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Options to achieve net-zero emissions from agriculture and land use changes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dumas, Patrice; Wirsenius, Stefan; Searchinger, Tim; … - 2022
Eleven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by around 2050. Changes in the food system are key to reach these carbon neutrality goals, as agriculture and resulting land-use changes are responsible for almost half of greenhouse gas emissions in the...
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Decarbonization of Costa Rica's agriculture, forestry and other land uses sectors : an application of the IEEM+ESM approach
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martín; Vargas, Renato; … - 2021
This paper evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of implementing Costa Ricas Decarbonization Plan, focusing specifically on the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) sectors. To do so, we apply the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modeling (IEEM) framework for Costa Rica,...
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Monsoon 2013 : estimating the impact on agriculture
Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta; Jain, Surbhi - 2013
This paper attempts to project the likely impact of robust monsoon rains of 2013 on the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in India. The model hypothesizes that the performance of agriculture in India depends upon (1) investments in agriculture (private and public); (2)...
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Climate change, water scarcity in agriculture and the economy-wide impacts in a CGE framework
Ponce, Roberto; Parrado, Ramiro; Stehr, Alejandra; … - 2016
, precipitation changes, and unitary irrigation costs. Results suggest different economic consequences of climate change depending on …
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Towards sustainable, productive and profitable agriculture : case of rice and sugarcane
Gulati, Ashok; Mohan, Gayathri - 2018
irrigation water amongst crops and inefficient use of the allocated water are major reasons behind this paradox. Water guzzler … irrigation water available in the country. Hence if sustainable agriculture water-use has to be ensured, economics (productivity … profitability can be achieved with lesser amounts of irrigation water. This is what is attempted in this paper. The study shows that …
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Farmer's perception on soil erosion in rainfed watershed areas of Telangana, India
Peddi, Dayakar; Kumar, K. S. Kavi - 2019
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Water and land stress in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru under coupled climate-socioeconomic scenarios
Feng, Kuishuang; Chen, Xiangjie - 2023
How to keep water and land stress within planetary boundaries is a major challenge for sustainable development in Latin American countries. Using an environmentally extended global multi-regional input-output analysis (GMRIO) approach, this study simulates future land and water demand for...
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Effects of protected areas on forest cover change and local communities : evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Miranda, Juan José; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether 'win-win'...
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The conservation versus production trade-off : does livestock intensification increase deforestation? : the case of the Brazilian Amazon
Vale, Petterson Molina - 2015
More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow frontier, speculative behaviour and boom-bust all share the prediction that livestock production will remain largely extensive. Yet between 1996 and 2006 productivity of cattle...
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