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Farm labor scarcity and its uneven impacts on crop producers in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study is the first to evaluate the impacts of farm labor scarcity on producers in the United States across different crop production systems. Between 2002 and 2017, we disentangle the effects of labor scarcity from the impacts of rising commodity demand, technological change, and supply of other inputs on labor market outcomes.
Srabashi Ray +4 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki +6 more
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Agriculture for Development: Autumn 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 Metadata only recordThis publication is a newsletter with a Conservation Agriculture emphasis produced by the Tropical Agriculture Association about global development projects related to ...
Tropical Agriculture Association
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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Zoning Considerations for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture
Journal 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.
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Other title: State of Agriculture
, 2017 March 21, 2017. Title, author, date, and committee name taken from Kansas Legislature website. Presentation before the Kansas Legislature, House Committee on Agriculture, presented by Jackie McClaskey, Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture ...
McClaskey, Jackie M.
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American 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
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A review on urban agriculture: technology, socio-economy, and policy. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Yuan GN +7 more
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Community Supported Agriculture in the urban fringe: empirical evidence for project potentiality in the metropolitan area of Naples (Italy) [PDF]
, 2010 Urbanisation of city-side areas effects on farm land use and organisation are analysed in this study with the objective of seeking the most effective way to implement a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme.
Cicia, G. +3 more
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives This scoping review characterizes the scope, methods, and framing of empirical research evaluating the Field Sanitation Standard (FSS) and Worker Protection Standard (WPS) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Labor respectively.
Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli +3 more
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