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Effects of Environmental Regulation on Economic Activity and Pollution in Commercial Agriculture
Sneeringer, Stacy E. - 2009
Research on environmental regulation’s effects on economic activity has largely focused on manufacturing, ignoring one of the major polluters in the U.S. – commercial agriculture. As livestock production has become increasingly mobile, regulation has become an important criterion in firm...
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2009
Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
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The role of virtual water for sustainable economic restructuring: evidence from Uzbekistan, Central Asia
Bekchanov, Maksud; Bhaduri, Anik; Lenzen, Manfred; … - Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Rheinische … - 2012
Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated agriculture for economic development such as in...
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The Sustainable Intensification of the Irish Dairy Sector
Dillon, Emma Jane; Hennessy, Thia; Buckley, Cathal; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
perspective the sustainable intensification of agriculture is of particular relevance given ambitious targets to increase milk … production by 50 percent by 2020, in the context of European milk quota removal. Alongside this, environmental targets may be … milk production is positively correlated with economic performance, with more intensive farms producing relatively more …
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On-Farm Impacts of environmental policy – a journey through time
Shadbolt, Nicola; Valentine, Barbara - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
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Turning farms into businesses: Some unexpected consequences of neoliberalism for New Zealand farmers
Hunt, Lesley; Rosin, Chris; Campbell, Hugh; … - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
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Cost Efficiency of Dairy Farming in New Zealand: a stochastic frontier analysis
Jiang, Nan; Sharp, Basil - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Historically NZ dairy farming has held a position as the lowest cost, non-subsidized producers at the farm gate. Recently, this position has been eroded as a result of increases in labor and land costs, while other emerging countries, such as Argentina and Ukraine, have adopted lower cost...
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Is willingness to pay (WTP) for beef quality grades affected by consumer demographics and meat consumption preferences?
Lyford, Conrad P.; Thompson, John M.; Polkinghorne, Rod; … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 18 (2010)
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The Australian Organic Food Products Market: Overview, Issues and Research Needs
Chang, Hui-Shung; Zepeda, Lydia; Griffith, Garry R. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)
agribusiness sectors, because little market research and policy analysis on organics has been conducted and published. The …
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Managing water as a Scare Resource in Beef Feedlots
Pluske, Johanna M.; Schlink, A.C. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 15 (2007)
Using a bio-economic model, H2OBeef, that includes traditionally considered parameters associated with running a beef feedlot but also incorporates aspects associated with water, changes that can alter water consumption and or price are examined. The results indicate that when water does not...
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