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Aerobic Rice: Benefits without going to the Gym?

Bayot, Ruvicyn; Templeton, Deborah J. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

per unit of grain produced than crops such as wheat and maize. With growing populations, increased urbanisation and …

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Potential economic impacts of providing for Aquaculture Management Areas in Canterbury

Meyer-Hubbert, Gerit; Cullen, Ross - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2004

This research estimates the commercial costs and benefits associated with selected aquaculture projects in the Canterbury region. Mussel farming employment will most likely be generated in coastal communities that at present have few employment opportunities. These communities are likely to...

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Modeling the Regional Economic Impacts of the 2007/08 Drought: Results and Lessons

Butcher, G.V; Ford, Stuart - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

The 2007-08 drought affected a large area of New Zealand. This paper describes the analytical framework used to estimate the associated regional and national economic impacts. Results suggest that calculating drought economic impacts by applying standard farming industry multipliers to changes...

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Canal irrigation management by tribal communities: case study of AKRSP(I) supported PIM societies [including IWMI-TATA Water Policy Programme] in South Gujarat.

Mukherji, Aditi; Verma, Shilp; Rath, Prabhat - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

AB Provision of irrigation has been thought to be crucial in improving the livelihoods of millions of tribals in Central belt of India, who are locked in perpetual poverty. Green Revolution Technology, which has been at the heart of Indiaٳ agricultural development, has more or less bypassed the...

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The potential impact of climate change on Taiwan's agriculture

Chang, Ching-Cheng - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 27 (2002) 1

This paper intends to estimate tbe potential impact of climate change on Taiwan's agricultural sector. Yield response regression models are used to investigate the climate change's impact on 60 crops. A price-endogenous mathematical programming model is tben used to simulate tbe welfare impacts...

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Costs and benefits of higher tariffs on wheat imports to South Africa

McDonald, Scott; Punt, Cecilia; Rantho, Lillian; van … - 2008

Low international wheat prices, caused by tariffs and subsidies in developed countries, have been blamed for causing … describe and quantify the effects of increased tariffs (by up to 25 percentage points) on the local wheat industry, other … government are also analysed. The results show that the benefits to the wheat industry are highly concentrated and smaller than …

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STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF TRAIT COMMERCIALIZATION IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) GRAINS: THE CASE OF GM WHEAT

Huso, Scott R.; Wilson, William W. - 2005

applied to the case of Roundup Ready® (RR) and fusarium resistant (FR) HRS wheat, although the general structure of the models …

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INCENTIVE CONTRACTS TO MEET FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN WHEAT PURCHASING

Wilson, William W.; Maxwell, Brett J.; Dahl, Bruce L. - 2004

Consistency of functional characteristics in hard red spring (HRS) wheat is a concern confronting sellers and buyers … cents per bushel for low quality wheat and a premium of 36 cents per bushel if high quality is achieved. The premium for …

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WELFARE IMPLICATIONS OF INTRODUCING BIOTECH TRAITS IN A MARKET WITH SEGMENTS AND SEGREGATION COSTS: THE CASE OF ROUNDUP READY® WHEAT--SUMMARY

Wilson, William W.; DeVuyst, Eric A.; Koo, Won W.; … - 2005

Roundup Ready® Wheat (RRW) was one of the first genetically modified (GM) traits for the wheat sector and was under … equilibrium model of the higher-protein hard wheat market and assess the changes in the distribution of welfare associated with … increases by $252 million. Producers of hard red spring (HRS) wheat in the United States and Canada win, while hard red winter …

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INCENTIVE CONTRACTS TO MEET FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN WHEAT PURCHASING -- SUMMARY

Wilson, William W.; Maxwell, Brett J.; Dahl, Bruce L. - 2004

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