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Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices in Olive Groves: The Case of Spanish Mountainous Areas
Calatrava-Leyva, Javier; Franco, Juan Agustin; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
This paper presents some results from a survey carried out in 2004 among 223 olive tree farmers from mountainous areas in the Spanish Southern provinces of Granada and Jaen regarding the adoption of soil conservation and management practices. Olive tree groves in mountainous areas are subject to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005327231
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Modelling Spot Water Markets Under Uncertain Water Supply
Calatrava-Leyva, Javier; Garrido, Alberto - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002
Water availability in semiarid regions usually exhibits patterns of extreme variability. Even in intensively controlled basins, some users are subject to low levels of water reliability, and more vulnerable to periods of extreme scarcity. To reduce their risk exposure more flexible instruments,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806076
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Integrated participatory modelling of irrigated agriculture: the case study of the reorganisation of a water management system in Italy
Bazzani, Guido Maria - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
The paper presents an application of the new version of the 'Decision Support for Irrigated agriculture' DSIrr designed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005522119
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Patriotic Consumers and the Political Economics of Agricultural Trade
Eriksson, Clas; Fahlbeck, Erik - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
It is well documented that consumers tend to be patriotic in their choices of food. This paper theoretically examines the consequences of such patriotic behavior for agricultural policy, assuming that the policy is decided by the median voter. The analysis is conducted in the framework of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005522260
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Thirty Years of Agricultural Transition in China (1977-2007) and the "New Rural Campaign"
Jia, Xiangping; Fock, Achim - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
Agriculture in China has experienced a compelling growth in the early 1980s, a buoyant upbeat in the early 1990s, and … addressed. The Chinese government is now reemphasizing agriculture and rural develop-ment under its New Rural Campaign with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005522510
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Policies for Promoting Public Goods in Agriculture
Romstad, Eirik - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002
The ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on agriculture has triggered an increased interest in … the linkages between commodity production and public goods in agriculture. This paper takes a closer look at this issue …-input setting. The provision of public goods from agriculture is analyzed utilizing a principle-agent framework. Particular emphasis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525725
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Employing Real Options Methodology for Decision Making in Greenhouse Technology
Tzouramani, Irene; Mattas, Konstadinos - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002
agriculture. Discount cash flow approach indicates that the adoption of a new technology project under uncertainty is feasible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525726
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURAL TRADE AFTER THE EU ACCESSION
Konig, Gabor - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
The paper discusses the changes of the Hungarian agricultural trade, and shows how different factors (both internal and external) determine the flow of agricultural trade. The analyses show that although the EU plays a role more and more important in the Hungarian trade, the balance became...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525782
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Dynamics of Phosphorus Fertilization and Liming Under Land Tenure Insecurity
Myyra, Sami; Pietola, Kyosti - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
This article solves and characterizes optimal decision rules to invest in irreversible land improvements conditional on land tenure insecurity. Economic model is a normative dynamic programming model with known parameter for the one period returns and transition equations. The decision rules are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476818
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Structural Change and Public Policies in EU Agriculture: An Overview
Blandford, David; Hill, Berkeley - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
Substantial structural change is taking place in EU agriculture. Average farm size is increasing and labour is … of the so-called European model of agriculture, particularly given the intensification of pressures for change through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476819