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Theoretical conception of climate-smart agriculture
Collins-Sowah, Peron A. - 2018
In this paper, I explored the various components and conceptual underpinnings of climate smart agriculture to develop a … conceptual framework to better understand climate smart agriculture. Furthermore, I proposed a new definition of "climate smart … agriculture" based on the various components of the concept and the need for trade-offs and synergies. "Climate smart agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022798
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Revisiting the economic valuation of agricultural losses due to large-scale changes in pollinator populations
Lippert, Christian; Feuerbacher, Arndt; Narjes, Manuel - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 180 (2021), pp. 1-14
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820349
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Decarbonization of Costa Rica's agriculture, forestry and other land uses sectors : an application of the IEEM+ESM approach
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martín; Vargas, Renato; … - 2021
specifically on the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) sectors. To do so, we apply the Integrated Economic …
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Assessment of factors of sustainable development of the agricultural sector using the Cobb-Douglas production function
Vasyl'yeva, Olena - In: Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 7 (2021) 2, pp. 37-49
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Comparative economics of conventional, organic, and alternative agricultural production systems
Durham, Timothy C.; Mizik, Tamás - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 2, pp. 1-22
Agricultural production systems are a composite of philosophy, adoptability, and careful analysis of risks and rewards. The two dominant typologies include conventional and organics, while biotechnology (GM) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) represent situational modifiers. We conducted a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012505255
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Perceptions of farm size heterogeneity and demand for group index insurance
Vasilaky, Kathryn N.; Martínez Sáenz, Sofía; … - In: Games 11 (2020) 1/15, pp. 1-21
Weather insurance is a financial instrument proposed to increase coverage of unprotected weather shocks in developing countries. Structuring sales as group-based products has been argued as a strategy to increase the attractiveness of index insurance, raising the question as to what impacts...
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Rethinking the limits of climate change adaptation
Jamero, Ma. Laurice; Esteban, Miguel; Chadwick, Christopher - 2019
Using a case study approach, this research explores the various potential limiting factors of climate change adaptation, based on the experience of four low-lying islands in central Philippines. In the aftermath of the 2013 7.2-magnitude Bohol earthquake, the islands now become flooded even...
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Financial compass for Slovak enterprises : modeling economic stability of agricultural entities
Valaskova, Katarina; Durana, Pavol; Adamko, Peter; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 5/92, pp. 1-16
the bankruptcy models formed in conditions of the Slovak economy in the sector of agriculture. To compare their predictive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304757
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Farms versus firms in economic development : the assumptions and consequences of learning dynamics in agriculture and mnufacturing
Srinivas, Smita; Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2015
-recognizes learning and innovation in agriculture and its crossover supplier segments with manufacturing. The sections analyze … manufacturing bias; demand's effects; and differences in the technological process and links between agriculture and manufacturing …. An evolutionary approach has potential for understanding both manufacturing as well as agriculture, but should be more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057489
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Implementing result-based agri-environmental payments by means of modelling
Bartkowski, Bartosz; Droste, Nils; Ließ, Mareike; … - 2019
From a theoretical point of view, result-based agri-environmental payments are clearly preferable to action-based payments. However, they suffer from two major practical disadvantages: costs of measuring the results and payment uncertainty for the participating farmers. In this paper, we propose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058122