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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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Deforestation in the Himalayas: Myths and Reality

Baland, Jean Marie; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2014

Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil … frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … its impacts on local livelihoods (that these are adverse and large). Views concerning determinants of deforestation …

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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel

Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013

A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A …

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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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Unbelievable but True â€” Improved Cook-stoves are not Helpful in Reducing Firewood Demand in Nepal

Nepal, Mani; Nepal, Apsara; Grimsrud, Kristine - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper analyzes the effect of different types of cook-stoves on firewood demand at the household level. Nationally representative household data from Nepal is used for the study. [SANDEE Working Paper No. 51 - 10].

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Valuation of Urban Air Pollution: A Case Study of Kanpur City in India

Gupta, Usha - eSocialSciences - 2006

This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided as a result on reductions in air pollution in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For...

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Why Do Farmers Burn Rice Residue? Examining Farmersâ€™ Choices in Punjab, Pakistan

Ahmed, Tanvir; Ahmad, Bashir - eSocialSciences - 2013

Burning agriculture residues has multiple negative effects including local air pollution, increase in black carbon and contributions to regional and global climate change. This study seeks to understand why farmers burn rice residue by analyzing the residue adoption choices of farmers in the...

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Morbidity Costs of Vehicular Air Pollution: Examining Dhaka City in Bangladesh

Chowdhury, Tanzir; Imran, Mohammad - eSocialSciences - 2010

This study estimates the morbidity costs of reduction in air pollution in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, using the Cost-of-Illness (COI) approach. COI is defined as the sum of lost earnings due to workdays lost or restricted activity days and the mitigation expenditure borne due to illness....

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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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Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves

Hanna, Rema; Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2012

It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This belief is largely supported by observational...

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