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Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater in Austria: Determinants and Indicators
Wick, Katharina; Heumesser, Christine; Schmid, Erwin - 2010
Nitrogen is an important input to agricultural production but also detrimentally affects the environmental quality of air, soil and water. Identifying the determinants of nitrate pollution and in turn defining sensible performance indicators to design, enforce and monitor regulatory policies is...
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Chapter 60 Past Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
Mendelsohn, Robert - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 3: …, (pp. 3009-3031). 2007
This paper examines the likely impact on agriculture of the climate change which has already taken place between 1960 …, and carbon dioxide response functions are used to calculate the impacts on agriculture. Temperature and precipitation … overall growth of agriculture has been small, contributing between 2.6% and 5.4% of overall growth. This effect has been …
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Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater: Determinants and Indicators
Wick, Katharina; Heumesser, Christine; Schmid, Erwin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Nitrogen is an important input to agricultural production but also detrimentally affects the environmental quality of air, soil and water. Identifying the determinants of nitrate pollution and in turn defining sensible performance indicators to design, enforce and monitor regulatory policies is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201369
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Determinants of Farm Household Socio-Economic Vulnerability Induced by Climate Change in Maharashtra, India – Regression Tree Approach
Adhav, Chaitanya Ashok; R, Sendhil; Chandel, Balwant S.; … - 2023
Climate change is a serious threat to Maharashtra’s agrarian economy due to persistent droughts, floods, irregular rainfall, etc. In this context, the present study was carried out during 2020–21 in three districts of Maharashtra, viz. Parbhani, Sindhudurg and Ahmednagar based on the extent...
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Does manure management regulation work against agglomeration economies? Evidence from French hog production
Gaigné, Carl; Le Gallo, Julie; Larue, Solène; … - 2010
The well-known rise in the geographical concentration of hog production suggests the presence of agglomeration economies related to spatial spillovers and inter-dependencies among industries. In this paper, we examine whether manure management regulation restricting manure application per acre...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332716
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Kurz zum Klima: Überdüngung und Lachgasemissionen
Lippelt, Jana - In: ifo Schnelldienst 64 (2011) 23, pp. 81-83
Die Ausbringung von Düngern hat nicht nur ertragssteigernde Vorteile, sie kann auch zu erheblichen Umweltbelastungen führen. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die weltweite Überdüngung und die daraus entstehenden Lachgasemissionen.
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The Contextual Forces Which Shape Performance Definition : Swinging Towards and Away from Sustainability
Scorsone, Eric A. - 2009
While it is indisputable that performance measurement has become a centerpiece of governance in the late 20th and early 21st century, it is unclear in many cases if “performance” implies the same concept across cultures and countries. A variety of definitions of performance are in use among...
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Factors Influencing Carbon Dioxide Emissions in South Asian Economies : An Econometric Analysis
Islam, Mohammed Syedul - 2021
Climate Change and global warming are two concerning issues in the contemporary world. Greenhouse Gas emissions particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are responsible for this climate change. Both natural and human made factors causes excessive CO2 emissions. This paper investigates the...
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Does manure management regulation work against agglomeration economies? : evidence from French hog production
Gaigné, Carl; Le Gallo, Julie; Larue, Solène; … - 2010
The well-known rise in the geographical concentration of hog production suggests the presence of agglomeration economies related to spatial spillovers and inter-dependencies among industries. In this paper, we examine whether manure management regulation restricting manure application per acre...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571131
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Indústria de Reciclados no Brasil: estrutura produtiva e contribuição socioambiental nos municípios de Cuiabá e Várzea Grande em Mato Grosso
Domingos, Hélde; Faria, Alexandre Magno De Melo; … - In: Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica 22 (2014) July, pp. 85-100
A indústria de reciclados tem sido observada e analisada pela economia basicamente pela sua capacidade de ofertar matéria-prima secundária ao setor produtivo. Usando dados estruturais de firmas que realizam a produção de resíduos sólidos nos municípios de Cuiabá e Várzea Grande em Mato...
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