Article
Development Studies
Hery Toiba, Arif Yustian Maulana Noor, Moh Shadiqur Rahman, Fitria Dina Riana
Summary: Contract farming schemes are crucial for farmers, but many quit due to the lack of consideration for their preferences. This study analyzes farmers' preferences for organic rice contract farming schemes, providing management implications for maintaining existing farmers and information on key contract characteristics for attracting new farmers.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Hou Jing, Zhou Li, Jennifer Ifft, Ying Rui-yao
Summary: This paper examines farmers' contract breach decisions from the perspective of time preferences, and analyzes the effect of time preferences on contract breach in different phases. The results show that poultry farmers in China tend to have a present bias and impatience regarding future utility. Farmers with higher preference for the present and higher discount rate are more likely to breach contracts, and time preferences play a greater role in the production phase. Additionally, small-scale farmers are more significantly affected by their time preferences compared to large-scale farmers.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Michael Poku-Boansi, Nathan Tetteh, Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa
Summary: With increasing demand for housing worldwide, rental housing is becoming a popular choice to meet the supply deficit. A study conducted in Koforidua, Ghana, using a discrete choice experimental approach, found that factors such as location outskirts, rent payment modality of two years' advance, electricity availability, access road quality, and monthly rent payable significantly influence housing renters' preferences. The study also revealed variations in preferences based on renters' age, gender, vehicle ownership, and employment status. Recommendations included improving access routes within built-up areas, promoting alternative energy sources, and enhancing neighborhood road infrastructure for sustainable rental housing provision.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Edel Doherty, Sinead Mellett, Daniel Norton, Thomas K. J. McDermott, Denis O' Hora, Mary Ryan
Summary: Agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate change, with insurance seen as an efficient means of financial security but potentially leading to negative impacts. Irish farmers prefer multi-annual insurance, weather-indexed insurance, and affordable coverage.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Economics
Niranjan Poudel, Patrick A. Singleton
Summary: This study investigates the preferences of US adult bicyclists for roundabouts with different design and operational characteristics. The findings suggest that US bicyclists generally prefer roundabouts with smaller central islands, fewer travel lanes, lower traffic volumes, lower speed limits, and separated bicycle lanes.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Elizabeth M. Camacho, Rebecca Smyth, Valentina Actis Danna, Deborah Kimaro, Flora Kuzenza, Rose Laisser, Paschal Mdoe, Livuka Nsemwa, Happiness Shayo, Tina Lavender
Summary: This study investigated the preferences of pregnant women in Tanzania for antenatal care clinics. The findings showed that staff attitude was the most important factor in clinic choice, followed by mode of transport and content of clinic visit. Cleanliness of the clinic did not have a significant impact on choice, and women were willing to trade off cleanliness and comfort for respectful care.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Stella Settumba, Tony Butler, Peter Schofield, Georgina M. Chambers, Marian Shanahan
Summary: This study aimed to quantify societal preferences for treatment programmes for impulsive-violent offenders and assess trade-offs between characteristics. Results showed that society preferred more effective programmes, and were willing to pay additional tax contributions for compulsory programmes, continuity of treatment and effectiveness.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Qun Wang, Gilbert Abotisem Abiiro, Jin Yang, Peng Li, Manuela De Allegri
Summary: In China, community members show significantly higher preferences for LTCI products with higher coverage ceilings, lower individual premiums, higher government subsidies, reimbursement of home-based care, and expansion of benefit packages to include daily assistance. The coverage ceiling is the most important attribute, followed by reimbursement for home-based care and individual premiums. Factors such as age, having children, income, and prior commercial insurance ownership drive heterogeneity in preferences for LTCIs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nuo Chen, Jing Bai, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Jialong Tan, Jian Wang
Summary: The study found that participants had a strong preference for government involvement, extensive benefit packages, high reimbursement ratio, and compensation for pre-existing conditions. They were also indifferent between deductible levels of CNY15,000 and CNY18,000, but preferred CNY15,000 over CNY20,000. An increase in premium significantly decreased the utility of private health insurance.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Karima Amaador, Pythia T. Nieuwkerk, Monique C. Minnema, Marie Jose Kersten, Josephine M. Vos
Summary: Treatment preferences of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (WM) patients were assessed using a discrete choice experiment. Results showed that 5-year progression-free survival and risk of secondary malignancies were the most important attributes for making treatment choices. Patients preferred fixed-duration treatment with IV/SC administration at the hospital over a continuous daily oral regimen at home. These findings can inform discussions with individual patients and help design clinical trials in WM.
Article
Clinical Neurology
S. K. Simblett, M. Pennington, M. Quaife, S. Siddi, F. Lombardini, J. M. Haro, M. T. Penarrubia-Maria, S. Bruce, R. Nica, S. Zorbas, A. Polhemus, J. Novak, E. Dawe-Lane, D. Morris, M. Mutepua, C. Odoi, E. Wilson, F. Matcham, K. M. White, M. Hotopfjk, T. Wykes
Summary: This study explores the preferences for adoption of mobile technologies among individuals with a history of depression. The findings suggest that accurate symptom detection is the most important factor for these individuals, followed by privacy and clinical support. However, there are some individuals who are willing to compromise on accuracy in order to gain more privacy and clinical support.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Li Xiao, Hewei Min, Yibo Wu, Jieyu Zhang, Yan Ning, Long Long, Kaixiang Jia, Weilong Jing, Xinying Sun
Summary: This study investigated the preferences of Chinese residents for health science popularization short videos. The results showed that participants preferred free videos that were posted by hospital accounts, had understandable content, met their needs, and served as warnings. Therefore, in the future, the production of health popularization short videos should focus on improving the diversity and relevance of video content to achieve effective science popularization.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shuoyuan Tan, Yu Wang, Yuqing Tang, Rong Jiang, Mingsheng Chen, Haihong Chen, Fan Yang
Summary: The study found that the general public in China does not have a particular preference for orphan drugs. When making decisions on orphan drug coverage, the public prioritized annual cost, disease severity, and drug effects.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Hoon Shien Teh, Yuan Liang Woon, Chin Tho Leong, Nicholas Yee Liang Hing, Teresa Yong Sui Mien, Laurence S. J. Roope, Philip M. Clarke, Lee -Ling Lim, John Buckell
Summary: The study aimed to understand the preferences of the Malaysian public regarding COVID-19 vaccination and found that the risk of side effects, effectiveness, and Halal certification of the vaccine are important factors influencing public vaccination willingness. In addition, factors such as appointment timing and distance to vaccination centers also affect vaccine uptake, and there are significant differences in vaccination preferences among different populations.
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Daneng Li, Ruoding Tan, Sairy Hernandez, Norelle Reilly, Cooper Bussberg, Carol Mansfield
Summary: In patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), avoiding severe hand-foot syndrome and high blood pressure is more important than prolonging survival. 10 additional months of maintaining daily function is considered equally or more important than 10 additional months of survival. For some patients with advanced HCC, maintaining quality of life and avoiding severe side effects is prioritized over the survival benefit of a treatment.
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Cristina Romero Granja, Meike Wollni
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2019)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Sylvester Ochieng Ogutu, Andrea Fongar, Theda Goedecke, Lisa Jaeckering, Henry Mwololo, Michael Njuguna, Meike Wollni, Matin Qaim
EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Johannes Bettin, Meike Wollni
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ingo Grass, Christoph Kubitza, Vijesh V. Krishna, Marife D. Corre, Oliver Musshoff, Peter Puetz, Jochen Drescher, Katja Rembold, Eka Sulpin Ariyanti, Andrew D. Barnes, Nicole Brinkmann, Ulrich Brose, Bernhard Bruemmer, Damayanti Buchori, Rolf Daniel, Kevin F. A. Darras, Heiko Faust, Lutz Fehrmann, Jonas Hein, Nina Hennings, Purnama Hidayat, Dirk Hoelscher, Malte Jochum, Alexander Knohl, Martyna M. Kotowska, Valentyna Krashevska, Holger Kreft, Christoph Leuschner, Neil Jun S. Lobite, Rawati Panjaitan, Andrea Polle, Anton M. Potapov, Edwine Purnama, Matin Qaim, Alexander Roell, Stefan Scheu, Dominik Schneider, Aiyen Tjoa, Teja Tscharntke, Edzo Veldkamp, Meike Wollni
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Agronomy
Gracia Maria Lanza Castillo, Alejandra Engler, Meike Wollni
Summary: The study proposes a socio-psychological model to examine the factors influencing the switch from traditional to pressurized irrigation among farmers. The results show that social pressure and social capital play important roles in promoting the adoption of pressurized irrigation technologies.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Denise Horner, Meike Wollni
Summary: Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) is a set of locally adapted soil fertility technologies and practices aimed at improving soil fertility, crop productivity and income for smallholder farmers. Adoption of core ISFM technologies is associated with increased labor demand and income from crops, but the impact on household welfare varies depending on farmers' income diversification strategies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Johannes Bettin, Meike Wollni
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Christian Messier, Juergen Bauhus, Rita Sousa-Silva, Harald Auge, Lander Baeten, Nadia Barsoum, Helge Bruelheide, Benjamin Caldwell, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Els Dhiedt, Nico Eisenhauer, Gislene Ganade, Dominique Gravel, Joannes Guillemot, Jefferson S. Hall, Andrew Hector, Bruno Herault, Herve Jactel, Julia Koricheva, Holger Kreft, Simone Mereu, Bart Muys, Charles A. Nock, Alain Paquette, John D. Parker, Michael P. Perring, Quentin Ponette, Catherine Potvin, Peter B. Reich, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Florian Schnabel, Kris Verheyen, Martin Weih, Meike Wollni, Delphine Clara Zemp
Summary: As of 2020, the world has around 290 million hectares of planted forests, with 131 million hectares being monoculture forests. Monoculture forests provide timber but lack biodiversity and are more vulnerable to disturbances compared to diverse planted forests. Scientific evidence shows that functionally and species diverse planted forests are more resilient and provide greater ecosystem services. Promoting diverse planted forests requires raising awareness, incentivizing diversity in afforestation programs, developing new wood-based products, investing in research, and expanding the evidence base in under-represented regions.
CONSERVATION LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Denise Hoerner, Meike Wollni
Summary: This study finds that the core practices of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) and their combinations can improve land and labor productivity, as well as increase net crop value. Despite higher labor demand, the joint use of all three practices has the greatest effects. Additionally, the study suggests that the combination of organic fertilizer with improved seeds may be more beneficial compared to combinations with inorganic fertilizer.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Katrin Rudolf, Nina Hennings, Michaela A. Dippold, Edi Edison, Meike Wollni
Summary: The study estimated the relationship between EFB mulching and yields, soil properties in smallholder oil palm plantations, and analyzed the determinants of smallholders' EFB application. Results showed that regional EFB supply and farmers' wealth were correlated with smallholder EFB mulching, which was associated with higher yields and SOC contents. Promoting EFB mulching as best management practice could contribute to more sustainable oil palm systems.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Denise Hoemer, Adrien Bouguen, Markus Froelich, Meike Wollni
Summary: In most of Sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural extension models have become more decentralized and participatory, relying on effective farmer-to-farmer learning. The study found that farmer-to-farmer extension and video intervention can increase adoption and knowledge of complex technology packages, especially for farmers not actively participating in extension activities. The results suggest that additional video intervention has a reinforcing effect on information diffusion and promotes adoption of integrated packages among farmers.
WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Katrin Rudolf, Edi Edison, Meike Wollni
Summary: Payments for ecosystem services (PES) can encourage land owners to manage their land in a biodiversity-friendly way. Little knowledge exists about which incentives are most likely to generate desired landscape patterns. A study with Indonesian oil palm farmers found that both size threshold payment and agglomeration payment were similarly effective in the absence of communication, but communication increased conservation outcomes only under the size threshold payment.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Business
Katrin Rudolf, Miriam Romero, Rosyani Asnawi, Bambang Irawan, Meike Wollni
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Geography
Katharina Krumbiegel, Miet Maertens, Meike Wollni
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2020)
Article
Development Studies
Miriam Romero, Meike Wollni, Katrin Rudolf, Rosyani Asnawi, Bambang Irawan
