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What enhances dairy system resilience? Empirical cases in Finland and Russia

Dairy systems, which are the main pillars of rural livelihoods in north-eastern Europe encounter ecological, economic, and political changes in their operating environments which threaten their ... . 2016 ). In recent decades, dairy systems, which are the main pillars of rural livelihoods in northeastern Europe, have encountered ecological, economic, and political changes in their operating

Conventional versus organic olive farming: which has a better economic performance?

objectives will require the active involvement of farmers, who must find innovative solutions to meet these new social and political demands and reduce environmental impacts while maintaining the productivity ... each economic performance dimension considered: productivity, profitability, viability, resilience, and independence. By so doing, we can highlight the factors on which political action should be focused

The coexistence of psychological drivers and deterrents of consumers’ willingness to try cultured meat hamburger patties: evidence from South Africa

different aspects of cultured meat (Wilks et  al. 2019) , the omnivore’s paradox (Fischler 1988) has been applied. This philosophy describes people’s simultaneous aversion and attraction to new food

Supporting agriculture in developing countries: new insights on the impact of official development assistance using a climate perspective

compromise or reinforce the effectiveness of foreign aid. These are the ratio between broad money and GDP, the Food Consumer Price Index, weather variables (temperatures and precipitations), political ... . 2015; Chavas et al. 2019) . Political stability, which is also a proxy for institutional quality, improves a country’s ability to attract foreign investments and development assistance (Burnside and

Characterisation of food governance for alternative and sustainable food systems: a systematic review

taken for granted” (Marsden et al. 2018, p. 1302) . On the whole, and from a holistic perspective, AFS adopt institutional and political aspects that are articulated around FS (Feenstra 2002 ... environmentally sustainable and nutritious food on the political agenda (Lever et al. 2019) . This analytical approach also refers to local food governance, but in particular, these are studies focused on the

Cultured meat acceptance for global food security: a systematic literature review and future research directions

meat as a substitute meat product. External factors In the original framework of Stoll-Kleemann and Schmidt (2017) , external factors comprise political as well as economic market aspects and reflect ... physical, socio-cultural, economic, and political influences […]” (Enriquez and Archila-Godinez 2022, p. 3700) . In other words, the food environment dictates access to specific types of food in a market

Enhancing Political Participation in Jamaica: The Use of Facebook to “Cure” the Problem of Political Talk Among the Jamaican Youth

Youth participation through political talk appears to be shifting to the online public sphere in many parts of the world. Many attribute this shift to online social networks such as Facebook ... research seem to suggest that this may be a cure for the problem of political apathy among the youth. This study explores such a possibility in Jamaica. In all, 752 youth ages 15 to 24 were surveyed to

Recent trends in agri-food Made in Italy exports

sector, where all the elements of competition assume different importance and weight according to the political, social, and macro-economic conditions that change so fast around the world. The agri-food ... -Made in Italy items (65) distance, and also political issues, like bilateral or multilateral agreements or non-tariff barriers to trade, which can heavily condition flows and directions of trade. On this

Economic effects of food supply chain re-localization on the Croatian economy

to political instabilities © The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation ... threshold. Contrary to the formerly prevailing paradigm of the absolute superiority of free trade in the global food market, the vulnerabilities revealed by political turmoil, the war in Ukraine and disorder

Modeling inequality in access to agricultural productive resources and socioeconomic determinants of household food security in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

services, information, and technologies (Justice et  al. 2022). Moreover, the traditional division of labor and sociocultural and political factors often relegates women to manual, time-consuming operations ... -coastal effect). There should be strong political will and social dialogue to focus all stakeholders on encouraging growth in rural agriculture in the coastal and non-coastal rural communities to improve

Assessment of inequality in the Common Agricultural Policy in Portugal

assess whether agriculture funds are distributed to the regions identified as most in need regarding the political objectives of the CAP. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU

Affordability of healthy diets is associated with increased food systems performance in Nigeria: state-level analysis

conducted by Omonona et al (2023), strong political will to address infrastructural deficits in roads and stable electric grid, among others, is what is required to create the needed enabling environment that ... -west .pdf Ismail Z ( 2021 ) Interaction between food prices and political instability . K4D Helpdesk report. Institute of development studies . https://doi.org/10.19088/K4D. 2021 .091 Jaiyeola AO , Choga

Narratives to revert overconsumption: human-nature interdependence and Circular Economy

” (Genovese & Pansera 2021) . Given the magnitude of its potential impact on socially constructed meanings, it is a wonderment that the CE narrative has become prominent without a political agenda that

Troublesome Reflection: Racism as the Blind Spot in the Scientific Critique of Race

estimate, and it is cited in places as far the work that is being done on them is seen as afijield as political philosophy [e.g., Appiah 1985]) . being largely of bad quality. Contemporary scholars ... to use advances in genomics and com- of racism have shaped human organisms over the n A Troublesome Inheritance, Nicholas Wade to grips with ways in which the political processes parative human biology

Effect of adoption of organic farming on technical efficiency of olive-growing farms: empirical evidence from West Bank of Palestine

political factors under Israeli occupation. First, the West Bank in Palestine itself has a small area where agricultural land is about 1,105 square kilometers. As most agricultural land locates in mountainous ... severely constrained. Under such geographical and political situation, it is difficult to expand land, develop new water resources, and procure agricultural inputs including fertilizers and modern varieties

Understanding agricultural land leasing in Ireland: a transaction cost approach

the value of land rental contracts. In June 2020, the European Council reached an informal deal with the European Parliament on the extension of the CAP programme until the end of 2022 and a political ... ) Commission welcomes the political agreement on the transitional rules for the Common agricultural policy (CAP) , Available from https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_20_ 2236 Constitution of

Assessing seed and breeding interventions for organic farming using a multiagent value chain approach

boosting organic seed use can be identified for the sector. Different actors and their interactions, that is, breeders, seed producers and farmers, as well as the overarching political framework laid down in ... the VAL-MAS model is available in Additional file 1. Case study selection and description Political framework Because derogations for NCT seeds are tied to the country’s legislation, and to the specific

The relationship between market information and entrepreneurial orientation: the case of smallholder honey producers in Northern Uganda

and economic efficiency as well as household economy studies. His complete profile is available at http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-0459. Dr. Walter Odongo holds a Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) in Applied

Dual Campus High School: A Study to Determine the Impact of a Multicampus High School on Student Engagement, Student Success, and Faculty Efficacy

courses to students on two campuses. The “dual campus” philosophy was adopted so as to ensure maximum program flexibility for students. The philosophy, however, was destined to affect student engagement and ... phase of this study, a rather exhaustive survey was completed where we looked for research dealing with what we would come to call a dual campus philosophy. Research into the area of schools existing on

Enhancing the extended value chain of the aromatic plant sector in Italy: a multiple correspondence analysis based on stakeholders’ opinions

competitiveness and efficiency, could be the driving force behind innovation and supply chain improvements. And it is here that the role and implications for political institutions emerges. Since the aromatic plant ... other value chains or in other countries to obtain a deeper understanding of the stakeholders’ needs and to produce effective political actions to help support them. Supplementary Information The online