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Navigating the Measurement Frontier: New Insights Into Small Farm Realities 导航测量前沿：对小农场现实的新见解

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Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-16 DOI: 10.1111/agec.70013

Hope Michelson

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Sustainability Standards in Agri-Food Value Chains: Impacts and Trade-Offs for Smallholder Farmers 农业食品价值链中的可持续性标准：对小农的影响和权衡

IF 4.5 3区经济学

Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.70005

Meike Wollni, Sophia Bohn, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza, Bruno Paz, Simone Santalucia, Margherita Squarcina, Françoise Umarishavu, Marlene Yu Lilin Wätzold

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Gendered Patterns of Labor in Agriculture 农业劳动的性别形态

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Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.70012

Cheryl Doss, Charles Gottlieb

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Policy for Decent Work in Agriculture 农业体面劳动政策

IF 4.5 3区经济学

Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.70009

Eva-Marie Meemken, Olayinka Aremu, Anna Fabry, Celestina Heepen, Patrick Illien, Marie Kammer, Andrew Laitha

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Rocking the Boat to Change the Debate: Identifying and Testing Conventional Wisdom 改变辩论：识别和测试传统智慧

IF 4.5 3区经济学

Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.70014

Thomas Reardon

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Groundwater Use in Agriculture in South Asia: The Role of Technology 南亚农业地下水利用：技术的作用

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Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.70004

Soumya Balasubramanya

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Fostering Healthy, Equitable, Resilient, and Sustainable Agri-Food Value Chains 培育健康、公平、有韧性和可持续的农业食品价值链

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Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.70007

Christopher B. Barrett, Miguel I. Gόmez

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Food manufacturers’ compliance with the FDA's trans fat ban: Evidence from scanner data 食品制造商对FDA反式脂肪禁令的遵守：来自扫描仪数据的证据

IF 4.5 3区经济学

Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-26 DOI: 10.1111/agec.12877

Christian Rojas, Augusto Espín, Edward C. Jaenicke, Elina T. Page

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Implications of climate-smart agriculture technology adoption on women's productivity and food security in Tanzania 气候智能型农业技术对坦桑尼亚妇女生产力和粮食安全的影响

IF 4.5 3区经济学

Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.12874

Mkupete Jaah Mkupete, Jorge Davalos

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Farm production, marketing, and children's nutritional outcomes in rural Zambia 赞比亚农村地区的农业生产、营销和儿童营养状况

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Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-12 DOI: 10.1111/agec.12876

Kelvin Mulungu, Dale T. Manning, Chiza Kumwenda, Lukonde Mwelwa, Lackson D. Mudenda

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