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Preservation of Agricultural Soils with Endogenous Stochastic Degradation

Bretschger, Lucas; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2016

Soils are often subject to environmental shocks which are caused by negative extern- alities linked to overexploitation. We present a stochastic model of a dynamic agricultural economy where natural disasters are sizeable, multiple, and random. Expansion of agricultural activities raises...

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Agri-Environmental Policies in a Transition Economy: Using a Choice Experiment to Value Agricultural Biodiversity on Hungarian Small Farms

Birol, Ekin; Gyovai, Ágnes; Smale, Melinda - 2004

Agricultural biodiversity is a crucial environmental resource. Much of the agricultural biodiversity remaining today is found on the semi-subsistence farms of poorer countries and on the small-scale farms and home gardens of more industrialised nations. The traditional Hungarian home gardens,...

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Does off-farm labor relax farmers' credit constraints? Evidence from longitudinal data for Vietnam

Stampini, Marco; Davis, Benjamin - 2008

We examine the relationship between participation in non-agricultural labor activities and farming production decisions, focusing on the use of inputs. In particular, we are interested in the hypothesis that income from non-agricultural labor relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data...

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Alpine Böden und ihre zahlreichen Funktionen: Integration von Bodenökosystemleistungen in die Raumplanung

Haslmayr, Hans-Peter; Steinbrunner, Barbara - In: Raumentwicklung – ARL-Journal für Wissenschaft und Praxis 54 (2024) 1, pp. 28-32

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O perfil na produção da agricultura familiar entre os Censos Agropecuários de 2006 e 2017: Um panorama e sinais de mudanças

Valadares, Alexandre Arbex - 2022

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Village Level Labor Market Development in Tanzania : Evidence from Spatial Econometrics

Mduma, John K.; Wobst, Peter - 2005

strategy, data on Tanzania show that the participation in the rural labor markets is still relatively low. This study examines … the factors behind the development of village labor markets in Tanzania. Using spatial econometric techniques, the study … shows that, despite their incipient development, rural labor markets in Tanzania are significantly interlinked across space …

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Harapan: A "No Man's Land" Turned into a Contested Agro-Industrial Zone

Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta; Steinebach, Stefanie - 2014

The Harapan region is governed by a web of regulations. The corresponding allocation of land is informed by the demands of the international market and Indonesia's policy to supply it with the products needed. Thus, human interactions with the rainforest transformation systems are largely...

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