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Which type of crop insurance for Kazakhstan? Empirical results
Heidelbach, Olaf; Bokusheva, Raushan; Kussaiynov, Talgat - 2004
Risk plays an important role in agricultural decision-making, particularly in those regions that are remarkably exposed to natural hazards and underdeveloped input and output markets. This is especially true for crop production in CIS countries where many farms have to deal with low liquidity...
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Rethinking the limits of climate change adaptation
Jamero, Ma. Laurice; Esteban, Miguel; Chadwick, Christopher - 2019
Using a case study approach, this research explores the various potential limiting factors of climate change adaptation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064742
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Foreign direct investment in the African food and agriculture sector: Trends, determinants and impacts
Husmann, Christine; Kubik, Zaneta - 2019
In this paper, we seek to answer three research questions: (1) What is the pattern of foreign direct investment (FDI …) in the African food and agriculture sector in the last 15 years? (2) What are the drivers of FDI in the African food and … agriculture sector? (3) What is the evidence on the impacts of private-sector investments in the African food and agriculture …
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Using satellite images to measure crop productivity: Long-term impact assessment of a randomized technology adoption program in the Dominican Republic
Salazar, Lina; Palacios, Ana Claudia; Selvaraj, Michael; … - 2021
This study combines three rounds of surveys with remote sensing to measure long-term impacts of a randomized irrigation program in the Dominican Republic. Specifically, Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 satellite images are used to measure the causal effects of the program on agricultural productivity,...
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Risk attitudes, knowledge, skills and agricultural productivity
Pham, Huong Dien; Waibel, Hermann - 2018
Agriculture is a risky business contingent on risks and uncertainty. Without strong technical knowledge, farmers tend …
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Women in African agriculture integrating women into value chains to build a stronger sector
Njiraini, Georgina Wambui; Ngigi, Marther W.; Baraké, … - 2018
Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa's agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the … agriculture in order to be fully effective and to avoid further solidifying gender roles and gaps. These could include suitable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011936336
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Wege zur Reduzierung von Lebensmittelabfällen - Pathways to reduce food waste (REFOWAS): Maßnahmen, Bewertungsrahmen und Analysewerkzeuge sowie zukunftsfähige Ansätze für einen nac...
Schmidt, Thomas G.; Baumgardt, Sandra; Blumenthal, Antonia - 2019
Mit den Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) haben sich die Mitglieder der Vereinten Nationen das Ziel gesetzt, die Lebensmittelabfälle entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette bis 2030 zu reduzieren. Ziel des REFOWAS-Projekts war es, den deutschen Agrar- und Ernährungssektor hinsichtlich der...
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To Leave or Not to Leave? Climate Change, Exit, and Voice on a Pacific Island
Noy, Ilan - 2016
numbers of people forced to leave their homes in cataclysmic waves of climate refugees. Yet, most of the empirical research on …-in-the-Mine for climate change research. If migration driven by climate change is not happening today, Tuvalu may explain why. One …
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Voluntary approaches, market structure and competition
Brau, Rinaldo; Carraro, Carlo - 1999
This paper surveys the recent literature devoted to the analysis of the interactions between the adoption of voluntary or negotiated agreements as a tool of environmental policy and market structure. The goal of this survey is twofold. On the one hand, we would like to identify the market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608517
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Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties
Winters, John V.; Li, Yu - 2015
This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction....
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