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The present paper provides a meta-analysis of agricultural landscape valuation studies and through the estimated … benefit transfer function it projects the value of EU landscape. The analyses are based on information from more than thirty … landscape. Our calculations show that, the per hectare WTP in EU varies between 89 and 169 €/ha with an average value of 142 …
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The prospect of climate change has aroused growing interest in the influence of climate and water scarcity on … confounds the crop-specific effects of climate and water scarcity that govern irrigation choices. This paper addresses the … impact of climate and water scarcity on irrigation choices through models of land proportion irrigated (PI), and crop …
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, this research estimates supply response to estimated changes in climate temperatures and precipitation. Results show the …
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Climate volatility will increase in the future, with agricultural productivity expected to become increasingly volatile … as well. For Tanzania, where food production and prices are sensitive to the climate, rising climate volatility can have … different socio-economic strata in Tanzania under current and future climate. We find that households across various strata are …
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A unique approach using a biophysical growth model from the animal science literature is used to examine optimal contract cattle feeding behavior under alternative climatic conditions. The examination of incentives and outcomes in an unusually comprehensive contract parameter and behavioral...
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the "concept-to-measurement" gap in food security by building an index that spans these three dimensions. A panel data set … security in Zambia over time, to assess correlates of food insecurity, and to measure the impacts of climate shocks on food …
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uses a novel dataset documenting the introduction of forecasts of an important, global driver of climate variation—El Nino …/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)—to derive the first well identified estimates of total adaptation in a climate exposed industry. The primary …
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Nanotechnology has tremendous potential in food and agriculture. Few economic studies focused on specific products made using nanotechnology, let alone food or food related products. Using a national choice experiment survey, this analysis examines consumers’ valuations for nano-attributes. As...
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This paper uses stated and revealed preference data from a choice-based conjoint survey instrument to estimate willingness to pay for distance-based local food products. The survey was administered to three different groups of respondents: members of a consumer buying club, a random sample of...
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