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Do Farmers Internalise External Impacts of Pesticides in Production?
Skevas, Theodoros; Stefanou, Spiro E.; Oude Lansink, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
In modern agriculture, pesticides feature so prominently in growers’ arsenal to reduce crop damage caused by various pests and diseases. But their indiscriminate use can harm human health and the environment and, eventually, impact agricultural productivity negatively. In an era of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201375
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Farm Structure and the Effects of Agri-Environmental Programs: Results from a Matching Analysis for European Countries
Pufahl, Andrea; Weiss, Christoph R. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
This paper extends previous research (Pufahl and Weiss, 2009) and applies a semi-parametric propensity score matching approach to evaluate the effects of agrienvironment (AE) programs on input use and farm output of individual farms in eight Member States of the European Union. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998943
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Does Pig Density Matter for the Choice of Control Strategies in Classical Swine Fever Epidemic?
Magen, M.-J.J.; Burrell, Alison M.; Nielen, Michel W.F. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002
This paper examines the importance of pig population density in the area of an outbreak of CSF for the spread of the disease and the choice of control measures. A sector-level market and trade model and a spatial, stochastic, dynamic epidemiological simulation model for the Netherlands were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005493719
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Resilience of European farms under different CAP scenarios
Polman, Nico B.P.; Peerlings, Jack H.M.; Slangen, Louis H.G. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
disturbances. Farms are able to survive only if they respond appropriately to disturbances. This resilience of farms is explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324323
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“Waiting for Godot”- Restructuring on Small Family Farms
Jack, Claire G.; Moss, Joan E.; Wallace, Michael T. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
have contributed to the observed resilience of small scale family farms. We use data from Northern Ireland and employ farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998975
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Testing for household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Nicaragua
Romano, Donato; Ciani, Federico - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
The main goal of this paper is to develop a methodology to quantitatively assess resilience to food insecurity. The … developed methodology is applied to Nicaraguan rural households hit by Mitch Hurricane in 1999. The proposed resilience index … that the proposed resilience index is a significant determinant of households’ food security and this result is robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125221
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RESILIENCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RURAL AREAS: THEORY AND PROSPECTS
Schouten, Marleen A.H.; Heide, Martijn M. van der; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
serious problems to rural management and largely affect future perspectives of rural areas. Rural resilience refers to the … maintained, while coping with its inherent ecological, economic and social vulnerability. Rural resilience describes how rural …, by exploring in detail what the importance is of resilience theory within rural areas. An answer is tried to be given to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555825