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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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Effect of decoupling and agri-environmental policy on biodiversity in the uplands in UK
Acs, Szvetlana; Dallimer, Martin; Hanley, Nick; Gaston, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Recent decades have witnessed substantial losses in biodiversity in Europe, principally driven by the ecological … changes associated with intensification of agricultural production. These changes especially affected the biodiversity in the … those have a subsequent effect on biodiversity. In order to address the problem of economic viability of farmers together …
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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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Woolworths Farming for the Future
King, Lucy; Thobela, Suzan - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
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Converting to organic farming in France: Is there a selection problem?
Latruffe, Laure; Nauges, Celine - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Using a sample of French crop farms during the 1999-2006 period, we test whether less technically efficient farmers are more likely to engage in organic farming in order to benefit from conversion subsidies. Despite some limitations in our data, we find no evidence of such selection effect. On...
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Mitigation options and policies in agricultural sector: a theoretical model and application
Ervola, Asta; Lankoski, Jussi E.; Ollikainen, Markku - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Agriculture’s impact on climate change is unambiguous although its role is multifaceted as it is a source of greenhouse gases but also a sink. It’s feasibility to mitigate climate change has raised interest, but thorough studies about the net benefits of the mitigation practices are needed....
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Inputs use in the agriculture of Emilia-Romagna: farm comparison through the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index
Ghelfi, Rino; Bertazzoli, Aldo; Marchi, Alan; Rivaroli, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
In order to measure agriculture sustainability, the efficient use of inputs becomes a crucial issue. In this perspective, the analysts concentrate their attention on the total factor productivity index (TFP). In this view, Lynam and Herdt (1989) proposed the TFP as a suitable assessment of the...
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The capability of personal values and guanxi to reduce negative external effects of Chinese agriculture
Weber, Daniela; Bergmann, Holger - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of agricultural products, but the intensive agriculture contributes in a remarkable manner to environmental problems. Since environmental protection has recently become a popular issue in China, the government attaches great importance to the...
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Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater: Determinants and Indicators
Wick, Katharina; Heumesser, Christine; Schmid, Erwin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Nitrogen is an important input to agricultural production but also detrimentally affects the environmental quality of air, soil and water. Identifying the determinants of nitrate pollution and in turn defining sensible performance indicators to design, enforce and monitor regulatory policies is...
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