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Challenges for sustainable development of agricultural holdings
Wrzaszcz, Wioletta; Zegar, Józef Stanisław - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 3, pp. 377-402
Agricultural holdings have a very important role for the sustainable socio-economic development. Contemporary, the farms` activity is mainly determined by the market mechanism. Market imposes rules on agricultural holdings` functioning, on both the type and the scale of agricultural activities,...
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What Works for Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction? Evidence from the Corn Belt in the United States
Zhang, Xiaojie - 2016
by crop insurance subsidies alter fertilizer application decisions in the direction with environmental benefits. The … model predicts that farmers regularly apply more fertilizer than optimal in a given year to take advantage of yield gains in … the few years with favorable weather conditions, and that the long-term optimal fertilizer application level reduces with …
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Testimony of Professor Laurie Ristino before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business, June 21, 2018, Hearing on Accelerating Agriculture : How Regulations Im...
Ristino, Laurie - 2020
This Testimony to the House makes the following points and recommendations regarding the appropriate role of regulation in the agriculture sector, with a focus on supporting small and mid-size farms. In particular: 1. Regulation of the agriculture sector is essential to safeguard public safety...
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Insurance, moral hazard, and chemical use in agriculture
Horowitz, John Keith - In: American journal of agricultural economics 75 (1993) 4, pp. 926-935
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Greenhouse gas and nitrogen fertilizer scenarios for US agriculture and global biofuels
Elobeid, Amani; Carriquiry, Miguel; Fabiosa, Jacinto F.; … - 2011
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An economic evaluation of area yield insurance for small-scale cane growers
Clover, Theresa A.; Nieuwoudt, Wilhelmus Lieb - In: Development Southern Africa : quarterly journal 20 (2003) 2, pp. 293-305
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Market and welfare effects of mandatory country-of-origin labeling in the US specialty crops sector : an application to fresh market apples
Plastina, Alejandro; Giannakas, Kōnstantinos; Pick, … - In: Southern economic journal 77 (2011) 4, pp. 1044-1069
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Effect of health insurance coverage on labor allocation : evidence from US farm households
D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Khanal, Aditya R. - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 19, pp. 1-11
In the past three decades, farm families have relied on government payments and off-farm income to reduce income risk and increase total household income. Many studies have analyzed the role of government payments; however, little is known about the impact of health insurance coverage on labor...
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The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Agricultural Employment : Evidence from the US E-Verify Policy
Lim, Sunghun; Paik, SongYi - 2022
Immigration enforcement often brings unintended consequences in domestic labor markets. Using the universe of administrative immigration data from 2005 to 2019, we uncover evidence that the E-Verify, an employment verification mandate, exacerbates the ongoing farm labor shortage in the US....
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Bilateral Agreements and Fair Trade Practices : A Policy Analysis of the Colombia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (2006)
Fandl, Kevin - 2013
This Article brings to the attention of those public servants involved in the design and negotiation of free trade agreements between the United States and developing countries, such as Colombia, the potential benefits and drawbacks of negotiating in a bilateral forum. Rather than critiquing the...
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