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Climate change and coconut plantations in India: Impacts and potential adaptation gains

Naresh Kumar, S.; Aggarwal, P.K. - In: Agricultural Systems 117 (2013) C, pp. 45-54

The assessment of impact of climate change on coconut, a plantation crop, is challenging. However, the development of a simulation model (InfoCrop-COCONUT) has enabled the process. We present the first simulation analysis of the potential impacts of climate change on coconut productivity in...

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The Conservation versus Production Trade-off: Does Livestock Intensification Increase Deforestation? The Case of the Brazilian Amazon

Vale, Petterson Molina - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015

More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence … of a positive relation between cattle intensification and deforestation (‘rebound effect’). The reduced-form model I …

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North / South Contractual Design through the REDD+ Scheme

Chiroleu-Assouline, Mireille; Poudou, Jean-Christophe; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

In this paper we aim at theoretically grounding the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation … incomplete information about reference levels of deforestation as well as exogenous implementation and transaction costs, we … compare two types of contracts: a deforestation performance-based contract and a conditional avoided deforestation …

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Land-saving approaches and beef production growth in Brazil

Martha, Geraldo B.; Alves, Eliseu; Contini, Elisio - In: Agricultural Systems 110 (2012) C, pp. 173-177

Increased food production can be achieved by incorporating more land into the productive process, by increasing productivity in already opened areas or by a combination of both strategies. By allowing a fraction of current pasture area to accommodate the expansion of food and biofuel crops...

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Can Property Values Capture Changes in Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the UK

Guignet, Dennis; Alberini, Anna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

Hedonic property value models are often used to place a value on localized amenities and disamenities. In practice, however, results may be affected by (i) omitted variable bias and (ii) whether homebuyers and sellers are aware of, and respond to, the assumed environmental measure. In this paper...

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Unbundling Technology Adoption and tfp at the Firm Level. Do Intangibles Matter?

Farzin, Y.H.; Bond, C.A. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

When it comes to environmental quality preferences, it is popularly believed that Democrats (and more generally, liberals) are “green” while Republicans” (conservatives) are “brown”. Does empirical evidence support this popular belief? We test the hypothesis that regional political...

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Increasing ewe genetic fecundity improves whole-farm production and reduces greenhouse gas emissions intensities

Harrison, Matthew T.; Jackson, Tom; Cullen, Brendan R.; … - In: Agricultural Systems 131 (2014) C, pp. 23-33

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock constitute the largest proportion of Australian agricultural GHG emissions, necessitating development of strategies for mitigating GHG emissions from the livestock sector. Here we simulate a self-replacing prime lamb enterprise to examine the effect...

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A Quantitative Assessment of the Implications of Including non-CO2 Emissions in the European ETS

Orecchia, Carlo; Parrado, Ramiro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

Although CO2 emissions stand for most of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the contribution of mitigation efforts based on non-CO2 emissions is still a field that needs to be explored more thoroughly. Extending abatement opportunities to non-CO2 could reduce overall mitigation costs but it could...

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Linkage of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Systems: Learning from Experience

Ranson, Matthew; Stavins, Robert N. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

The last ten years have seen the growth of linkages between many of the world’s cap-and-trade systems for greenhouse … loss of control over domestic carbon policies, which do not appear to have deterred real-world decisions to link. These …

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Options to reduce the environmental effects of livestock production – Comparison of two economic models

Stehfest, Elke; Berg, Maurits van den; Woltjer, Geert; … - In: Agricultural Systems 114 (2013) C, pp. 38-53

Global livestock production accounts for about 80% of global land use, is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss, and is responsible for about 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. These impacts are likely to become more pressing as a consequence of rising demands for meat, eggs and...

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