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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
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Between dreams and reality : urban governance in the process of Dutch urban restructuring

, 2010
Between Dreams and Reality, Urban governance in the process of Dutch urban restructuring Abstract The ambition to redevelop post-World-War Two [post-WWII] neighbourhoods (built between 1950-1975) is derived from the slow degradation process that often ...
URU-planologie vanaf 2008, SGPL Planologie, Urban Geography and Planning vanaf 2007, vanaf 2008 Urban Geography, Kokx, J.M.C.   +3 more
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Urban Governance, Multisectoral Action, and Civic Engagement for Population Health, Wellbeing, and Equity in Urban Settings: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Int J Public Health, 2023
Mesa-Vieira C, Gonzalez-Jaramillo N, Díaz-Ríos C, Pano O, Meyer S, Menassa M, Minder B, Lin V, Franco OH, Frahsa A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Use of random forest based on the effects of urban governance elements to forecast CO₂ emissions in Chinese cities. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Zhang H, Peng J, Wang R, Zhang M, Gao C, Yu Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Digital systems and tools to support urban open space governance and management

, 2020
This chapter outlines how digital systems and tools can support urban open space (UOS) governance and management and discusses important factors to consider when building a strategy in relation to future trends and routes to progress. A key conclusion is
Deak Sjöman, Johanna,, Ode Sang, Åsa,, Sang, Neil,, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet., Svännel, Jessica,, Jansson, Märit,   +5 more
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Urban governance and service delivery in Nigeria

, 2009
This article examines the inadequate delivery of social services by city governments in Nigeria. It identifies three problems: lack of transparency and accountability in governance; under-qualified staff and administration; and the tenuous relationship ...
Omar, Massoud
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Urban public health emergencies and the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 2: Infrastructures, urban governance and civil society. [PDF]

Urban Stud, 2023
Fan Y, Orford S, Hubbard P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source