton-Seabrook Estuary Habitat Restoration Compendium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The goal of this report is to identify restoration opportunities within the watershed derived from data on habitat change. Many other factors exist that are important in the identification and selection of restoration projects, including water quality ...
Burdick, David M., Eberhardt, Alyson L.
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Economic Feasibility of Crop‐Livestock Integration System in Brazil

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the economic feasibility of the Brazilian crop‐livestock integration system. Under this system, the Brazilian farmer can produce soybeans, corn, and graze for cattle on the same land during one crop year. This technology can substantially increase agricultural production in the country.
Yuri C. D. Calil, Luis Ribera
wiley   +1 more source

School injuries in Athens: socioeconomic and family risk factors. [PDF]

open access: bronze, 1994
Eleni Petridou   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Exploring the Causes of Low Immunization Status in School Going Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Although a definitive immunization program has been advocated for children in our country, the immunization coverage is far from satisfactory. There is paucity of survey studies related to immunization pattern.
Inamdar, M   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

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