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Sustainability and multifunctionality in French farms: Analysis of the implementation of Territorial Farming Contracts

Gafsi, Mohamed; Nguyen, Geneviève; Legagneux, Bruno; … - In: Agriculture and Human Values 23 (2006) 4, pp. 463-475

Sustainable agriculture and ways to achieve it are important issues for agricultural policy. However, the concept of sustainability has yet to be made operational in many agricultural situations, and only a few studies so far have addressed the implementation process of sustainable agriculture....

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Evaluacion comparativa multifuncional de sistemas agrarios mediante AHP: aplicacion al olivar ecologico, integrado y convencional en Andalucía

Lopez, Carlos Parra; Calatrava-Requena, Javier; … - In: Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales 05 (2005) 09

, olivar. ABSTRACT Even though multifunctionality concept is reflected, implicit or explicitly, in the design of actual …

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Opinion publica sobre la multifuncionalidad del regadío: el caso de Castilla y Leon

Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio; Gomez-Ramos, Almudena - In: Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales 07 (2007) 13

social function is the element of multifunctionality considered most relevant regarding the perceived social welfare. Resumen …

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The Effect of Off-farm Work on the Intensity of Agricultural Production

Phimister, E.; Roberts, D. - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 34 (2006) 4, pp. 493-515

Changes in agricultural production methods have been associated with environmental pressure and a loss of natural habitats. This paper explores the extent to which farmer participation in off-farm work (an increasing phenomenon in most developed countries) changes the intensity of agricultural...

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MULTIFUNCTIONALITY AND NON-AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY OF PUBLIC GOODS

le Cotty, Tristan; Voituriez, Tancrede - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003

When public goods are joint outputs of agricultural production, there is a trade-off between agricultural and non-agricultural provision of the public good. The principle of minimal price distortion in the reform of agricultural policies has led to a theoretical recommendation that public goods,...

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Achieving Environmental Objectives Under Reduced Domestic Agricultural Support and Trade Liberalization: An Empirical Application to Taiwan

Chang, Hung-Hao; Boisvert, Richard N.; Blandford, David - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 34 (2005) 1

We focus on rice policy reform required for Taiwan's admission to the WTO, and examine the effects, theoretically and empirically, of the re-instrumentation of domestic policy needed to achieve environmental objectives when both positive and negative environmental externalities exist. Policies...

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Multifunctional agriculture: an analysis of country specialization and regional differentiation

Pierangeli, Fabio; Henke, Roberto; Coronas, M.G. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

multifunctionality at the EU level that is more and more visible moving from an aggregated territorial level (Member Stares) toward a …

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Evaluating Multifunctional Activities as Rural Institution in Japan

Ohe, Yasuo - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The relationship between multifunctionality and the roles of rural communities has not been discussed fully although … conditions. Consequently, programs to enhance multifunctionality should respect hamlet conditions that represent different levels … of institutional jointness of multifunctional activity rather than treat multifunctionality as a single concept. Secondly …

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NON-TRADE CONCERNS AND DOMESTIC/INTERNATIONAL POLICY CHOICE

Blandford, David; Boisvert, Richard N. - International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium - IATRC - 2002

move towards freer trade. We review the basis of several of these concerns, focusing particularly on multifunctionality …

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Multifunctionality and the European Common Agricultural Policy: A Theoretical Problem

Kyed, Karsten; Kaergard, Niels; Zobbe, Henrik - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

The multifunctional character of agriculture is used as a main argument for agricultural support. This argument is theoretical analyzed in a model with decreasing marginal utility and it is shown that such a support must depend on the size of the agricultural sector. Consequently the argument is...

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