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Climate change and water resources planning: A somewhat skeptical view by Kite, G.W.

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Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh by Akter, Sonia, Krupnik, Timothy J., Khanam, Fahmida

“…This paper investigates if climate change skepticism, farmers’ fatalistic beliefs, and insurance plan design influence interest in crop weather insurance. …”
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Många droppar små... : communication at the County Administrative Board in Visby by Gustavsson, Karin

“…Civil servants are sometimes met with some skepticism from locals and to be able to handle that and their role as implementers they need tools. …”

Mat från naturen eller laboratorium : färgämnen från naturligt odlade trädgårdsprodukter och deras syntetiskt framställda motsvarigheter by Kantis, Linnea

“…Trots detta finns det en stor skepticism mot användandet av livsmedelstillsatser bland allmänheten, i synnerhet mot färgämnen. …”

Mat från naturen eller laboratorium by Kantis, Linnea

“…Trots detta finns det en stor skepticism mot användandet av livsmedelstillsatser bland allmänheten, i synnerhet mot färgämnen. …”
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The marginalization of Africa in world trade by Bora, Saswati, Bouët, Antoine, Roy, Devesh

“…In recent years, trade in Africa has assumed greater importance as a means of alleviating poverty, especially since the initiation of the Doha Round for development. At the same time, skepticism regarding the effectiveness of foreign aid has grown (Easterly 2006). …”
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Människans attityder till landskapsförändring : vindkraftsplanering utifrån Nimby och socialt dilemma by Sundqvist, Janita

“…Som blivande landskapsarkitekt har jag intresserat mig för hur kan man förklara uppkomsten av negativa attityder till landskapliga förändringar, samt hur denna skepticism ter sig vid vindkraftsplanering. Med en litteraturstudie som metod studerar jag inledningsvis begreppet landskap och förklaringar till vad landskapsförändringar innebär för människan. …”

The short-run economic costs of COVID-19 in developing countries in 2020: A synthesis of results from a multi-country modeling exercise by Pauw, Karl, Smart, Jenny, Thurlow, James

“…The challenge was particularly daunting for developing countries with their often illequipped and underfunded health systems coupled with general skepticism about the effectiveness of economic restrictions to curb viral spread, especially in densely populated informal urban communities (The Economist 2020). …”
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Trade: The free flow of goods and food security and nutrition by Martin, Will, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…But in today’s climate of skepticism about globalization, with longstanding trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) under threat, the benefits of trade may be forgotten as negative impacts are emphasized by advocates of trade barriers and self-sufficiency. …”
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Advocacy for biofortification: Building stakeholder support, integration into regional and national policies, and sustaining momentum by Covic, Namukolo M., Ball, A., Low, Jan W., Mackenzie, A.

“…The momentum that has been built for biofortification on the continent is in part attributed to salient advocacy that HarvestPlus and its partners have used to promote investment in biofortification and adoption by countries, to the extent that the original skepticism has dissipated and biofortified crops have been released in at least 22 African countries with plans for release in additional countries. …”
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Policy shifts and adoption of alley farming in West and Central Africa by Adesina, A.A., Coulibaly, O., Manyong, Victor M., Sanginga, N., Mbila, D., Chianu, J., Kamleu, D.G.

“…Survey results reveal that despite earlier skepticism about the adoption potential of alley farming, the actual rates of adoption are encouraging for this complex technology. …”
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Hur påverkar grävlingsbeståndet i Storbritannien spridningen av bovin tuberkulos och hur kan denna spridning minskas? by Hällbom, Hampus

“…Dock finns fortfarande en viss skepticism mot metoden hos lantbrukare. På senare tid har det visat sig att man genom biosäkerhetsbefrämjande åtgärder, med relativt små medel, nästan helt kan stoppa kontakten mellan grävlingar och nötkreatur i gårdsbyggnader. …”

Making market information services work better for the poor in Uganda by Ferris, Shaun, Engoru, Patrick, Kaganzi, Elly

“…Although there is much interest in market information from farmers, other market chain actors, and service providers, there is skepticism from funding agencies to support such services over the long term, due to past failures. …”
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Modeling the global trade and environmental impacts of biofuel policies by Bouët, Antoine, Valin, Hugo, Dimaranan, Betina

“…There is rising skepticism about the potential positive environmental impacts of first generation biofuels. …”
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Will agricultural digitalization deliver relative advantages in quality of work, productivity, profitability, return on investments, and reliability? Perceptions of Canadian produc... by Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim, Pulido-Castanon, Jesus, Duncan, Emily Rose, Ruder, Sarah-Louise, K. C., Krishna Bahadur, Fraser, Evan

“…Farmer respondents generally agreed that digital farm tools have certain relative advantages, but considerable skepticism and varying views persist for certain benefits. …”
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Clear-cut free forestry among private forest owners in southern Sweden by Wemmer, Louice

“…The challenges for these forest owners are mainly the skepticism they perceive when seeking counselling, and also the machine operators lack of knowledge and understanding. …”
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The business of business is the common good by Bergeling, Emma

“…The study concludes that there are constraining financial, legal, and social structures surrounding not-for-profit businesses consisting of for instance the exclusion from investment-willing private capital following the nondistribution constraint, public procurement being perceived as more adapted for the for-profit logic, and a skepticism towards not-for-profit business from banks and for-profit actors in some markets. …”
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Impact of Uganda’s National Agricultural Advisory Services program by Benin, Samuel, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Okecho, Geresom, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Kato, Edward, Lubadde, Geofrey, Kyotalimye, Miriam, Byekwaso, Francis

“…Due to methodological challenges arising from the complex ways that many factors influence the relationship between extension inputs and outcomes, as well as data-quality issues, the effectiveness of agricultural extension in raising agricultural productivity and incomes and reducing poverty is often viewed with skepticism among policymakers and development practitioners. …”
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Carbon Markets in African Livestock Sectors: A Scoping Study and Research Agenda by Jain, K., Dokka, D., Crane, Todd A.

“…There is increasing skepticism regarding carbon credits among smallholder farmers and NGO partners in Africa. …”
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Embryotransfer på häst by Melani Johansson, Mirielle

“…Det finns därmed många bra användningsområden för ET men samtidigt förekommer skepticism och det är inte alla rasför-eningar som tillåter tekniken utan restriktioner. …”
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