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agriculture and the environment, they raise obvious concerns about housing supply and affordability. The issue of affordability …
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agriculture are actually used by farmers to irrigate their crops. In addition to inefficiencies, the equity of the agricultural … equity in one of China’s rural regions. A spatial water allocation model is employed to maximize water use efficiency at both … unregulated case equity may be the lowest, where the upstream users may pump unrestricted amounts and the downstream users may use …
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scenarios are evaluated with respect to efficiency in land and water use and equity in income distribution. Results reveal that … efficiency (resource use) and equity (income distribution) are associated with (1) a shift of water to the lower zone, and (2 … of resources also bring the greatest degree of equity in income distribution, indicating that these may be complementary …
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This paper analyzes the tradeoffs present between equity and efficiency in farm policy. In terms of equity, we are …
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Replaced with revised version of paper 08/06/10.
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Food markets are increasingly characterized by an array of quality assurances with respect to credence attributes, many of which relate to agricultural production methods. A variety of organizations are associated with these quality assurance claims, including private, third party and public...
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Although there have been numerous studies on the economics of weed control, relatively few of these studies have focused on natural ecosystems. The aims of this papers are: A) to identify the combination of control options that is optimal for blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans) in Australian...
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-run relationships among foreign direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and the environment in China and India. The results show that … that, in the short-run, there exists a unidirectional causality from FDI inflow to economic growth and the environment in …
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Data from the Philippines are used to measure impacts of technical progress in lowland agriculture on upland forests. Irrigation development, labor demand, and employment are studied. Total annual labor use increased following irrigation. Employment of household members living along forest...
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