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Rural roads, agricultural extension, and productivity

Gebresilasse, Mesay - In: Journal of development economics 162 (2023), pp. 1-15

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Is the willingness to take risks a credential for being a model farmer?

Begho, Toritseju - In: Margin: the journal of applied economic research 16 (2022) 3/4, pp. 433-452

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Getting the message out : information and communication technologies and agricultural extension

Giulivi, Nicoletta; Harou, Aurélie P.; Gautam, Shriniwas; … - In: American journal of agricultural economics 105 (2023) 3, pp. 1011-1045

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A novel comprehensive extension to BPMN language for security-aware two-tier security model and architecture of cloud applications

Rebiai, Samiha; Merah, El Kamel; Boubiche, Djallel Eddine - In: International journal of business process integration … 11 (2022) 2, pp. 135-148

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Preference for Risk Management Information Sources: Implications for Extension and Outreach Programming

Rejesus, Roderick M.; Knight, Thomas O.; Jaramillo, Mauricio - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37 (2008) 1

This article examines farmersâ€™ preferences for various risk management information sources. Our results suggest that information from risk management experts, in-depth materials studied on their own, and popular press outlets tend to be preferred and are ranked highly by producers. Using...

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THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATIONS IN SHAPING NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY: THE CASE OF SERiA

Florkowski, Wojciech J. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

This paper describes the establishment of the professional organization of agricultural economists in Poland as the response of the profession to uncertainties associated with the transition to a market economy and the demand for socio-emotional goods. This demand and the accumulated social...

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REGIONAL TRENDS IN EXTENSION SYSTEM RESOURCES

Ahearn, Mary Clare; Yee, Jet; Bottum, John S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

In 1914, the Cooperative Extension Service was established to disseminate information about agriculture and home …-related occupations; by the late 1990s, that share had declined to about 1 percent. Today, the Extension System ("Extension") is largely … related institutions. The system has changed along with its audience. The number of full-time-equivalent Extension personnel …

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Constraints to fertilizer use in Nigeria

Banful, Afua B.; Nkonya, Ephraim; Oboh, Victor - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

subsidization. The extension service in Nigeria has a double-edged impact on fertilizer use in the country; not only can their … in Nigeria, this paper presents an analysis of the extension service as well as some perspectives of village extension … agents. We find that the reach of the extension service is severely limited by low staff. The main technology transmitted is …

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A note on the law of large numbers in economics

Berti, Patrizia; Gori, Michele; Rigo, Pietro - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2009

Let $(S,\mathcal{B},\Gamma)$ and $(T,\mathcal{C},Q)$ be probability spaces, with $Q$ nonatomic, and $\mathcal{H}=\{H\in\mathcal{C}:Q(H)0\}$. In some economic models, the following conditional law of large numbers (LLN) is requested. There are a probability space $(\Omega,\mathcal{A},P)$ and a...

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CIMMYT's Formal Training Activities: Perceptions of Impact from Former Trainees, NARS Research Leaders, and CIMMYT Scientists

Cooksy, Leslie J.; Arellano, Elias - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo … - 2006

This report provides information on the impact of CIMMYT training, based on a set of background interviews with center staff, reviews of relevant data and documents provided by CIMMYT, and two surveys: one of research leaders in trainees’ countries of origin and one of participants in CIMMYT...

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