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Assessing management options for weed control with demanders and non-demanders in a choice experiment

Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006

The yellow floating heart is a water weed causing nuisance problems in Swedish watercourses. An economic analysis of this is required where various management options are considered. The benefits of a management program are to a large extent recreational. Using a choice experiment we estimate...

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Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: Does Agroecology Matter?

Kassie, Menale; Zikhali, Precious; Pender, John; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009

Sustainable agricultural practices, in as far as they rely on renewable local or farm resources, present desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity for resource-constrained farmers in developing countries. In this paper, we used two sets of plot-level data—from a low-rainfall...

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Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions - A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia

Yesuf, Mahmud; Köhlin, Gunnar - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009

This paper investigates the impacts of market and institutional imperfections on technology adoption in a model that … adopts soil conservation. The reverse causality, however, was insignificant. We also found that outcomes of market … factors in explaining variations in farm technology adoption decisions. Relieving the existing market imperfections will most …

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Adoption of Organic Farming Technologies: Evidence from Semi-Arid Regions of Ethiopia

Kassie, Menale; Zikhali, Precious; Manjur, Kebede; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

In the wake of resource constraints faced by farmers in developing countries in using external farm inputs, sustainable agricultural production practices that rely on local or farm renewable resources present desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity. In this paper we use...

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Organic Farming Technologies and Agricultural Productivity: The case of Semi-Arid Ethiopia

Kassie, Menale; Zikhali, Precious; Pender, John; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

Organic farming practices, in as far as they rely on local or farm renewable resources, present desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity for resource-constrained farmers in developing countries. In this paper we use plot-level data from semi-arid area of Ethiopia to investigate...

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Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision: Tale of Confused Objectives, Multiple Market Failures and Policy Challenges

Coria, Jessica; Robinson, Elizabeth; Smith, Henrik G.; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012

Most research and funding in conservation has been oriented toward biodiversity per se. Until recently there has been little tangible effort in linking conservation to ecosystem service provision. Nevertheless, this trend seems to be changing due in part to the relative success of payment...

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Bio-economics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries

Akpalu, Wisdom; Anders, Ekbom - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010

Improvement in soil carbon through conservation agriculture in developing countries may generate some private benefits …

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Tenure Security and Investments: Micro-evidence from Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme

Zikhali, Precious - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

The government of Zimbabwe launched the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in 2000 as part of its ongoing land reform and resettlement programme aimed at addressing a racially skewed land distribution. Its goal has been to accelerate both land acquisition and redistribution, targeting at...

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Consumer willingness to pay for farm animal welfare - transportation of farm animals to slaughter versus the use of mobile abattoirs

Carlsson, Fredrik; Frykblom, Peter; Lagerkvist, Carl Johan - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004

This study employed a choice experiment (CE) to ascertain consumer preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for non-market … distributions of WTP and available cost estimates, the market share for mobile abattoirs is predicted. The approach taken is vital …

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Consumer benefits of labels and bans on genetically modified food - An empirical analysis using Choice Experiments

Carlsson, Fredrik; Frykblom, Peter; Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004

previous observations that GM food can be a credence good causing a market failure. Second, consumers are also willing to pay a …

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