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Addressing Causality and Homogeneity Assumptions in Exposure-Response Analyses. [PDF]

Clin Pharmacol Ther
Karlsson MO, Brundavanam D.
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Graph Neural Network Method for Traffic State Estimation with Directional Wave Awareness. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Lou X, Mou J, Wang B, Huang Z, Yang H, Wang Y, Dong H, Papageorgiou M, Zheng P.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian Sparse Regression for Microbiome-Metabolite Data Integration. [PDF]

Stat Med
Jiang K, Saha S, Peterson CB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing propensity score analysis with data missing not at random: Introducing dual-forest proximity imputation. [PDF]

Behav Res Methods
Lee Y, Leite WL.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Parametric Bayesian modelling of tuberculosis mortality determinants and facility level heterogeneity effect using Gamma and Gaussian shared frailty techniques. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Tamuzi JL, Fwemba I, Ngah VD, Rangoanana M, Maama L, Maphalale S, Molete M, Ratikoane R, Ogunrombi M, Daramola O, Dounebaine B, Abbas SA, Nyasulu PS.   +12 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source