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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Causal-inference machine learning reveals the drivers of China's 2022 ozone rebound
Environmental Science and EcotechnologyGround-level ozone concentrations rebounded significantly across China in 2022, challenging air quality management and public health. Identifying the drivers of this rebound is crucial for designing effective mitigation strategies. Commonly used methods,
Lin Wang +7 more
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City rats: From rat behaviour to human spatial cognition in urban environments [PDF]
, 2010 The structure and shape of an urban environment influence our ability to find our way about in the city^1-2^. Indeed, urban designers who face the challenge of planning environments that facilitate wayfinding^3^, have a consequent need to understand the ...
David Eilam +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels +4 more
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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
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Remote SensingThe intensification of climate change and the implementation of territorial spatial planning policies have jointly increased the complexity of future carbon storage changes.
Wei Zhu, Ting Lan, Lina Tang
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Road Map to Successful Chicago Schools [PDF]
, 1998 Based on stories from 10 Chicago schools, this report shows how some urban public schools have improved teaching and learning, upgraded the school environment and connect the school with the ...
Diana Lauber
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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
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Constructing Fuzzy for Socio Economic Urban Growth Dynamic In Surabaya Based on GIS [PDF]
, 2011 Urban modeling is an important tool for efficient policy designing in a big city. Surabaya, a big city are now recognized as complex systems through which nonlinear and dynamic processes occur.
Adi, Firmansyah +3 more
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Urbanization and Urban Environment change.docx
, 2019 This paper discusses the urbanization caused by the process towards a more modern society and the increasing movement of people from villages to cities. Urbanization is a result of economic development that goes into the scope of the village community and demands that they seek a better life due to limited resources to seek welfare in the village. Even
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