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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review on urban agriculture: technology, socio-economy, and policy. [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Yuan GN   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Zoning Considerations for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2010
First paragraph: There is a huge mall overflowing with high-ticket brands right opposite my house, in one of the busiest neighborhoods of Amman, the capital of Jordan. It sits exactly where, eight years ago, I helped an old farmer harvest his wheat field. But this is not an unusual event in Amman.
openaire   +3 more sources

Urban Agriculture as an Alternative Source of Food and Water Security in Today's Sustainable Cities. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Nowysz A   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal Simulation and Multi-Objective Optimization of the Light Environment in Double-Film Multi-Span Greenhouses in Gobi Desert Regions

open access: yesAgriculture
Aiming at the problems of uneven radiation distribution and difficult regulation in double-film multi-span greenhouses in the Gobi Desert, a spatiotemporal simulation model of the radiation environment based on the coupling of Rhino–Grasshopper and ...
Dawei Shi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping the consumer foodshed of the Kampala city region shows the importance of urban agriculture. [PDF]

open access: yesNPJ Urban Sustain, 2023
Hemerijckx LM   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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