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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOCIO-SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN PROVINCIAL TOWN AT THE END OF XIX - THE BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY: SOURCES, METHODS, RESEARCH PROBLEMS (on materials of the provincial centers of the Central Chernozem region)

Вестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2016
Research of interrelation of spatial and social structures in the Russian provincial town at the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century is one of the actual directions of modern urbanistics.
Nаtalya Valeryevna Strekalova
doaj   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Approach to Çanakkale Urban Structure: Boutique Town

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2019
Boutique towns, of which there are many examples globally, are practical towns with more ergonomic features for the natural, historical, cultural, religious, social, economic and recreational activities of townspeople removed from the conditions in ...
Yavuz ALKAN
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Sexual Abuse in Adolescents Is Associated With Atypically Increased Responsiveness Within Regions Implicated in Self-Referential and Emotional Processing to Approaching Animate Threats

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Childhood sexual abuse is associated with significant subsequent pathology and neurodevelopmental disruption. In particular, childhood sexual abuse has been associated with heightened threat sensitivity.
Karina S. Blair, Johannah Bashford-Largo, Niraj Shah, Jennie Lukoff, Jaimie Elowsky, Steven Vogel, Amanda Emmert, Ru Zhang, Matthew Dobbertin, Seth Pollak, James R. Blair   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

[News Clip: Big Town shipping center]

, 1958
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Big Town being the first air-conditioned shopping center opening in the southwest of ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Enhancing Sustainability Label Effectiveness Through Logo Design Modification: An Analysis of the EU Green Leaf Logo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann, Ching‐Hua Yeh, Matthew Gorton, Barbara Tocco, Áron Török   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the feasiblity of informal settlement flood early warning systems : focus on the urban flood-risk experience of Kosovo and Masiphumelele residents, Cape Town South Africa

, 2011
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-117).This thesis examines the feasibility of applying people-centred approaches to flood early warning systems (EWS) in informal settlements in the City of Cape Town, particularly, through the experiences ...
Solomon, F J, Solomon, F.J .
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