and soybean yields using remotely-sensed tillage practice adoption data in 646 counties across 12 Corn Belt states from … negatively affects corn or soybean yields. We also find that it can mitigate the impact of drought on soybean yields. We explore … how wider use of conservation tillage might offset the increase in drought-induced downside risk to soybean yields under …

, wheat is providing 21% of the food calories and 20% of the protein to more than 4.5 billion people. Wheat production is … total world harvest (EUROSTAT). In the next decades it is expected an increase in the global demand of food, and of wheat in … will allow for greater food consumption. To help reaching the goal of improved wheat productivity for global food security …

reduction of post-harvest losses resulting in food shortage, and allowing for gains from inter-temporal trade due to potential … arbitrage opportunities arising out of volatility in food grain prices. This paper provides empirical evidence on a lesser …

reduction of post-harvest losses resulting in food shortage, and allowing for gains from inter-temporal trade due to potential … arbitrage opportunities arising out of volatility in food grain prices. This paper provides empirical evidence on a lesser …

The purpose of this paper is to study the compensation for in ation risks priced in sovereign bond yields. And we do so … expected and unexpected in ation shocks embedded in sovereign bond yields; and provides estimates of the real risk-free rate …. We show that nominal sovereign bond yields for Germany, France, Japan and the United States, reflect, over the more …