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COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN FIJI

Daigneault, Adam; Brown, Pike; Gawith, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

This paper quantifies the economic impacts of flooding in the Ba River and Penang River catchments in Viti Levu, Fiji …. We conducted a detailed assessment of flood damage stemming from two major flooding events in 2012 that severely affected … empirical measures of damage with GIS data to estimate total damages from flooding and find that the January 2012 flood caused …

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MODELING THE CHOICE OF IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES OF URBAN VEGETABLE FARMERS IN ACCRA, GHANA

Amankwah, Akuffo; Egyir, S. Irene - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Irrigation is seen as the means of ensuring food security in a water-scarce urban economy such as the Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana. The use of modern, advanced and resource efficient irrigation technologies is vital to increase farm output and take people out of poverty. The informal...

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Economic Implications of Winter-run Chinook Salmon Conservation through Water Management in the Southern Delta

Yoon, Haengku - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

Recent legal restrictions on water exports in the Southern Delta to protect listed fish populations have brought public attention to the trade-off relationship between fish conservation and agricultural economy. The restrictions may result in losses of agricultural returns in the Central Valley....

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