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Climate change may affect the use of pesticides and their associated environmental and human health impacts. This study employs and modifies a partial equilibrium model of the US agricultural sector to examine the effects of alternative regulations of the pesticide and greenhouse gas emission...
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Biofuels production has increased rapidly in recent years due to higher petroleum prices as well as heightened concerns regarding climate change and energy security. However, because commercially viable biofuels are currently produced primarily from agricultural feedstocks, higher production...
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Increasingly there appears to be recognition of the need to simultaneously implement adaptation and mitigation. However, the optimal combination of adaptation and mitigation is an open question. The literature on this is rather small, and is inconsistent in conclusions. Here we explore the...
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