Economic sustainability in beef breeding-cow farming depends not only on animal productivity, but also on how consistently reproductive management is implemented across the production cycle. Yet limited evidence is available on the extent to which smallholder farmers adopt whole-cycle reproductive management practices...
Yun-Hong Jiang, Jian-Min Cao· Frontiers in Animal Science· 0 citations
IntroductionCurrently, middle-aged and older adults face the compounded challenges of a dual "digital divide" and "health divide."MethodUsing data from the 2020 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study constructed a digital literacy index via polychoric confirmatory factor analysis (Polychori...
Mei-Hui Qi, Jian-Min Cao· Inquiry : a journal of medic...· 0 citations
Cluster farming has increasingly been promoted as a collective agricultural approach to improve smallholder productivity, market integration, and rural livelihoods in Ethiopia. Using Collective Action Theory, this study examines the factors influencing farmers’ participation in wheat cluster farming and its impact...