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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expressions of Perceived Ageism During Wartime in Israel. [PDF]

J Cross Cult Gerontol
Okun S, Suberry A, Ayalon L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Aspects of young employees' mental health: a narrative review. [PDF]

Int J Occup Med Environ Health
Marczak A, Piechota J, Staszewska K, Wiszniewska M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Workforce Safety Vulnerabilities in Pakistan's Construction Sector. [PDF]

Ann Glob Health
Umair M, Yousuf MU.
europepmc   +1 more source

Study on precarious labor of older workers by comparison with younger workers

Korean Journal of Gerontological Social Welfare, 2018
openaire   +1 more source

Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are computer skills the new basic skills? The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain

The large increase in computer use has raised the question whether people have to betaught computer skills before entering the labour market. Using data from the 1997 SkillsSurvey of the Employed British Workforce, we argue that neither the increase in ...
Weel,Bas,ter, Borghans,Lex
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Assessing the association between elements of health inequalities and the risk of bacterial infection in high-income countries: a systematic scoping review. [PDF]

Access Microbiol
Obed-Arthur N, Casale E, Harvey EJ, De Brún C, Finistrella V, Gilham E, Ashiru-Oredope D.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source