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Commercial cattle farming in Namibia, a prime example of livestock farming in semi-arid rangelands, is subject to a variety of risks, predominant among which is precipitation risk. At the same time it suffers from rangeland degradation that is at least partly due to inadequate management. We...
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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 semiarid rangelands. In particular, we study debushing as an instrument of risk management that complements the choice of an adaptive grazing...
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-sectional data from the Central Statistical Board (BPS) for 1993 and 2002, as well as a panel data set from the Indonesia Family Life …
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This paper analyzes environmental expenditures in Indonesia – a significant newly industrializing economy – reported at …
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This study assesses the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on gendered labour markets in rural Indonesia. It …
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Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems in Sumatra,Indonesia. The paper presents the common sampling frame of the socio …
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In Indonesia the agricultural sector plays a key role for broad based economic development in rural areas. Rubber is … one of the most important crops, and Indonesia is the second largest producer in the world. However, a high level of … population, effects which are also likely to be relevant for many other provinces throughout Indonesia. For the society in …
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We investigate land-use dynamics in Jambi, Sumatra, one of the hotspots of Indonesia' recent oil palm boom. Data from a …
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Sumatra, Indonesia. While the evolution of land markets is expected to promote deforestation activities by rural households …
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environmental and social concerns. Indonesia has recently become the largest palm oil producer worldwide. While much of the … production in Indonesia comes from large-scale plantations, independently operating smallholders are increasing in importance and …
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