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Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater in Austria: Determinants and Indicators
Wick, Katharina; Heumesser, Christine; Schmid, Erwin - 2010
Nitrogen is an important input to agricultural production but also detrimentally affects the environmental quality of air, soil and water. Identifying the determinants of nitrate pollution and in turn defining sensible performance indicators to design, enforce and monitor regulatory policies is...
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Chapter 60 Past Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
Mendelsohn, Robert - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 3009-3031). 2007
This paper examines the likely impact on agriculture of the climate change which has already taken place between 1960 …, and carbon dioxide response functions are used to calculate the impacts on agriculture. Temperature and precipitation … overall growth of agriculture has been small, contributing between 2.6% and 5.4% of overall growth. This effect has been …
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Determinants of Farm Household Socio-Economic Vulnerability Induced by Climate Change in Maharashtra, India – Regression Tree Approach
Adhav, Chaitanya Ashok; R, Sendhil; Chandel, Balwant S.; … - 2023
Climate change is a serious threat to Maharashtra’s agrarian economy due to persistent droughts, floods, irregular rainfall, etc. In this context, the present study was carried out during 2020–21 in three districts of Maharashtra, viz. Parbhani, Sindhudurg and Ahmednagar based on the extent...
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Does manure management regulation work against agglomeration economies? Evidence from French hog production
Gaigné, Carl; Le Gallo, Julie; Larue, Solène; … - 2010
The well-known rise in the geographical concentration of hog production suggests the presence of agglomeration economies related to spatial spillovers and inter-dependencies among industries. In this paper, we examine whether manure management regulation restricting manure application per acre...
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The Contextual Forces Which Shape Performance Definition : Swinging Towards and Away from Sustainability
Scorsone, Eric A. - 2009
While it is indisputable that performance measurement has become a centerpiece of governance in the late 20th and early 21st century, it is unclear in many cases if “performance” implies the same concept across cultures and countries. A variety of definitions of performance are in use among...
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Factors Influencing Carbon Dioxide Emissions in South Asian Economies : An Econometric Analysis
Islam, Mohammed Syedul - 2021
Climate Change and global warming are two concerning issues in the contemporary world. Greenhouse Gas emissions particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are responsible for this climate change. Both natural and human made factors causes excessive CO2 emissions. This paper investigates the...
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Food Court
Czarnezki, Jason J. - 2018
This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production, processing, packaging, and distribution, which ultimately contributes to both economic and social costs. The article addresses environmental energy costs in the food supply
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Congress Must Protect Innocent Property Owners from Section 404 Civil and Criminal Penalties
Bakst, Daren; Francois, Tony - 2022
For decades, property owners across the United States have struggled to comply with the Clean Water Act, in large part because they do not know which “waters” are regulated. Vague definitions, inconsistent enforcement, and changing rules contribute to this ongoing problem. Despite the...
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Unintended Consequences of Indian Groundwater Preservation Law on Crop Residue Burning
Agarwala, Meghna; Bhattacharjee, Shampa; Dasgupta, Aparajita - 2022
This paper examines the unintended consequences of a policy aimed at improving the groundwater level on crop residue burning in India. The Preservation of Subsoil Water Act, 2009 implemented in two Indian states bans the transplantation of paddy before mid-June to preserve groundwater....
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Pollution and Entrepreneurship : Evidence from Cicada Emergence
Rizzi, Claudio - 2023
This paper examines the impact of pollution on entrepreneurial activity. I use the recurring cicada emergence cycles in the U.S. as exogenous shocks to show that pollution caused by pesticide use decreases entrepreneurial activity and quality by 3%. I find that pesticide use is linked to the...
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