model was calibrated for the test crops, maize (Zea mays Pan6966) and oats (Avena sativa L.), using data collected during … successfully calibrated for maize and oats as all the statistical parameters were within the prescribed ranges [index of agreement … SWB-Sci simulated aboveground biomass (TDM) and grain yield (GY) of maize and oats with high accuracy (d>0.85, MAE% ≤20 …

cereal production through higher yields. Field experiments were conducted on maize (Zea mays L.) at the New Developmental … splits (T6) at sowing and with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th irrigation at two wk intervals. Maize ranked first with maximum PFPN … suggest that growing maize at D2 applied with N3 in four to five splits is more economical in the wheat-maize cropping system …

-averse farmer. We apply the models to irrigated maize production in Switzerland. To analyze the sensitivity of optimal water and … nitrogen use to likely future states of several economic variables, we conduct sensitivity analyses with respect to changes in … price variability, the price–yield correlation, water and maize prices as well as farmers’ risk preferences. Results show …

study assesses the maize and fertilizer adoption responses of food insecure farmers in Malawi, where Drought Tolerant (DT …) maize was recently introduced. A field experiment, eliciting relative risk aversion, loss aversion and subjective … adoption of different maize types and fertilizer use on the different maize types and recorded exposure to past and present …

This paper determines the degree or extent of farmer’s risk aversion that affects sustainable maize production in … model of safety-first behaviour from a cross-sectional survey of 350 maize producers in northern Nigeria. The distribution … socioeconomic factors (e.g. age of household head), farm specific variables (e.g. proportion of income from maize) and farmers …

fertilizers. The internalization of this externality, via a tax on mineral nitrogen, could lead to a second best solution … this paper we examine the effects of a nitrogen levy on nitrate pollution from agriculture in northern France under two … AROPAj with the crop model STICS. For each policy scenario, a nitrogen tax is simulated, involving different tax levels up to …

production structures. Moreover, we assess the cost and effectiveness of different nitrogen taxes for the case of Switzerland …The loss of reactive nitrogen from agriculture into the environment is a major threat to the global environment and a … challenge for agri-environmental policy. We therefore investigate the problem of reducing nitrogen losses from agriculture into …