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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele +1 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Meeting at the Edges: Spaces, Places and Grassroots Governance Activism in Delhi
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2013 Through ethnography of activist organisations promoting transparency, accountability and active citizenship, and comprising coalitions of the city’s middle classes and urban poor, this article explores the spaces in which activists from different social ...
Martin Webb
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Urban Environmental Health: From Urban Spatial Structure to Citizen Participation (Case Study: Tehran Municipality District 1) [PDF]
توسعه پایدار شهری, 2021 Achieving a healthy urban environment is one of the goals of sustainable urban development. Urban environmental health is influenced by the condition and spatial structure. In addition, the human factor as the social environment issue plays a significant
Jila Sajjadi +2 more
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Citizenship Behaviors in the People of Tehran; Active or Erosion of Norms [PDF]
برنامهریزی توسعه شهری و منطقهای, 2020 Citizenship is important as one of the components of modern society. The purpose of this study was to describe a variety of citizenship behaviors between people in Tehran.
Mehrnaz Amin Aghaee, Ahmad Ghiasvand
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
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E-Access to the City? Mapping Applications for People with Disabilities
Ethics in Progress, 2019 The article focuses on the socio-spatial accessibility of the city, taking into account the phenomenon of a digitally expanding urban environment: new-media mobility conditions, intermedia dataflow, hybrid space.
Joanna Pankau
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Social Inclusion, 2019 Building on Henri Lefebvre’s radical concept of “right to the city,” contemporary literatures on urban citizenship critically shift the locus of citizenship from its juridical-political foundation in the sovereign state to the spatial politics of the ...
Charles T. Lee
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.An agentic AI‐driven decision‐support framework for prosumers is proposed, integrating PV generation, load profiling, and multihorizon optimization within a four‐agent architecture. The approach significantly reduces grid dependence, enhances self‐sufficiency and prevents system oversizing.
Adela BÂRA, Simona‐Vasilica OPREA
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Civic Learning through active citizenship in diverse societies
European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of AdultsIn response to the growing heterogenous populations in urban areas, and the important role of civic engagement and active citizenship for the promotion of democratic processes, this paper discusses the active participation of resident foreign citizens ...
Brigitte Kukovetz +2 more
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