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Heterogeneous impact of price spikes across countries and supply chain actors: An evidence from Central Asia and the Caucasus. A review

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2020
The causes of food price spikes are complex, and their impact on different countries varies depending on production levels and the varied policies in place.
Ihtiyor Bobojonov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of crop classification in detecting wheat yield variation for index-based agricultural insurance in arid and semiarid environments

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2023
The increasing availability of open-source and high-quality satellite data has facilitated market developments in the index insurance sector. So far, research and industry spheres have used administrative boundaries of units to estimate regional index ...
Sarvarbek Eltazarov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Bribery Paradox in Transition Economies and the Enactment of ‘New Normal’ Business Environments

open access: yes, 2020
We develop a novel, sensemaking perspective on corruption in transition economies. Prior research has focused on understanding why some entrepreneurs are more likely to pay bribes than others.
K. Eddleston   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mapping weather risk – A multi-indicator analysis of satellite-based weather data for agricultural index insurance development in semi-arid and arid zones of Central Asia

open access: yesClimate Services, 2021
Index insurance has been introduced as a solution to tackle several challenges that prevail in the agricultural insurance sector of developing countries.
Sarvarbek Eltazarov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

After Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz. Strikes and Organic Intellectuals in the German Meat Industry

open access: yesSociologie Românească, 2023
For decades, migrant workers with temporary and service contract work in the German meat industry have rarely been recruited by trade unions. The Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz (“Occupational Safety and Health Inspection Act”) law implemented in 2021 aimed
Daniela Ana, Ștefan Voicu
doaj   +1 more source

Trade, transition paths, and sustainable economies [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The main criticisms of trade from a sustainability viewpoint are that it accelerates resource depletion and pollution, harms income distribution both locally and internationally, and undermines democratic institutions.
Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
core   +1 more source

Economic growth and nutrition transition: an empirical analysis comparing demand elasticities for foods in China and Russia

open access: yesJournal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015
This study provides empirical evidence on the link between economic growth and nutrition transition in two emerging economies, China and Russia. Both countries have experienced rising average incomes, accompanied by an increasing rate of nutrition ...
Christine Burggraf   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of smartphone-based weather information acquisition on climate change perception accuracy: Cross-country evidence from Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan

open access: yesClimate Risk Management, 2023
Individual perception about climate risks is critical for adopting mitigation and adaptation measures, yet international experience shows that individual perception might fundamentally deviate from objective changes.
Begaiym Emileva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Driving factors of direct greenhouse gas emissions from China’s pig industry from 1976 to 2016

open access: yesJournal of Integrative Agriculture, 2021
Livestock cultivation is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for 14.5% of the total anthropogenic emissions. China is responsible for a considerable share of the global livestock emissions, particularly caused by pork ...
Xiao-wen DAI, Zhanli SUN, Daniel MÜLLER
doaj   +1 more source

Induce or reduce? The crowding-in effects of farmers’ perceptions of climate risk on chemical use in China

open access: yesClimate Risk Management, 2018
Farmers’ perceptions of climate risk reflect their subjective probability weighting bias, which are the prerequisite for their adaptation decisions and thus shape their actions. As an adaptation strategy, farmers prioritized the technological measures of
Liqun Tang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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