It is widely accepted that semantic theories should, as far as possible, be compositional. The claim that a theory is compositional, however, lacks bite if lexical and pre-lexical items are allowed to mean diierent things in diierent contexts. The aim of the current paper is to show how two speciic phenomena can be dealt with by relying on combinatorial eeects to infer diierent consequences fro...

over time there has been a shift, at least in the rhetoric, from a pipeline conceptualisation of knowledge implementation, to one that recognises the potential of more collaboration, co-productive approaches to knowledge production and use. in this editorial, which is grounded in our research and collective experience, we highlight both the potential and challenge with collaboration and co-prod...

This paper discusses the significance of voluntary arrangements for the water and agricultural policies in the European Union. The current implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) require new approaches in water management. As many case studies have shown, co-operative agreements (CAs) between water companies, farmers ...

Co-operatives play a vital role in supplying various goods and services the UK, as well other parts of world. In past twenty years co-operatives have become important players modern organic food supply chains, providing small-scale farmers with access to knowledge markets, alongside opportunities scale up their production. This teaching case is developed from qualitative interviews current form...

Agricultural production is not keeping up with the world demand for food because the human population is increasing faster than agriculture’s food production capability (Pimentel et al., 1999). Uneven distribution of food, the inability of the poor to purchase food, and political unrest also threaten world food security for human society. Currently, more than 3 billion humans worldwide are maln...

Altruism, Cooperation, and Efficiency: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households Altruism among family members can, in some cases, inhibit cooperation by increasing the utility that players expect to receive in a non-cooperative equilibrium. To test this, we examine agricultural productivity in polygynous households in West Africa. We find that cooperation is greater – production is more...

Several studies have shown that global crop production needs to double by 2050 to meet the projected demands from rising population, diet shifts, and increasing biofuels consumption. Boosting crop yields to meet these rising demands, rather than clearing more land for agriculture has been highlighted as a preferred solution to meet this goal. However, we first need to understand how crop yields...