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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the determinants of financial inclusion in Central and West Africa

, 2016
Using data from the Global Financial Inclusion database (Global Findex) of the World Bank, this study attempts to identify and analyse the determinants of financial inclusion in Central and West Africa, two of the least financial inclusive regions of the
Issouf Soumaré, Fulbert Tchana Tchana, Thierry Martial Kengne   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu, Amin Mugera, John Mburu, Rose Nyikal, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade Balance, Exchange Rate Performance and Economic Growth: Evidence from Southern African Development Community

Expert Journal of Economics, 2023
This study explores the relationship between trade balance, exchange rate performance, foreign direct investment and economic growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) using quarterly data from 1970 to 2022. The results demonstrate that
Kazeem Abimbola SANUSI, Sune FERREIRA-SCHENK, Zandri DICKASON-KOEKEMOER   +2 more
doaj  

Serum Biochemistry of West African Dwarf Goats Fed, Some Browse Species Supplemented with a Concentrate Diet [PDF]

, 2020
Oyibo Amina, Efienoku Jude, Shettima Ibrahim, Umar Abdullahi Yaro, Ahmed Sule Hassanatu, Emmanuel Amanabo Theophilus, Adamu Abdulmajid Tsobaza   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimorphic enantiostyly and its function for pollination by carpenter bees in a pollen‐rewarding Caribbean bloodwort

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Flowers that present their anthers and stigma in close proximity can achieve precise animal‐mediated pollen transfer, but risk self‐pollination. One evolutionary solution is reciprocal herkogamy. Reciprocity of anther and style positions among different plants (i.e., a genetic dimorphism) is common in distylous plants, but very rare in
Steven D. Johnson, Jeremy J. Midgley, Luis G. Bocourt‐Hernandez, F. G. Loiret, Patricia Ortega‐Rodés, Nicola Illing   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract As young people explore and reflect on the conditions of their neighborhoods and communities, they can forge a critical consciousness—merging their perspectives and analysis to direct both individual and collective actions. Photovoice is a methodological tool that allows participants to document their perspectives and analysis and discuss with
Linnea L. Hjelm, Aishia A. Brown, Benjamin W. Fisher, Alice Story, Nubia Bennett   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infection Prevention and Control for Ebola in Health Care Settings - West Africa and United States.

MMWR Supplements, 2016
The 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic in West Africa underscores the need for health care infection prevention and control (IPC) practices to be implemented properly and consistently to interrupt transmission of pathogens in health care ...
J. Hageman, C. Hazim, Katie Wilson, Paul Malpiedi, Neil Gupta, S. Bennett, Amy R Kolwaite, Abbigail J Tumpey, Kristin J Brinsley-Rainisch, Bryan E. Christensen, C. Gould, A. Fisher, M. Jhung, D. Hamilton, Kerri Moran, L. Delaney, C. Dowell, M. Bell, A. Srinivasan, M. Schaefer, R. Fagan, Nedghie Adrien, N. Chea, Benjamin J Park   +23 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Giving and receiving help in three contexts as predictors of alcohol outcomes in a longitudinal study of sober living house residents

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Although peer support is central to the social model approach emphasized in sober living houses (SLHs), no longitudinal studies have examined helping among SLH residents. This longitudinal study examined benefits of helping in three contexts among SLH residents. Data were from 205 participants entering 28 SLHs across 2021–2023. Interviews were
Sarah E. Zemore, Elizabeth Mahoney, Meenakshi S. Subbaraman, Amy A. Mericle, Douglas L. Polcin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source