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In this paper, we investigate whether and how households adjust their agricultural practices such as cultivation and livestock to adapt to a severe typhoon.We, therefore, make use of a natural experiment coming from the strong typhoon Ketsana in 2009. We apply the difference-in-differences...
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the Slovak Republic. Risk in agriculture has been a matter of worldwide concern since 1933, when the concept of risk … analysis was introduced. Agriculture is a sector facing particularly large risks, resulting mainly from natural factors outside … agriculture have different characteristics, and can be classified in very different ways. Sources of risk include biological …
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In order to have economically sustainable and profitable farms, farmers need to manage and understand factors that impact farm output and costs. Many factors can influence farms' output and costs, such as soil quality, environmental conditions, farm size, farm system, farmers' experience, and so...
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An intrinsic feature of agriculture is the alteration of biodiversity within the cultivated area in favour of the … biodiversity are important for human health and wellbeing. The overarching question is how can negative influences of agriculture …
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The negative effects of climate change are felt in the form of rising temperatures, weather variability, shifting boundaries of agro-ecosystems, the spread of invasive species and pests, and more frequent extreme weather events. Climate change reduces crop yields, the nutritional quality of most...
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and their implications for European Union agriculture for the time period 2003/05 - 2013/15. The impacts on European Union … agriculture are quantified using of a multi-market-model. The mega-trend of declining world market prices has ended. Since the … Auswirkungen auf die EU Landwirtschaft für den Zeitraum 2003/05 - 2013/15 quantifiziert. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die weltweite …
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