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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Sustaining community self-help groups beyond donor support: lessons from a qualitative study of self-help groups, including persons affected by leprosy and disability in rural India. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Darlong J, Charles MV, Ilozumba O, Govindasamy K, Shrivastva A, Choudhury S, Sartori J, Lindenmeyer A, Lilford RJ, Griffiths F.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on stock prices, profits and perceptions in the food supply chain

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had profound consequences for the global economy. As both countries are major commodity exporters, the food value chain was also affected. This study investigates the impact of the invasion on stock prices, profitability and sentiments of agribusinesses along the food supply chain by using an ...
Julia Höhler, Ivo Harmens, Alfons Oude Lansink   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of the 'Four Pest-Free Villages' program on mosquito-borne disease control in Zhejiang Province, China: a cross-sectional study on knowledge, attitudes, and practices. [PDF]

Infect Dis Poverty
Ni J, Chen Q, Zhou H, Zhang W, Wang J, Sun J, Gong Z.   +6 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

Exploring spatial heterogeneity and influencing factors of cultural inheritance level in mountain traditional villages: a case of Leishan County. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wei H, Fan L, Wu C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis on the Implementation of Village Information System in Village Government Performance with Good Governance as Moderating Variable

Proceedings of the International Conference of Ethics on Business, Economics, and Social Science (ICEBESS 2018), 2019
Lita Yulita Fitriyani, Sucahyo Heriningsih, Dwi Sudaryati   +2 more
openaire   +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

Public value management in rural China through digital engagement, identity recognition and moral legitimacy. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Liu Z, Han Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source