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Climate change and infectious diseases: translating evidence into action. [PDF]

Infect Dis Poverty
Shi X, Li T, Wang Y, Liu Q, Wang J, Ban J, Kinney PL, Tong S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the dependence structure between yield and weather variables

The design and pricing of weather-based crop insurance and weather derivatives is strongly based on an implicit assumption that the dependence structure between yields and weather variables remains unchanged over time.
Bokusheva, Raushan
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Associations between extreme weather events, mobility, and resource insecurities with HIV vulnerabilities among older adults in Moshi, Tanzania: Cross-sectional findings. [PDF]

Int J STD AIDS
Logie CH, MacNeil A, Pellatt A, Yeates K, West N, MacKenzie F, Rajabu H, Kiwelu A, Urassa O, Admassu Z.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature Forecasting in the Concept of Weather Derivatives: A Comparison between Wavelet Networks and Genetic Programing [PDF]

The purpose of this study is to develop a model that accurately describes the dynamics of the daily average temperature in the context of weather derivatives pricing.
Kampouridis, Michael, Alexandridis, Antonis   +1 more
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An improved sinh cosh optimizer for optimal scheduling of a microgrid with multi-energy resources and storage considering different weather conditions. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ma J, Shen H, Nowdeh SA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Driven by climate change, sudden swings between wet and dry create "hydrologic whiplash". [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
McDermott A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
wiley   +1 more source