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Chapter 59 Land Use: Forest, Agriculture, and Biodiversity Competition
Sedjo, Roger A.; Simpson, R. David - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 2979-3007). 2007
concentrated. Biologists and conservation advocates have advanced a number of arguments both that “biodiversity” is imperiled as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024065
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Revisiting the link between cereal diversity and production in Ethiopia
Groom, Benjamin; Fontes, Francisco - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 2, pp. 1-21
to recent studies of biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships (e.g. Jochum et al. 2020), the results suggest that …
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Valuation of linkages between climate change, biodiversity and productivity of European agro-ecosystems
Palatnik, Ruslana Rachel; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2010
productivity. However, this is not the only channel for climatic change to affect agro-systems. Biodiversity is subject to climatic … fluctuations and in turn may alter land productivity too. Firstly, biodiversity is an input into agro-ecosystems. Secondly …, biodiversity supports the functioning of these systems (e.g. the balancing of the nutrient cycle). Thirdly, agro-systems also host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008747736
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Valuation of Linkages Between Climate Change, Biodiversity and Productivity of European Agro-Ecosystems
Palatnik, Ruslana Rachel; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2014
productivity. However, this is not the only channel for climatic change to affect agro-systems. Biodiversity is subject to climatic … fluctuations and in turn may alter land productivity too. Firstly, biodiversity is an input into agro-ecosystems. Secondly …, biodiversity supports the functioning of these systems (e.g. the balancing of the nutrient cycle). Thirdly, agro-systems also host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188995
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Three-Stage TSARs, Interdependent Values, and Biodiversity Production on Private Lands
Agee, Mark D.; Crocker, Thomas D. - 2021
allocate biodiversity protection responsibilities across a landscape mosaic having multiple value-interdependent owners. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219791
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Institutions, reform policies and productivity growth in agriculture : evidence from former communist countries
Rizov, Marian - 2008
institutions, reforms and (labour) productivity growth in agriculture is analysed within an augmented neo-classical growth model …’ agriculture. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119704
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The Effects of Forest Change on Agricultural Productivity : Evidence from Indonesia
Yamamoto, Yuki - 2018
data on forest change. The focus is on rural Indonesia, where intensive biodiversity loss is occurring from deforestation … while agriculture is the main industry. We estimate an agricultural production function and find that farmers experienced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929017
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Valuing ecosystem services for agricultural TFP
Bostian, Moriah; Lundgren, Tommy - 2020
This paper provides a brief overview of methods to incorporate ecosystem service values into measures of agricultural total factor productivity, both in theory and in practice. This includes a review of the academic literature, summary of related economic index theory, and comparison of agency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489246
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Inappropriate Technology : Evidence from Global Agriculture
Moscona, Jacob; Sastry, Karthik - 2021
An influential hypothesis explaining the persistence of global productivity differences is that frontier technologies are finely tuned to the local conditions of the high-income countries that develop them and inappropriate for application elsewhere. This paper studies how environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219358
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The impact of pesticide and fertiliser use on agricultural productivity in the context of the “farm to fork” strategy in romania and the european union
Dobrin, Cosmin; Croitoru, Elena Oana; Dinulescu, Ruxandra; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 24 (2022) 60, pp. 346-360
One of the main pillars of the European Green Pact is the "Farm to Fork" strategy. Launched in May 2020, this strategy aims to build sustainable agri-food production and distribution processes. The aim of this research is to estimate the impact of inorganic pesticide and fertiliser use on...
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