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Global gridded crop models (GGCMs) are the workhorse of assessments of the agricultural impacts of climate change. Yet the changes in crop yields projected by different models in response to the same meteorological forcing can differ substantially. Through an inter-method comparison, we provide...
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Indian agriculture is estimated to be consuming about 78 percent of total fresh water resources available in the country. Yet, more than half of the gross cropped area is still dependent on rains. Extremely skewed allocation of scarce irrigation water amongst crops and inefficient use of the...
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vulnerability to food insecurity. …
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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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improved diversification of the production portfolio and the households food security. Although we find no significant effects … security and shifted their production portfolios towards crops and livestock products of both higher market and nutritional …
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This paper examines the effect of women's effective land ownership on female empowerment and household food security in the context of Peruvian family farming. Using an instrumental variable approach, we explore whether self-declared informal ownership of plots provides women with increased...
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Stochastic Production Frontier (SPF) models by including average annual maximum temperature, precipitation and its monthly intra …-year standard deviations, and the number of rainy days. Climatic conditions have a negative impact on production becoming stronger …
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ruminant production performed the worst. Additional analysis of the cases of Brazil and Cuba illustrates potential effects of … that remove price and production distortions may help improve productivity growth. …
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