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Shocks, vulnerability and income generating capacity of rural households: Evidence from Southeast Asia

Bühler, Dorothee; Cunningham, Wendy - 2018

Against the background of rising weather risks this paper seeks to understand how risks impact the income generating capacity of rural households in Southeast Asia. In this study, we use assets to predict households' income generating capacity and examine the role of different shock categories...

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Is it worth being good? The efficiency and risk of socially responsible investing in light of various empirical studies

Jedynak, Tomasz - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 13 (2017) 3, pp. 1-14

The paper discusses the issue of the effects of using SRI strategies on performance and risk of investment portfolios. During the research procedure, a number of goals were executed which is reflected by the article's structure. In the first place, potential directions of the effects of using...

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An Analysis of the "Bio" / "Eco" Products Market, Referring to the EU and Romania

Bostan, Ionel - In: CES Working Papers 8 (2016) 1, pp. 33-44

The EU and Canada represent the largest market in the world for the sale of ecological products attracting exports from many third countries and recording a total sale of 95% of the worldwide total market. The European market for ecological products – also known as “bio” / “eco” – in...

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Exportaciones de productos primarios y manufacturas de origen agropecuario en Argentina

Lanteri, Luis N. - 2017

This paper investigates the sources of fluctuations in exports of primary products and manufactures of agricultural origin in Argentina, using structural VEC models (Structural Vector Error Correction) and annual data covering the period 1980-2016. To this end, long term restrictions are imposed...

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Can Non-point Phosphorus Emissions from Agriculture be Regulated efficiently using Input-Output Taxes?

Hansen, Line Block; Hansen, Lars Gårn - 2012

In many parts of Europe and North America, phosphorus loss from cultivated fields is threatening natural ecosystems. Though there are similarities to other non-point agricultural emissions like nitrogen that have been studied extensively, phosphorus is often characterised by the presence of...

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Does agricultural value added induce environmental degradation? Empirical evidence from an agrarian country

Agboola, Mary O.; Bekun, Festus V. - 2019

This study empirically investigates the agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in an agrarian framework. Annual time series data from 1981−2014 was employed using Augmented Dickey−Fuller and the Phillips−Perron (PP) unit root test complemented by the Zivot and Andrews...

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Growth enhancement support scheme (GESS) and farmers' fertilizer use in rural Nigeria

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019

Agricultural Organization (FAO). The objective of this investigation was to identify the determinant factors of farmers … fertilizer use in rural areas. One thousand, two hundred rural farmers were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria … fertilizer among the rural farmers; and that contact with extension agents, ownership of mobile phones, power for charging phone …

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The influence of meteorological factors on the production of maize crop in the South-Muntenia region

Bădan, Daniela Nicoleta - 2018

The impacts of climate change on the area's agricultural potential and their economic and social effects on sustainable development in the environment are a topical and future issue. The paper aims at assessing the potential areas in the South-Muntenia Region, identifying, quantifying and...

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Evolution of the amount of chemical and natural fertilizers used in Romania between 2007 and 2016

Smedescu, Dragoș Ion; Tudor, Valentina Constanța; … - 2018

largest producers of chemical fertilizers used by Romanian farmers come from the European Union, so that they have discovered … provide farmers with consultants meant to offer them solutions dedicated to their needs. In Romania, an overwhelming natural …

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Simulated vs. Empirical Weather Responsiveness of Crop Yields: U.S. Evidence and Implications for the Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change

Mistry, Malcolm N.; Wing, Ian Sue; De Cian, Enrica - 2017

Global gridded crop models (GGCMs) are the workhorse of assessments of the agricultural impacts of climate change. Yet the changes in crop yields projected by different models in response to the same meteorological forcing can differ substantially. Through an inter-method comparison, we provide...

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