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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cost Pass‐Through in Crisis: Evidence From the German Malt‐Beer Supply Chain

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Global agri‐food supply chains are increasingly exposed to geopolitical shocks, climate volatility, and market consolidation, factors that disrupt traditional price relationships and reshape market power dynamics. Nowhere is this more visible than in the brewing sector, where agricultural raw materials meet complex industrial processing and ...
Nikolas Bublik, Lukáš Čechura
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Price Transmission and Leadership in the Global Poultry Market: Results From Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil and the United States account for more than 40% of global poultry exports, with China and South Korea among their major destination markets. This study examines price transmission and market linkages between Brazil and the United States using monthly poultry export price data from January 1990 to December 2024. It also assesses which of
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, Shaikh M. Rahman, Syed Imran Ali Meerza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Renaissance: The Origins Of The Modern West (1994), The Renaissance: The Origins Of The Modern West (1993)

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1995
Right up front this reviewer has to make a confession. While "channel surfing," my first impression of the original five PBS hour-long programs upon which the longer telecourse is based was a negative one. Admittedly I only saw bits and pieces of the programs, but I particularly remember an actor wearing a black turtleneck sweater dramatically reading ...
openaire   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Science, European Modernity, and in J.P.S. Uberoi’s Writings: An Intervention in Postcolonial Sociology and Science and Technology Studies

Socius
The author critically engages with the writings of J.P.S. Uberoi, a towering figure in Indian sociology and anthropology whose studies of modern science and European modernity have, nonetheless, been largely ignored within the fields of sociology as well
Amit Prasad
doaj   +1 more source

Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez, Olga Isengildina Massa, Michael Liam Smith, Nicole Olynk Widmar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Postoperative Infectious Complications on Long‐Term Survival After Curative Resection for Colorectal Cancer: A Multicenter Study in the Minimally Invasive Era

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Postoperative infectious complications (PICs) have been associated with poor long‐term outcomes after colorectal cancer surgery, but evidence in the modern minimally invasive era remains limited. In this multicenter cohort of 5377 patients undergoing curative resection, PICs were independently associated with worse overall survival and relapse‐free ...
Takehito Yamamoto, Ryosuke Mizuno, Yoshiro Itatani, Tetsuya Shiota, Masahiro Yamada, Tadayoshi Yamaura, Mami Yoshitomi, Kazutaka Obama   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source