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Toward systems agroecology: Risk-reward balance, emergent plant communities, and temporal weather map in multiplant farming. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Belga Fedeli S, Leibler S.
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

Efficiency of Selected Risk Management Instruments - An Empirical Analysis of Risk Reduction in Kazakhstani Crop Production

Recent academic discussion regarding crop insurance in developing and transition countries has focused on weather index insurance. But empirical analyses of such schemes based on farm level data cannot be found in the literature, though this insurance ...
Heidelbach, Olaf
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From "warning" to "guidance": design of a closure control zone for eight-lane freeways and evaluation of its regulating effects on driving behavior. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhao X, Bei R, Zhang J, Ling Y, Yang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global governance strategies for managing NCDs in the context of climate change: Protocol of scoping review. [PDF]

J Public Health Res
Ghasemian A, Mousa Farkhani E, Hooshmand E, Kouhi M, Salehi M, Tabatabaee SS, Moghri J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal Climate Forecasts and Risk Management Among Georgia Farmers

, 2008
Recent increases in the scientific robustness of seasonal climate forecasts have not led to substantial changes in farmers’ risk management strategies of actors, largely because there is poor integration of scientific forecasting into farmers’ decision ...
Hoogenhoom, G., Broad, K., Breuer, N.E, Paz, J., Ingram, K.T, Roncoli, C., Ingram, K.T., Crane, T.A, Breuer, N.E., Crane, T.A., Broad, K, Roncoli, C, Hoogenhoom, G, Paz, J   +13 more
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A bayesian network approach for systemic risk analysis in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wang L, Zhu M, Li N.
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source