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Assessing the determinant factors of risk strategy adoption to mitigate various risks: An experience from smallholder rubber farmers in West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia

Open Agriculture, 2023
Over the past decade, smallholder rubber farming experienced significant issues related to risks of rainy season, rubber diseases, and price decreases. The risk exposure will reduce agricultural productivity, income, and sustainability.
Imelda Imelda, Mulyo Jangkung Handoyo, Suryantini Any, Masyhuri Masyhuri   +3 more
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Does food security exist among farm households? Evidence from Ghana

Agriculture & Food Security, 2022
Background Food security exists when households have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Patricia Pinamang Acheampong, Elvis Agyei Obeng, Monica Opoku, Lydia Brobbey, Bernard Sakyiamah   +4 more
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Smart Mixes in International Supply Chains: A Definition and Analytical Tool, Illustrated with the Example of Organic Imports into Switzerland

Administrative Sciences, 2021
Combinations of national and international, hard and soft powers, known as Smart Mixes, have been proposed as a way for governments in consumer countries to influence the behaviour of supply chain actors who operate outside their jurisdiction.
Robert Home, Mareike Weiner, Christian Schader   +2 more
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Subjective socioeconomic status: an alternative to objective socioeconomic status

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Abstract Background Subjective “ladder” measurements of socio-economic status (SES) are easy-to-administer tools that ask respondents to rate their own SES, allowing them to evaluate where they believe their material resources place them relative to their community.
Maryann Zhao, Chuan-Chin Huang, Milagros Mendoza, Ximena Tovar, Leonid Lecca, Megan Murray   +5 more
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Are pregnancy outcomes affected by the lack of legal status? A demographic study based on 850,288 live births in Switzerland

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background In the context of increased global mobility, it is fundamental to understand migrants’ needs and how governments can ensure equal health opportunities for both regular and irregular migrants simply by applying low-cost primary health care ...
Caterina Montagnoli, Philippe Wanner
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lme4GS: An R-Package for Genomic Selection

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Genomic selection (GS) is a technology used for genetic improvement, and it has many advantages over phenotype-based selection. There are several statistical models that adequately approach the statistical challenges in GS, such as in linear mixed models
Diana Caamal-Pat, Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez, José Crossa, José Crossa, Ciro Velasco-Cruz, Sergio Pérez-Elizalde, Mario Vázquez-Peña   +6 more
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Rural vs Urban Household Approaches to Reduce Food Waste: A Comparative Study [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The differences in behavior and consumption levels between rural and urban households lead to variations in the amount of food waste. Due to higher consumption rates and inefficient management, urban households produce higher food waste than rural ...
Alfina Puspita Sari Yunita, Hadi Darwanto Dwidjono, Amalia Gumay Dinda, Arga Ramadhani Faadihilah, Adrianto Prasetia Pebri   +4 more
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Socioeconomics of Obesity

Current Obesity Reports, 2020
The purpose of this review is to evaluate and emphasize important findings in the recent literature regarding the socioeconomics of obesity. It is important to evaluate trends of this global epidemic and elucidate its impact on different demographic groups and across socioeconomic strata.Obesity rates continue to increase domestically and globally ...
Chika Vera Anekwe, Amber R. Jarrell, Matthew J. Townsend, Gabriela I. Gaudier, Julia M. Hiserodt, Fatima Cody Stanford   +5 more
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The Association Between Javanese Culture and Food Waste Among Gen Z [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Household food waste is a global issue that needs to be addressed due to its significant impact on the environment, economy, and social well-being. In Indonesia, Generation Z has emerged as one of the primary contributors to household food waste, driven ...
Amalia Gumay Dinda, Hadi Darwanto Dwidjono, Alfina Puspita Sari Yunita, Adrianto Prasetia Pebri, Arga Ramadhani Faadihilah   +4 more
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Russian meat price transmission and policy interventions in 2014

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2022
This article investigates price relationships in the Russian meat markets in 2011–2017. We use vector autoregression specifications to predict the transmission between consumer, producer, and import prices in the Russian pork, beef, and poultry markets ...
Daria Loginova, Judith Irek
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