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sustainability. To gather this information for an important ecological-economic system, we conducted a survey of commercial cattle …
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characterization of this system in respect to risk, management and sustainability. …
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We analyze a dynamic and stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid range lands. The non-equilibrium ecosystem is driven by stochastic precipitation. A risk averse farmer chooses a grazing management strategy under uncertainty such as to maximize expected utility...
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We empirically study personal norms of sustainability, conceptualized according to the normactivation theory and … operationalized under the notion of strong ecological-economic sustainability, for commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands … sustainability that are heterogeneous across farmers, but vary little with socio-demographic or environmental characteristics. We …
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Umweltschutzmaßnahmen und der Frage, wie eine umweltschonende Landwirtschaft stärker gefördert werden kann. … measures and the question of how to better support an environmentally friendly agriculture. …
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To promote biodiversity, a diverse landscape is necessary. Structural change in agriculture and increasing cost … task that requires a willingness to make sacrifices. For agriculture, we suggest combining new technologies and artificial …
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Few policies have been as heavily criticised as European agricultural policy. Consequently, since its establishment in 1962, it has been in a continuous process of reform, encompassing six major reforms in the last 30 years alone. The central question arises: What is the logic behind the endless...
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indigenous crops constitutes a path towards greater agricultural sustainability as these crops are suited to local environments …
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This paper analyses the role of palm oil and its sustainability from different perspectives. We consider the role of …
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and variability in worldwide agriculture. Yet, there is a paucity of evidence on its application, and even more so …
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