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Wartość zapylania upraw w województwie mazowieckim; próba szacunku
Majewski, Janusz - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 11 (2011) 26
changes in the needs of pollination of the main plants cultivated in this region in 2000-2009 were analyzed. The value of … yields as a result of pollination and the losses of yields as a result of too small number of pollinators were estimated …
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Pszczelarstwo w województwie mazowieckim i jego znaczenie dla rolnictwa
Majewski, Janusz - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 09 (2009) 24
The significance of beekeeping for agriculture was presented on example of Mazovia province. Changes in the needs of … pollination of the main plants cultivated in 2000-2007 were analysed. / Synopsis. W artykule przedstawiono znaczenie pszczelarstwa …
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Influencia de los factores ambientales y de manejo en la seguna temporada de produccion de miel de abeja en Aguascalientes, Mexico
Medina-Cuellar, Sergio; Alvarez-Coque, Jose Maria; … - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2014) 238
honey per hive were obtained with a survey applied to members of the beekeeping organizations that apply quality and safety …
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An Economic Valuation of Pollination Services in Georgia
Barfield, Ashley; Bergstrom, John C.; Ferreira, Susana - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
The production of many crops depends on biotic pollination. As pollinator populations decline, assessments of the … potential consequential loss of economic value are critical. We estimate the economic value of pollination services ($608 … million), crop vulnerability ratio (21 percent), and pollination’s contribution to agricultural production value (5 percent …
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Consumer’'s WTP for Environment-Friendly Production Methods and Collective Reputation for Place of Origin: The Case of Val di Gresta’'s Carrots
Scarpa, Riccardo; Thiene, Mara; Marangon, Francesco - 2006
This paper investigates preferences for various environment-friendly production system for carrots using discretechoice multi-attribute stated-preference data amongst buyers and explore the effect of collective reputations from growers of an Alpine valley known to be completely dedicated to...
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BIOFUELS AND LEAKAGES IN THE FUEL MARKET
Drabik, Dusan; de Gorter, Harry - 2010
Leakage in the fuel market differs, depending on whether ethanol production is determined by a tax credit or consumption mandate. Two components of market leakage are distinguished: domestic and international. Leakage with both a tax credit and a consumption mandate depends on market...
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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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The Impact of the Oil Sector on Commodity Prices: Correlation or Causation?
Saghaian, Sayed H. - 2010
The interconnections of agriculture and energy markets have increased through the rise in the new biofuel agribusinesses and the oil–ethanol–corn linkages. The question is whether these linkages have a causal structure by which oil prices affect commodity prices and through these links,...
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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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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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