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Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater: Determinants and Indicators
Wick, Katharina; Heumesser, Christine; Schmid, Erwin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
groundwater, and (2) the predictive abilities of one of the most commonly used agri-environmental indicators, the Nitrogen Balance …. We find that the proportion of cropland exerts a positive effect on the nitrate content in groundwater. Additionally … nitrate pollution of groundwater possibly due to increased evapotranspiration. Equally, higher average precipitation dilutes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201369
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Development of private insurance schemes as a means to reduce water overexploitation during drought events. A case study in Campo de Cartagena (Segura River Basin, Spain)
Blanco, Perez; Dionisio, Carlos; Gomez, Gomez; Mario, Carlos - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
are tolerated by the authorities. Groundwater overexploitation for irrigation has created in these areas an unprecedented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879310
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Are Agricultural Measures for Groundwater Protection Beneficial When Compared to Purification of Polluted Groundwater?
Hasler, Berit; Lundhede, Thomas - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
The groundwater resource, the drinking water areas and the surface water quality can be protected by measures, e.g. by … paper is to estimate the benefits of groundwater protection by the valuation method choice experiments. This method allows … for separate estimation and comparison of the different attributes connected to groundwater protection i.e. the effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476815
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Outcomes and Determinants of Success of a Performance Payment Scheme for Carnivore Conservation
Zabel, Astrid; Bostedt, Goran; Engel, Stefanie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
This paper presents a first empirical assessment of carnivore conservation under a performance payment scheme. The Swedish government issues payments to reindeer herder villages based on the number of carnivore offspring certified on their pastures. The villages decide on the internal use and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326150
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Halting the rural race to the bottom: an evolutionary model of rural development to analyse neo-endogenous policies in the EU
Petrick, Martin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The article contributes to the understanding of neo-endogenous rural development policies from the perspective of evolutionary game theory. Rural development is modelled as the increasing realisation over time of gains from interaction by rural stakeholders. The model exhibits two dynamically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693179
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Productores de flor de corte de la comunidad de Francisco Zarco, en el municipio de Tenancingo, Estado de México: ¿Un caso exitoso de acción colectiva?
Gonzalez, D.I.S.; Gonzalez, D.J.G.; Garcia, V.R.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The idea of territory comprises a complex relationships net, its dynamics is understood by the geographical proximity, the rural agroindustry organization (AIR) and the way in which all of them are related with territory external actors. Despite the fact that between territory actors exist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693390
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Crystallisation of Collective Action in the Emergence of a Geographical Indication System
Paus, Marguerite; Reviron, Sophie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/20/11.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693748
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Heterogeneity of Members’ Characteristics and Cooperation within Producer Groups Regulating Geographical Indications: The Case of the “Prosciutto di Parma” Consortium
Dentoni, Domenico; Menozzi, Davide; Capelli, Maria Giacinta - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Several studies have analyzed the conditions under which geographical indications (GIs), such as the European Protected Designations of Origin (PDOs) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs), can represent a profitable market opportunity for agri-food producers. The development of a common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693751
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Farmer groups as a device to ensure the provision of green services in the Netherlands: a political economy perspective
Jongeneel, Roel; Pollman, Nico - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
The latest reform of the CAP, CAP towards 2020, opens up the possibility to arrange agri-environmental service provision via contracting groups of farmers, rather than contracting individual farmers. The Dutch government decided to fully switch to a farmer group service provision system in 2016....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125090
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Farmer groups as a device to ensure the provision of green services in the Netherlands: a political economy perspective
Jongeneel, Roel; Polman, Nico - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
The latest reform of the CAP, CAP towards 2020, opens up the possibility to arrange agri-environmental service provision via contracting groups of farmers, rather than contracting individual farmers. The Dutch government decided to fully switch to a farmer group service provision system in 2016....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125192