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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Poiesis of Everyday Life and Space in Yüksel Street [PDF]

Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2019
The premeditated decisions of urban plans and designs are in a continuous transformation due to the everyday expectancies and needs of users. People mostly intervene in their built environment in differing scales and temporalities which simultaneously ...
Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro
doaj   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy uncertainty shocks and farm investments in Europe: Evidence from a newspaper‐based index

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In order to quantify the impact of agricultural policy uncertainty on European farmers' investment behavior, we construct a newspaper‐based monthly index of European agricultural policy uncertainty from 2013 to 2023. We use 327,224 newspaper articles to assess and compare the trends in policy uncertainty across five top agricultural producers ...
Viviana Garcia, Scott M. Swinton, Robert Finger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time After Time: Community‐Led Participation in Urban Development Practices in Rotterdam

Urban Planning
Community-led initiatives are increasingly recognised as contributors to sustainable and socially just urban transitions, but their capacity to shape formal urban development processes remains insufficiently understood. This article examines a grassroots
Francisco Santos, Alice Jelmini, Pierre Kauter, Chiara Mazzarella   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of extreme wildfire exposure on energy poverty: Evidence from Australia's Black Saturday bushfires

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study assesses the effects of the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires (BSB), which primarily occurred in rural regions of Victoria and represent the deadliest bushfire event in Australia's history, on household energy poverty. Using a linear panel event‐study, an entropy‐balanced event‐study, and a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD ...
Yitian Wang, Russell Smyth
wiley   +1 more source

Shearing Layers of Space: Exploration of Permanency and Temporality in the Public Realm

Urban Planning
Stewart Brand famously provided a framework for considering change within buildings through his idea of “shearing layers,” itself based on earlier ideas from Francis Duffy and Alex Henney.
Michael Crilly, Georgiana Varna
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Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economies of Collective Temporary Occupations in Brussels

Urban Planning
In European cities, strengthening local grassroots initiatives is trending. Citizen groups often find space only by temporarily occupying unused buildings, which, in turn, creates value through diverse activities and economies.
Chiara Mazzarella, Michaël Peeters, Daniele Cannatella, Hilde Remøy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic diversity and differentiation of a partial mycoheterotrophic orchid (Cymbidium macrorhizon) under urbanization

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Urbanization exerts substantial pressures on the genetic diversity of plant species, but the direction and magnitude of urbanization impacts may vary depending on species‐specific life history characteristics. To better understand the relationship between life history and urbanization effects, we assessed genetic diversity and ...
Naohiro I. Ishii, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yuki Iwachido, Kei Uchida   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source