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Woolworths Farming for the Future
King, Lucy; Thobela, Suzan - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
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Progress of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy and some emerging issues
Jenkins, Bryan - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
from land use intensification, biodiversity enhancements and kaitiakitanga. The collaborative process has led to some more … irrigation and reallocation of surface and groundwater use to enhance recharge. Biodiversity enhancements and incorporating …
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Re-organising farm businesses to improve environmental outcomes
Crosthwaite, Jim; Moll, Jim; Dorrough, Josh; Malcolm, Bill - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 17 (2009)
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Do Farmers Internalise External Impacts of Pesticides in Production?
Skevas, Theodoros; Stefanou, Spiro E.; Oude Lansink, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
low toxicity pesticides, and variables reflecting pesticide impacts on biodiversity and operator’s health. The application … focuses on panel data of Dutch cash crop producers. The pesticide contribution on some biodiversity categories are found to …
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Valuing indigenous biodiversity in the freshwater environment
Bell, Brian A.; Yap, Michael; Cudby, Charlotte - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009
value of the impact on indigenous biodiversity is a key aspect of the economics typically involving cost-benefit analysis … biodiversity in a freshwater environment. Using the stated preference tool, Choice Modelling, the experimental design was maximised … show an efficient design with minimal sample size and biodiversity attributes that have values statistically different from …
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IMPACTS OF EUROPEAN BIOFUEL POLICIES ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND ENVIRONMENT UNDER CONSIDERATION OF 2ND GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Becker, Arno; Adenauer, Marcel; Blanco Fonseca, Maria - 2010
Even though recent discussions on food prices and indirect land use change point atpotential conflicts associated with the production of biofuels the appraisal of biofuels as an effective instrument to slow down climate change and reduce energy dependency still prevails. The EU Renewable Energy...
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Relationships between Agricultural policies and Environmental Effects in Japan: An Environmental-Economic Integrated Model Approach
Sasaki, Hiroki - 2010
This study investigates the optimal agricultural land use allocation and nitrogen application to arepresentative Japanese farm. The site-specific nature of numerous agri-environmental issues necessitates analysis ata disaggregated level in order to capture the underlying heterogeneity of...
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Determinants of the Speed of Adoption of Soil Fertility-Enhancing Technologies in Western Kenya
Odendo, Martins; Obare, Gideon A.; Salasya, Beatrice - 2010
Most adoption studies have employed cross-sectional data in a static discrete choice modellingframework to analyze why some farmers adopt at a certain point in time. The static approachdoes not consider the dynamic environment in which the adoption decision is made and thusdoes not incorporate...
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A review of Multi-Agent Simulation Models in Agriculture
Kaye-Blake, William; Li, F.Y.; Martin, A.M.; McDermott, Alan - 2009
Multi-Agent Simulation (MAS) models are intended to capture emergent properties of complex systems that are not amenable to equilibrium analysis. They are beginning to see some use for analysing agricultural systems. The paper reports on work in progress to create a MAS for specific sectors in...
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Integrated assessment of the environmental, economic and social impacts of land use change using a GIS format – the CLUES model
Harris, Simon; Elliott, Sandy; McBride, Graham; Shankar, Ude - 2009
The CLUES model is an integrated catchment based model that designed to assist policy makers in understanding the implications of land use scenarios for water quality and a range of other indicators. CLUES integrates a number of existing models from several research providers, including SPARROW...
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