This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...

"Policy design is largely informed by the traditional economic viewpoint that humans behave rationally in the pursuit of their own economic welfare, with little consideration of other regarding behavior or reciprocal altruism. New paradigms of economic behavior theory are emerging that build an...

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...

Pagrindinis darbo tikslas – ištirti gyvulininkystės prekių verslo situaciją Lietuvoje ir numatyti UAB „Kesko Agro Lietuva“ gyvulininkystės departamento strateginės plėtros galimybes. Tyrimas buvo atliktas analizuojant statistinius duomenis bei anketų pagalba, derinant interviu ir...

"In the last 200 yr, more than 80% of the land in the U.S. Corn Belt agro-ecosystem has been converted from natural perennial vegetation to intensive agricultural production of row crops. Despite research showing how re-integration of perennial vegetation, e.g., cover crops, pasture, riparian...

"Traditionally, benefits of common property arrangements arose from complementarity in resource use, which permitted multiple uses for several users. Today, common property resources (CPRs) represent quasi-public goods, featuring increasing rivalry in consumption. As the domain of uses widens...

"Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns....