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study provides experimental estimates of the responsiveness of the demand for irrigation water to price changes and the …
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demand and total consumption of rice in Sri Lanka from 1953 to 1989. The results show that, on average, 73 per cent of the …
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the choice modelling technique to estimate and compare consumer demand for genetically modified and organic foods. The …
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Canola may be marketed as oilseed, oil or meal. Supply and demand of each of the commodities is influenced by, physical … countries involved in the canola market together with exchange rates will also affect supply and demand for canola products. The …
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An understanding of the responsiveness of food demand to price changes is critical to decision making in the area of … reliable data. We review the existing data on food demand elasticities in Fiji and examine alternative approaches to their … demand elasticities for Fiji using cross section data. …
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The salt burden in a stream reflects the blend of salty and fresh flows from different soil areas in its catchment. Depending not only on long-run rainfall, water yields from a soil are also determined by land cover: lowest if the area is forested and greatest if cleared. Water yields under...
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assets. A bio-economic model was used to estimate economic demand for water by future upstream plantations in a sub …
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This study focuses on the problem of water use by new upstream commercial tree plantations where fully-committed water entitlements are already held and traded among downstream sectors (urban water, wetlands and agricultural industries). High tree product prices strongly incentivise expansion of...
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reports on research using the choice modelling technique to estimate and compare consumer demand for genetically modified and …
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One approach to rationalising policies for addressing potentially catastrophic climate change when such policies may prove unnecessary is to suppose the policies provide a form of social insurance even in the presence of pure uncertainty. Then, provided the policies are effective, such insurance...
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