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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004302
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Pride of the South: Risk Analysis for Marine Biosecurity in Fiordland
Sinner, Jim; Roberts, Bethany; Piola, Richard - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009
This paper describes a model used to assess alternative scenarios for managing the marine biosecurity risk to Fiordland from vessel traffic. Scenarios are assessed in terms of risk reduction per dollar spent. To keep the analysis manageable, we focus on vessel risks from hull fouling, as this is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802940
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Using focus groups to design a choice modelling questionnaire for estimating natural resource management benefits in NSW
Mazur, Kasia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008
In this study, focus group discussions were used to design a choice modelling (CM) questionnaire to estimate community wide values for the environmental and social benefits provided by natural resource management changes in the Namoi, Lachlan and Hawkesbury-Nepean catchments. This report...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693289
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Scarcity Of Canterbury’s Water: Its Multiple, Conflicting Uses
Miller, Sini; Tait, Peter; Saunders, Caroline - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Canterbury freshwater management is the focus of important decisions with significant challenges. Applying choice modelling, this study explores how Canterbury residents value freshwater attributes related to environmental, economic, social and cultural elements of wellbeing. In particular, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070426
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Assessing the marginal dollar value losses to an estuarine ecosystem from an aggressive alien invasive crab
Bell, Brian A.; Menzies, Sharon; Yap, Michael; Kerr, … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008
marine environment. The study uses the European Shore Crab (Carcinas maenas) as the example alien invasive species and the … Pauatahanui Inlet, Wellington, New Zealand, as the ecosystem representative of the coastal marine environment. Choice modelling is … the marginal losses to the environment, with no clear trend on a distance-decay relationship. The probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806927
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Location differences in communities’ preferences for environmental improvements in selected NSW catchments: A Choice Modelling approach
Mazur, Kasia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
To elicit household willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in environmental quality in three NSW catchments (Lachlan, Namoi and Hawkesbury-Nepean), a choice modelling (CM) study was conducted. This report presents results of research designed to investigate variations in WTP across different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693249
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The Effects of a Provision Rule in Choice Modelling
Mazur, Kasia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
This research report investigates the effects of including a provision rule in choice modelling non-market valuation studies. Split samples with and without a provision rule were used to test for differences in household willingness-to-pay for improvements in environmental quality in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693271
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Irrigation against rural poverty: an overview of issues and pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia; Proceedings of National Workshops on Pro-Poor Interve...
Biltonen, Eric - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398463
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ANALIZING WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE IMPACTS USING A MULTINOMIAL LOGIT LAND USE MODEL
Fezzi, Carlo; Bateman, Ian J.; Day, Brett H.; Posen, … - 2008
We develop a two-stage, multinomial logit model of UK land use to investigate the impact of policychanges upon agriculture. The model utilizes a large panel database covering the entirety of Englandand Wales for 14 years between 1969 and 2004 integrated with the economic and physicalenvironment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443207
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The MODERE Model and The Economic Analysis of Farmers’ Decisions
Gomez Gomez, Carlos Mario; Gutierrez, Carlos - 2008
The MODERE, the Ministry of the Environment Irrigation Decision Model, is a simulation tool whichuses mathematical … Platform which is used by the Spanish Ministry of the Environment to compare the policyscenarios which are relevant to assess … Environment in Spain. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443239