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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Management of National Forest Trails: Structural Relationships Among Volunteer Motivation, Satisfaction, Perceived Quality of Life, and Active Participation Intention

Urban Science
National Forest Trails (NFTs), a key component of forest welfare infrastructure, increasingly require a shift from government-led management to citizen-participatory governance. This study examined the structural relationships among volunteer motivation,
Soojin Kim, Jeonghee Lee, Sugwang Lee
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Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak, Claudia Bazzani, Andreas C. Drichoutis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coordination in public good provision : how individual volunteering is impacted by the volunteering of others [PDF]

, 2013
An older version is published as a Carlo Alberto Notebook (ISSN: 2279-9362) #209. This version is currently under peer review by an academic journalIn this analysis, we examine the relationship between an individual's decision to volunteer and the ...
Diasakos, Theodoros, Neymotin, Florence
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Sustainability of Volunteering and Sources of Motivation: The Case of Civil Society Organisations

Sosyal Siyaset Konferansları Dergisi
This study was conducted to understand the sustainability of volunteering in civil society organisations and the sources of volunteer motivation. This study comprehensively examines the conceptual foundations, historical development, motivational ...
Yasin Erdurak, Şeyda Gültekin Kaşıkçı   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The benefits of undergraduate medical students delivering free preparticipation physical evaluations in collaboration with a K-12 school district

BMC Medical Education
Background Student-run free clinics are present at many medical schools throughout the United States. While many work with adult homeless or uninsured populations, few work with pediatric populations.
Kaitlin D. Cappetto, Benjamin Ehrlich, Elise A. Anderson, Amelia T. Huynh, Joanne Tran, Katheryn Hudon   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the ‘Why’ in Volunteering for Refugees: Exploring Volunteer Motivations

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
Abstract This article addresses what motivations volunteers have for volunteering for refugees and whether these motivations differ from or complement motivations to volunteer in general, such as included in the widely used measurement instrument, the Volunteer Function Inventory (VFI).
Maikel Meijeren, Marcel Lubbers, Peer Scheepers   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

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, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Volunteering among Christian church attendees 1991-2006

, 2009
Although volunteering is a strongly held value in many Christian churches, there may be important denominational differences in the extent to which this volunteering is encouraged as a church activity or whether attendees volunteer in the wider community.
Leonard, Rosemary (R8047), Bellamy, John, Ollerton, Richard L. (R8331)   +2 more
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