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Plagiarism Without Apology--Systematic Integration of Available Information in a Long Run Agricultural Outlook
Witzke, H. Peter; Britz, Wolfgang - 2005
forecasts usually provide estimates for the exogenous variables in modelling work and frequently they are also used for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443868
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AMMA 2005 Dakar International Conference to be Held November 28-December 2, 2005
Lamb, Peter - 2008
(International Relations, Niger Weather Service); Mamoutou Kouressy (Institute of Rural Economics, Niger Department of Agriculture … Airport); Alhassane Diallo (Meteorological Engineer, Burkina Faso Weather Service).The following three individuals were partly …); and Francis Dide (Benin Weather Service).I am confident that the participation of the above individuals in the Conference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435443
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Imbedding dynamic responses with imperfect information into static portraits of the regional impact of climate change
Yohe, G.W. - 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear, at least on a theoretical level, that modelers of the potential impacts of climate change must impose that change upon the world as it will be configured sometime in the future rather than confine their attention to considerations of what would happen to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435515
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Effects of the drought on California electricity supply and demand
Benenson, P.; Greene, B.; Kahn, E.; Krieg, B.; Lasater, I. - 2010
At the end of the driest year on record, California faces water shortages whose impacts will be felt with progressive severity through the summer and fall of 1977. Electric power is not entirely exempt from these impacts and could, if severly affected, compound the direct distresses of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436172
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MAKING SENSE OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY REFORM
Vanzetti, David; Peters, Ralf - 2003
Agriculture has proposed a compromise. The alternative proposals by the United States, the European Union and the WTO are analysed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442440
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Increasing profits and reducing risks in crop production using participatory systems simulation approaches
Meinke, H; Baethgen, WE; Carberry, PS; Donatelli, M; … - 2001
agricultural practice or policy. Changed on-farm practice due to the direct contribution of modelling, while keenly sought after … modelling in the context of social science or extension policy. Rather, we take snapshots around the globe to 'take stock' and … obvious; (2) a modelling approach must reduce complexity rather than proliferate choices in order to aid the decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447901
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Infusing the use of seasonal climate forecasting into crop management practice in North East Australia using discussion support software
Nelson, RA; Holzworth, DP; Hammer, GL; Hayman, PT - 2002
Seasonal climate forecasting offers potential for improving management of crop production risks in the cropping systems of NE Australia. But how is this capability best connected to management practice? Over the past decade, we have pursued participative systems approaches involving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447918
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Economics of Co-Existence Measures of GM and Conventional Maize in Spain and Germany
Petzoldt, Marina; Menrad, Klaus; Reitmeier, Daniela - 2007
Paper prepared for presentation at the Third International Conference onCoexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM basedAgricultural Supply Chains (GMCC)Seville (Spain), 20th and 21st November 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442633
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826
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Media Analysis on Volatile Markets’ Dynamics and Adaptive Behavior for the Agri-Food System
von Davier, Zazie; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2010
The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443664