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this paper is to show the importance of forestry culture for rural families in the north of Spain. All agrarian farms have … small fields which they can use for woods and not farming. The majority need extra income, because that from caltle …
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The survey was designed to estimate environmental values suitable for integration into MOSAIC, a bio-economic model for … catchment and farm level planning. Local residents, as well as distant rural and distant urban communities, were surveyed in … three NSW catchments (Lachlan, Namoi and Hawkesbury-Nepean) using choice modelling (CM). The survey aimed to find out …
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agent-based land market model and Dutch survey data on risk perceptions and location preferences, this paper explores the …
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land uses and water quality in rural waterways; a process that was begun early in 2012. The initial consultation events …
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scientists, business, the government, the media and the general public. This analysis leads to an overall model of the …
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The paper examined whether increasing agricultural output would lead to an expansion of employment in rural areas in … annual technical progress of 1.5% in the case of SSA and 2% in the case of the Caribbean. Expanding rural employment through …
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the impact of soil conservation in Haiti is important. A survey of 951 farmers, who adopted soil conservation techniques … in Haiti, was conducted. The survey participants were composed of 83.6% males and 16.2% females. About 53.3% were …
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effectiveness of formal microcredit schemes as compared to the traditional informal credit sources in a rural shrimp farming … successful in identifying those small-holders most likely to make the best use of the borrowed funds. Thus, although formal …
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A dynamic bio-economic model is used to examine natural resource use, the resulting nutrient balances and economic outcomes in a poor country under a range of technological and policy intervention scenarios. With limited technological intervention over a twelve year planning period, incomes rise...
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