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L’evoluzione della presenza femminile nell’agricoltura italiana ed i nuovi tratti dell’imprenditoria delle donne

Bertolini, Paola - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2014

This paper analyses the evolution of the women work in agriculture, focusing on the development of female … entrepreneurship. Agriculture Census data and other statistical sources allow to underline the relevant transformation of female … presence in agriculture: from a total submission to the male direction up to the ’50, the industrial transformation of the …

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Using Degree Days to Value Farmland

Massetti, Emanuele; Mendelsohn, Robert; Chonabayashi, Shun - CESifo - 2014

Farmland values have traditionally been valued using seasonal temperature and precipitation. A new strand of the literature uses degree days over the growing season to predict farmland value. We find that degree days and daily temperature are interchangeable over the growing season. However, the...

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Agriculture production versus biodiversity protection: the impact of north-south unconditional transfers

Aulong, Stéphanie; Figuieres, Charles; Thoyer, Sophie - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2011

) biodiversity-rich land. Southern countries allocate optimally land and capital to two competing productive activities, agriculture …

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The Impact of Extreme Temperatures on the Main European Economic Sectors

Balan, Emilia - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 6 (2014) 3

consequences for agriculture, biodiversity, water supply, industries, tourism, transportation, etc. and generating economic losses …

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WEATHER SHOCKS AND INTER-HEMISPHERIC SUPPLY RESPONSES: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON GLOBAL FOOD MARKETS

LYBBERT, TRAVIS J.; SMITH, AARON; SUMNER, DANIEL A. - In: Climate Change Economics (CCE) 05 (2014) 04, pp. 1450010-1

Climate models predict more weather extremes in the coming decades. Weather shocks can directly reduce crop production, but their effect on food markets is partly buffered by storage and supply responses that can be complex and nuanced. We explore how inter-hemispheric trade and supply responses...

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Greenhouse gas mitigation in Chinese agriculture: distinguishing technical and economic potentials

Wang, Wen; Koslowski, Frank; Nayak, Dali Rani; Smith, Pete - Chaire d'Économie du Climat, Université … - 2013

e) in 2005, with agriculture accounting for 11% of this total. As elsewhere, agricultural emissions mitigation policy in …

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The cost of emissions mitigation by legume crops in French agriculture

Dequiedt, Benjamin; Moran, Dominic - Chaire d'Économie du Climat, Université … - 2014

the geographical heterogeneity of cost, we suggest that a policy implementing carbon pricing in agriculture would be more …

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Background Paper: Research and Development and Extension Services in Agriculture and Food Security

Wesley, Annie; Faminow, Merle - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2014

and extension to address the numerous challenges along the pathway from agriculture production and distribution to …

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Abatement costs of alternative tax systems to regulate agricultural nitrogen loss

Christensen, Jan; Hansen, Lars Gårn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

Nitrogen emissions from agriculture are considered an important environmental problem in Denmark motivating …

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The Role of Agricultural Growth in Poverty Reduction in Indonesia.

Sumarto, Sudarno; Suryahadi, Asep - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

industrialization process to put more emphasis on developing integrated agro-industries with strong linkages to agriculture will …

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