Shale energy exploitation often occurs in rural areas. While agriculture dominates surface land use in these regions, energy development competes for inputs such as water and labor, and localized congestion externalities can create bottlenecks in transporting agricultural output. Additionally,...

Abstract: The agriculture of the future can only be achieved, in terms of sustainability, and this requires that any development that will be carried out in this area has to be performed in respect of the three pillars: economic, social and environmental. However, in the context of...

The terms “solar farm” and “wind farm” could not more perfectly demonstrate the inevitable pairing of renewable energy and agriculture as uses of land. At the same time, harvesting the sun and wind and converting both to energy forms usable to mankind are far from traditional...

The growing concern over the threat to world food security calls for a re-examination of the factors that affect agricultural productivity. This threat becomes more worrisome because of the high prevalence of diseases associated with hunger and poor nutrition intake. This paper examines the...

The agriculture sector affects emissions and is also affected by emissions that lead to climate change. The relationship is complex due to the multiple agents involved. The transformation of agriculture into a climate resilient system is the need of the hour. A system such as this would meet the...

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

Burundi, a small fragile economy, went through sporadic civil war since its independence in 1962 during which rampant insecurity had adverse impact on the country’s social and economic development. While Burundi is agriculturally rich, high rate of growth of rural population places...

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

Analysis of new comparable series on output and employment between 1900 and 2000 for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela indicates that productivity growth was significantly higher and less volatile during the middle decades of the century than in the opening and closing...

A decomposition of aggregate labor productivity based on internationally comparable data from FAO and Penn World Tables reveals that high labor shares and low productivity in agriculture are mainly responsible for poor countries<92> current position in the world income distribution. Using a...</92>