In this paper we present a two stage game of political lobbying for policies designed to enhance environmental quality. Unlike previous work which has tended to assume perfect monitoring of environmental quality in lobbying games we allow for imperfect monitoring of environmental quality. We...

In a predominantly agricultural country like India, women play distinctive role in rural economic activities in earning a livelihood for the family. Except in the case of rich landowners and the upper castes, women of other categories are engaged in both the production and marketing of products...

Agricultural credit plays an important role in enhancing the agricultural productivity in developing countries like Pakistan. The study discusses various indicators of agricultural credit in Pakistan and presents results of estimated production function using institutional credit as one of the...

Abstract This article is a part of a twin study. Drawing on the available evidence, in this paper the author examines the cost of compliance with Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures for poor countries with reference to Africa. He shows that the burden of cost of compliance is entirely on...

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...