The concept of sustainable economic growth is closely linked with the agricultural growth. This is especially true in the context of under-developed countries. Pakistan is a typical under-developed country that has huge labor force employed in conventional rural economy and more than half of the...

Plants harbor a diverse microbiome existing as bacterial populations on the leaf surface (the phyllosphere) and within plant tissues (endophytes). The composition of this microbiome has been largely unexplored in fresh produce vegetables, where studies have tended to focus on pathogen detection...

The debate about future climate policy involves the question about the contribution of agriculture in meeting overall greenhouse gas mitigation targets. From an economic perspective, this calls for assessing and equalizing marginal mitigation costs across different sectors. To this end, we...

Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf das Produktionsrisiko in der Weizenproduktion an drei ausgewählten bayerischen Standorten. Zur Analyse der Auswirkungen möglicher klimatischer Veränderungen auf Naturalerträge bei verschiedenen...

Die Alpwirtschaft erfüllt im Rahmen einer multifunktionalen Landwirtschaft vielfältige Funktionen. Sie besitzt eine enorme ökonomische Bedeutung für die Schweizer Berglandwirtschaft, trägt sie doch mit über 30 % zum Einkommen in dieser Region bei. Prognosen mit dem Sektormodell SILAS...

The production of biomass for energy has emerged into a new, important market for agriculture in Germany. As climate protection remains the main objective for renewable energy production, the assessment and reduction of its environmental impacts are becoming increasingly important. This...

In this study, the apple production in the three most important apple- growing regions in Switzerland (Wallis, Vaud and Thurgau) are analysed. The amount of water which is used to irrigate a standard orchard will be identified via water balance model (Grattan et al. 1998). On the basis of the...

Die Agrarpolitik verfolgt neben der Sicherstellung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit das Ziel, Umweltleistungen der Landwirtschaft durch Ausgleichszahlungen zu fördern. Hierzu wird in Bayern das Kulturlandschaftsprogramm (KULAP) zur freiwilligen Teilnahme für die Landwirte angeboten. In der...

The liberalization of Swiss agricultural markets will not only decrease crop price levels but is also expected to increase the volatility of prices. Even though these potential increases in price volatilities for Swiss producers are acknowledged as an important fact, no empirical estimates are...