O objetivo deste artigo é o de coletar e agregar dados e informações econômicas e sociais sobre a região da Amazônia Legal, de forma a auxiliar na análise sobre a proposta de implantação de usinas hidrelétricas previstas no Plano de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC). A fundamentação...

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo estimar o valor de visitação da Rua do Porto (ex-Rua da Praia), em Piracicaba (SP), que está localizada à margem esquerda do rio Piracicaba e antigamente habitada por pescadores e construtores de barcos. Hoje é área de preservação histórica, ainda...

The main objective of this study was to understand the rural energy consumption of the farming households. The data used for the study were obtained through a four-stage sampling procedure which resulted in a sample size of 120 households. Logistic regression procedure was used to determine the...

Preserving, managing and improving the health of forest ecosystems worldwide will require equitable leadership and participation from both women and men. Understanding gendered motivations to conserve forest ecosystems may contribute to the design of programs that enable sustainable management...

This study employs stochastic DEA approach for measuring irrigation water efficiency of wheat farms in irrigated areas of Chbika (Central Tunisia). Data was collected from 170 wheat farms during 2010-2011cropping season. The empirical results show that the average water use efficiency calculated...

Etant donné l’ampleur du phénomène de la salinité en Tunisie, sa prise en compte dans le calcul économique devient de plus en plus indispensable. il s’agit d’internaliser cette externalité à travers l’ajustement des coûts par la valeur économique de la dégradation. Le choix a...

The efficiency with which farmers use available resources is very important in agricultural production. This study examines the resource use efficiency of cassava-based mixed crop farmers in Ogun and Oyo States, Nigeria. Cross-sectional data were collected from 265 cassava-based farmers (150 in...

Using household data from the 2009 General Household Survey, this paper examines the role of natural resource scarcity in rural development in South Africa, with a particular focus on water scarcity. It seeks to examine whether there is a direct link between household water and economic poverty...