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Land Constraints in Kenya’s Densely Populated Rural Areas: Implications for Food Policy and Institutional Reform
Jayne, Thomas S.; Muyanga, Milu - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2012
welfare indicators. We first present evidence to explain how land constraints can be emerging within an overall context of … apparent land under-utilization. Using data from five panel surveys on 1,146 small-scale farms over the 1997-2010 period, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880183
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The contribution of agricultural landscapes to local development and regional competitiveness – an Analytical Network Process (ANP) in selected European Union and Candidate countri...
Schaller, Lena; Kantelhardt, Jochen; Fedrigotti, … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
Agricultural landscapes are important elements of European culture. There is an increasing recognition that agricultural landscapes represent economic assets; not only because of the production of agricultural commodities, but also by offering significant opportunities for the socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070379
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The response of land markets to flood protection and flood experience: a hedonic price modeling on the Gironde estuary (France)
Dachary-Bernard, Jeanne; Rambonilaza, Tina; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
to flooding on land prices. The original contribution of our analysis relies on distinguishing the respective impact of … two non-structural measures on land prices - the preventive strategy consisting in a flood hazard zoning and the curative … conducted on three different segments of land market (agricultural, vineyards and residential segments). We pay a particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881659
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A spatially explicit national demand model for forest recreation in Ireland
Upton, Vincent; Ryan, Mary; O’Donoghue, Cathal - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
models. Due to restrictions on accessing private land, forests are a particularly important recreational resource in Ireland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010918743
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Impact of non-farm work and land tenancy contracts on soil conservation measures
Kousar, Rakhshanda; Abdulai, Awudu - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
This paper examines the impacts of non-farm work and land tenancy arrangements on the intensity of investment in soil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010918767
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Heterogeneous Economic and Behavioural Drivers of the Farm Afforestation Decision
Ryan, Mary; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Upton, Vincent; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2015
characteristics of the farms and the farmers who are likely or unlikely to afforest land. Using a panel dataset of farm level micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275770
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Potential of Artificial Wetlands for Removing Pesticides from Water in a Cost-Effective Framework
Martin, Elsa; Destandau, Francois; Rozan, Anne - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the implication of wetland construction for the cost-effective design of a pesticide charge. A model is developed in order to show that, for a given target, the introduction of wetland construction can reduce overall abatement costs and can lower the input...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203282
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The effect of using labelled alternatives in stated choice experiments: an exploration focusing on farmland walking trails in Ireland
Doherty, Edel; Campbell, Danny; Hynes, Stephen; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2011
Discrete choice experiment data aimed at eliciting the demand for recreational walking trails on farmland in Ireland is used to explore whether some respondents reach their choices solely on the basis of the alternative’s label. To investigate this type of processing strategy, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203283
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The Provision of Ecosystem Services by Agriculture – a Spatially Explicit DEA Approach
Kapfer, Martin; Hübner, Rico; Eckstein, Karin; Ziesel, … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2011
spatially explicit assessment of agricultural land use for different subject matters such as ecology and the contribution of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203289
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The Distribution of CAP Payments - Redistributional Injustice or Spatially Adapted policy?
Bergmann, Holger; Noack, Eva Maria; Thomson, Kenneth J. - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2011
This paper analyses the distributional equality of individual Scottish Government-administered payments in 2008 under CAP Pillars One (single farm payments) and Two (rural development measures) and in total, in terms of economic, social and spatial factors. The analysis shows that 94% of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203294