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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for enhancing dietary diversity and environmental sustainability of supplementary nutrition program under the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme - a qualitative study in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Dhasmana A, Seferidi P, Sharma V, Kohli S, Ghosh-Jerath S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

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
wiley   +1 more source

Launching a Village to promote aging in community: human, social, and financial capital. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Greenfield EA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences and Perceptions Within a Co-Created Drone Transport Initiative With Rural First Nation and Non-First Nation Communities: Semistructured Interview Study. [PDF]

J Particip Med
Warner A, Lee S, Pawlovich J, Aldred TL, Allard M, Christie D, James A, Kang D, Nouhi K, Lynd LD, Michell R, Patrick A, Ratnarajah E, Singh A, Storey S, Hoekstra F.   +15 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

Exploring the potential of community health workers in type-2 diabetes and hypertension management in Cambodia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chham S, Ir P, Olmen JV, Buffel V, Sok N, Hay V, de Put WV, Damme WV, Wouters E.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why and when successful rural malaria control became a local problem - Palestine 1922. [PDF]

Malariaworld J
Alexander A.
europepmc   +1 more source