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We study the role of bush encroachment control for a farmer's income and income risk in a stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid rangelands. In particular, we study debushing as an instrument of risk management that complements the choice of an adaptive grazing...
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farmers in semi-arid rangelands of Namibia, a system that features risks on various space and time scales. Here we present a …
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farmers in semi-arid rangelands of Namibia, a system that features risks on various space and time scales. Here we present a …
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; Namibia ; grazing management ; risk ; sustainability ; weather-based derivatives …
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Rain-index insurance is strongly advocated in many parts of the developing world to help farmers coping with climatic risk that prevails in (semi-)arid rangelands due to low and highly uncertain rainfall. We present a modeling analysis of how the availability of rain-index insurance affects the...
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Bush encroachment is one of the most extensive changes in land cover in Namibia and an urgent problem for cattle … commercial cattle farms in central Namibia by employing remote sensing methods to distinguish between areas covered by bush and …
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Commercial cattle farming in Namibia, a prime example of livestock farming in semi-arid rangelands, is subject to a …Commercial cattle farming in Namibia, a prime example of livestock farming in semi-arid rangelands, is subject to a … characterization of this system in respect to risk, management and sustainability. -- cattle farming ; semi-arid rangelands ; Namibia …
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Commercial cattle farming in semi-arid regions is subject to high rainfall risk. At the same time, it is prone to rangeland degradation. Theoretical works suggest that rainfall risk management by means of financial instruments may stabilize farming-derived income over the short-term, but...
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We study risk preferences and their determinants for commercial cattle farmers in Namibia who are subject to high …We study risk preferences and their determinants for commercial cattle farmers in Namibia who are subject to high and …
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commercial cattle farming in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia. Cattle farmers in Namibia act within a coupled ecological …
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