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Loss prevention for hog farmers: Insurance, on-farm biosecurity practices, and vaccination por Zhang, Yue-hua, Li, Chu-Shiu, Liu, Chwen-Chi, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…Using agricultural household survey data and claim records from insurers for the year 2009, this paper analyzes hog producers' choice of means of loss prevention and identifies the relationships among biosecurity practices, vaccination, and hog insurance. …”
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Potential impact of investments in drought tolerant maize in Africa por La Rovere, Roberto, Kostandini, Genti, Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Dixon, John, Mwangi, Wilfred, Guo, Zhe, Banziger, Marianne

“…This study was conducted in collaboration with HarvestChoice (IFPRI) and evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and West Africa, describing cumulative economic and poverty-reduction benefits to farmers and consumers in those countries over 2007-16, from higher yields and from diminished season-to-season yield fluctuations, through the adoption by farmers of improved, drought tolerant maize varieties. …”
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Communicating information on maize hybrids through leaflets: What works from a farmer’s perspective? por Kitoto, Victor O., Rutsaert, Pieter, Donovan, Jason A., Kariuki, Sarah K.

“…We highlight the role the public sector can play in helping farmers make better informed decisions on seed choice.…”
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The role of the state in promoting microfinance institutions por Lapenu, Cecile

“…(2) which level and type of subsidization of the financial institutions can be accepted? (3) what can be the choice for the state between alternative investments in financial institutions or complementary services? …”
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The role of the state in promoting microfinance institutions por Lapenu, Cecile

“…(2) which level and type of subsidization of the financial institutions can be accepted? (3) what can be the choice for the state between alternative investments in financial institutions or complementary services? …”
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Short-Duration Aman Rice: The Major Driver for Agricultural Diversification and Intensification in Northern Bangladesh por Ahmed, Sharif, Miajy, Abdullah, Bhandari, Mumnath

“…From June to September/October, the wet season poses significant challenges for diverse crop cultivation due to frequent rain and wet soil conditions, making Aman rice the most viable and profitable choice for farmers during this period. The best option for crop diversification here is the dry season (October/November to May/June) but the cultivation of Boro rice within this dry season window is a major challenge to provide space for non-rice crops. …”
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Validity of rapid estimates of household wealth and income for health surveys in rural Africa por Morris, Saul Sutkover, Carletto, Calogero, Hoddinott, John F., Christiaensen, Luc

“…The assumptions underlying the choice of wealth proxy are described, and correlations with the true value are assessed in two different settings. …”
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Editorial: Genetic association studies in oilseeds por Shobhana, V.G., Kirubakaran, Silvas J. P., Li, Song, Parthiban, T.P.

“…The success of GWA relies on the germplasm choice, population size and diversity, molecular marker density, accurate phenotypic data, and appropriate statistical analyses. …”
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Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh por Akter, Sonia, Krupnik, Timothy J., Khanam, Fahmida

“…An additional objective was to understand farmers’ preferences for index versus standard insurance options, the former entailing damage compensation based on post-hazard assessment, the latter tying damage compensation to a set of weather parameter thresholds. A discrete choice experiment was conducted with maize farmers on a climate-risk prone island in coastal Bangladesh. …”
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Feeding Site Selection of First-Instar Larvae of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis on Susceptible and Resistant Rice Plants por Ramachandran, R., Khan, Z.R.

“…However, differences were observed between susceptible and resistant varieties in the distribution of larvae on these three plant parts. In laboratory choice tests, first‐instar larvae preferred to settle on the young leaves of IR36 and TKM6 when presented with their respective mature leaves. …”
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Eliciting willingness-to-pay through multiple experimental procedures: Evidence from lab-in-the-field in rural Ghana por Banerji, Abhijit, Chowdhury, Shyamal, De Groote, Hugo, Meenakshi, J.V., Haleegoah, Joyce, Ewool, Manfred

“…This paper has the objectives of (a) comparing estimated willingness‐to‐pay (WTP) across three elicitation mechanisms (a Becker‐DeGroot‐Marschak [BDM] auction, a kth price auction, and a choice experiment [CE]) and (b) examining how these vary by participation fee. …”
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Climate‐smart innovations and rural poverty in Ethiopia: Exploring impacts and pathways por Tesfaye, Wondimagegn, Blalock, Garrick, Tirivayi, Nyasha

“…We use a panel data endogenous switching regression model to deal with selection bias and farmer heterogeneity in CA choice. The study finds that the CA practices that play a pivotal role in addressing the exigencies of rural poverty are minimum tillage, cereal‐legume intercropping, and their combination. …”
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The market for onions or lemons? Import substitution and consumer preferences in Senegal por Feyaerts, Hendrik, Maertens, Miet

“…We conducted a discrete choice experiment with 300 respondents and used conditional logit, regular latent class, scale-adjusted latent class, and attribute non-attendance models to analyze our data. …”
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A trait-based model of the potential demand for a genetically engineered food crop in a developing economy por Edmeades, Svetlana, Smale, Melinda

“…By comparing the characteristics of agricultural households we demonstrate that the choice of host variety can have social consequences, favoring one rural population compared with another. …”
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Communicating information on maize hybrids through leaflets: What works from a farmer’s perspective? por Kitoto, V., Rutsaert, P., Donovan, J., Kariuki, S.

“…We highlight the role the public sector can play in helping farmers make better informed decisions on seed choice.…”
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Modeling household's willingness to pay for sustainable rural drinking water supply using hand-pumped boreholes: a bivariate probit analysis in Chilga District, Northwestern Ethiop... por Nega, Y. M., Taw, T. B., Mesele, M. A., Abebe, M. T.

“…Using a contingent valuation method (CVM) with a double-bounded dichotomous choice format and a bivariate probit model, the study identifies key factors influencing WTP. …”
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Repurposing fertilizer subsidies in India: An economywide modelling analysis por Devi, Asha, Praveen, K. V., Sharma, Kriti, Pal, Barun Deb, Singh, Alka, Barman, Subrata, Reddy, K. R., Hanji, Shreya, Rao, Ch. Srinivasa

“…Fertilizer subsidies have led to greater price increases for phosphorus and potassium fertilizers than for urea, making urea the preferred choice among farmers. This consequent overreliance on urea has created significant imbalances in soil nutrient composition, and subsidized urea is also often diverted to other industries undermining its intended benefit for the agricultural sector.…”
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Summary and Implications for the CAADP Agenda [in 2013 Annual Trends and Outlook Report] por Badiane, Ousmane, Makombe, Tsitsi, Bahiigwa, Godfrey

“…CAADP, in particular, demonstrates the strategic choice of African leaders to focus on agriculture as a major contributor to growth, poverty reduction, and food and nutrition security. …”
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Do others’ health count for peanuts? Health, market returns, and pro-sociality por Abate, Gashaw T., Bernard, Tanguy, Deutschmann, Joshua, Fall, Fatou

“…Food safety decisions by smallholder agricultural producers exemplify this choice, particularly in low-income countries where farmers often consume some of the food crops they produce and sell or donate the rest. …”
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Plantations for the tropics -- their role, extent and nature por Brown, A.G., Nambiar, E.K.S., Cossalter, C.

“…A small number of species have been very widely used, but there is merit in extending the choice available to growers, in part to better cater for the diverse biophysical and socioeconomic environments in tropical countries. …”
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