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We study the determinants and interactions of sustainability and risk management with a cross-sectional dataset on … sustainability and risk management within this context, identify their determinants and analyse relevant interactions. Our results … interest groups or governmental support, instead, do not impact on the sustainability of the farm. Risk management itself is …
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We analyze a dynamic and stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid rangelands. The non-equilibrium ecosystem is driven by stochastic precipitation. A risk averse farmer chooses a grazing management strategy under uncertainty such as to maximize expected utility from...
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We analyze a dynamic and stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid range lands. The non-equilibrium ecosystem is driven by stochastic precipitation. A risk averse farmer chooses a grazing management strategy under uncertainty such as to maximize expected utility...
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sustainability. To gather this information for an important ecological-economic system, we conducted a survey of commercial cattle … management ; sustainability ; risk …
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the availability of rain-index insurance affects the sustainability of rangeland management. We show that a rain …-being while not impairing the sustainability of rangeland management. -- Ecological-economic modeling ; weather-index insurance … ; Namibia ; grazing management ; risk ; sustainability ; weather-based derivatives …
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We empirically study personal norms of sustainability, conceptualized according to the norm-activation theory and … operationalized under the notion of strong ecological-economic sustainability, for commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands … sustainability that are heterogeneous across farmers but vary little with socio-demographic or environmental characteristics. We find …
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Strong sustainability, according to the common definition, requires that different natural and economic capital stocks … define strong sustainability under uncertainty in an operational manner we propose to use the concept of viability. Viability …
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Strong sustainability, according to the common definition, requires that different natural and economic capital stocks … therefore define strong sustainability under uncertainty in an operational manner, we propose to use the concept of viability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003655190
We analyze a dynamic and stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid rangelands. The ecosystem is driven by stochastic precipitation. A risk averse farmer chooses a grazing management strategy under uncertainty such as to maximize expected utility from farming income....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767397