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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

More Than a Wing and a Prayer: Government Indemnification of the Commercial Space Launch Industry [PDF]

open access: yes
Using rockets to launch communications satellites and other spacecraft poses risks to the uninvolved public, including persons and property under the flight path of the launch vehicle.
Carolyn Kousky   +2 more
core  

The Majority Approach to Arbitration Waiver: A Workable Test or A License for Litigants to Play Games with the Courts? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
[Excerpt] “The freedom of parties to agree to arbitrate their disputes is enshrined by contract law and federal law. By inserting a mandatory arbitration clause in a contract, both parties agree that, should a dispute arise between them, they will not ...
Savage, James
core   +1 more source

The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

SPECIFICITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF REPRESENTATION BY LAWYERS OF THIRD PARTIES [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society
This study seeks to deepen the institution of the representation by lawyer of third parties, combining in this sense the provisions of the current Code of Civil Procedure in the matter of representation as well as the provisions of Law no. 51/1995, the
George-Bogdan IONIȚĂ
doaj  

Punish or help? Third parties’ constructive responses to witnessed workplace incivility: the role of political skill

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
Existing workplace incivility research from the perspective of third parties has been found to be limited in explaining the specific boundary conditions of their constructive responses, such as punishing the instigator and helping the target. The lack of
Kaichen Zhao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sampling Strategy: An Overlooked Factor Affecting Artificial Intelligence Prediction Accuracy of Peptides’ Physicochemical Properties

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This study reveals that sampling strategy (i.e., sampling size and approach) is a foundational prerequisite for building accurate and generalizable AI models in peptide discovery. Reaching a threshold of 7.5% of the total tetrapeptide sequence space was essential to ensure reliable predictions.
Meiru Yan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Property Rights in Financial Contracting [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we propose a theory of optimal property rights in a financial contracting setting. Following recent contributions in the property law literature, we emphasize the distinction between contractual rights, that are only enforceable against the
Kenneth Ayotte, Patrick Bolton
core  

Agenda Control in the Bundestag, 1980-2002 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
We find strong evidence of monopoly legislative agenda control by government parties in the Bundestag. First, the government parties have near-zero roll rates, while the opposition parties are often rolled over half the time.
Chandler, William M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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