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Orchestrating Forest Policy in Italy: Mission Impossible? [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder participation in project performance: Insights from Uganda’s Youth Livelihood Programme

open access: yesAfrica’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review
Background: Community participation is increasingly highlighted in policy discussions as essential for the effectiveness and sustainability of government-led socio-economic initiatives. However, in many developing countries, including Uganda, communities
Hamis Bikadho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do you have 5 minutes to spare? -The challenges of stakeholder processes in ecosystem services studies

open access: yesLandscape Online, 2014
Operationalization of the ecosystem services (ES) concept for improved natural resource management and decision support cannot, thus far, be rated as satisfactory.
Lars Koschke   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural strategy development in West Africa: The false promise of participation? [PDF]

open access: yes
"Participatory approaches are an increasingly prominent technique for designing agricultural strategies within Sub-Saharan Africa. However, such approaches are frequently criticized for either not involving enough stakeholders or limiting the scope of ...
Birner, Regina, Resnick, Danielle
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Ocean Industries and Marine Planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Marine planning (marine spatial planning/MSP) is under development as a viable tool to address potential user conflicts in the oceans and allow for better management of ocean uses and resources. With marine planning developing in many parts of the world,

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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health promotion in youth sporting clubs: predictors of stakeholder participation. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Petersen JM   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The National Dialogue on the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Six years after its creation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) undertook the first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) to inform the design and implementation of actions to ensure the safety of the United States and its citizens.
Beverly A. Cigler   +3 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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