Via online issue. 1 page., Includes AgriTalk audio interview with Prof. Wes Jamison of Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida. Interviewed by Mike Adams.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 176 Document Number: C30262
Notes:
7 pages., "If more of our news is going to be produced by non-traditional sources - like NGOs who have an interest in promoting their own agenda - how can news consumers sort through their sources and figure out who to believe?"
16 pages, There is growing evidence that religiosity affects important socio-economic outcomes. A potential channel through which religiosity affects these outcomes is by shaping individuals’ risk preferences. We combine a lab-in-the-field experiment, survey, and focus-group discussions to investigate the effect of religiosity on risk-taking among rural people in Ethiopia. We find evidence that religious farmers are more risk-taking. The effect is likely driven by the trust/belief in God as the omniscient and just power in determining outcomes under uncertainty. This is further corroborated by results from follow-up focus-group discussions.
