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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda +3 more
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Human‐in‐the‐Loop Swarms: A Bionic Swarm Approach to Real‐World Soil Mapping
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This article introduces the “Bionic Swarm,” a novel system that lowers the barriers to real‐world swarm validation by abstracting difficult hardware tasks to app‐guided human agents. We demonstrate the system's utility through the experimental validation of a geotechnical soil‐mapping swarm algorithm and show superior performance to baseline approaches
Petras Swissler +5 more
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Volunteered Geographic Information: Potential Implications for Participatory Planning
, 2013 Innovative geovisualization interfaces have created the opportunity for almost anyone with a reliable internet connection to generate and publicize their own maps and geographic information.
Adams, David
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff +2 more
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The volunteered geographic information in land administration [PDF]
, 2021 Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή εστιάζει και διερευνά σε βάθος δύο εντελώς διαφορετικούς και ασύμβατους εκ πρώτης όψεως όρους. Την εθελοντική γεωγραφική πληροφορία, δηλαδή την χωρική πληροφορία που συλλέγεται και είναι επεξεργάσιμη από πολίτες καθώς και το ευρύ πεδίο της διαχείρισης γης που βρίσκει εφαρμογή σε μια πλειάδα ζητημάτων.
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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A Volunteered Geographic Information Framework to Enable Bottom-Up Disaster Management Platforms
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2015 Recent disasters, such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, have drawn attention to the potential role of citizens as active information producers. By using location-aware devices such as smartphones to collect geographic information in the form of geo-tagged ...
Mohammad Ebrahim Poorazizi +2 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu +4 more
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Volunteered Geographic Information: Selected Web Resources
, 2012 Published by the Map & Geospatial Information Round Table, part of the American Library Association. Originally published at http://www.ala.org/magirt/publicationsIncreasingly Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is being used to create and analyze ...
Suh, Joy, Dietz, Cynthia
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné +3 more
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