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Darf es heute etwas Landwirtschaft sein? Über das Image der Landwirtschaft in Deutschland

Helmle, Simone - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 35-58

Wherever communication about agriculture takes place, its image is rather positive, and negative headlines do not … necessarily have an impact on the image of farming. This applies to agriculture in general but especially to farms working with … organic methods. What influences people´s perceptions of agriculture? This question is addressed using a structural equation …

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How Much Should Swiss Farmers Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Reduction? A Meta-Analytical Approach

Hartmann, Michael; Hediger, Werner; Peter, Simon - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 1 (2008) 1, pp. 183-218

The debate about future climate policy involves the question about the contribution of agriculture in meeting overall … studies, and that allows us to assess the optimal level and economic value of agriculture’s contribution to meeting national … reduction, Swiss agriculture will contribute 17 to 28 % to the national Kyoto target until 2010. This reduction corresponds to …

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Climate Change Mitigation in Swiss Agricultural Practice

Karrer, Simone L.; Barjolle, Dominique - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 105-130

This paper investigates farmers’ response to climate change mitigation strategies in Swiss agriculture. It reports the …

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Social Networks Analysis of the Ivorian Agricultural Sector Regarding Adaptation to Climate Change

Schmitt, Emilia; Comoé, Hermann; Barjolle, Dominique - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 81-108

In the context of climate change in developing countries, smallholder farmers need strategies and institutional support in order to adapt. The goal of this paper is to identify and analyze stakeholder networks in the agricultural sector of Côte d’Ivoire to evaluate the institutional support...

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Non-family Labour in the Swiss Agriculture: A Status Report and Future Prospects

Chau, Huey Shy; Kumar, Awanish; Lieberherra, Silva - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 7 (2014) 1, pp. 1-10

Although agricultural labour productivity has been increasing due to technical progress, agricultural holdings continue to be under price pressure. We argue that we need to critically engage with Swiss production conditions from the workers› perspectives. This paper focuses on the working...

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Effiziente Erbringung von Umweltleistungen durch landwirtschaftliche Betriebe - Empirische Studie in vier Agrarregionen Bayerns

Eckstein, Karin; Kantelhardt, Jochen; Hoffmann, Helmut - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 1 (2008) 1, pp. 233-258

Landwirtschaft durch Ausgleichszahlungen zu fördern. Hierzu wird in Bayern das Kulturlandschaftsprogramm (KULAP) zur freiwilligen …

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The embodiment of agricultural machine work of young Swiss farm manageresses

Rossier, Ruth; Picard, Rachel - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 311-328

This article focuses on the embodiment of agricultural machine work and the construction of gendered identity in young Swiss farm manageresses. Our data is based on two focus groups of women who run their own farms. Unlike farming women, these women are meant to operate machinery in one way or...

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Meteorological, agricultural and socioeconomic drought in the Duhok Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan

Eklund, Lina; Seaquist, Jonathan - In: Natural Hazards 76 (2015) 1, pp. 421-441

Drought is a recurrent natural hazard that is expected to increase in the future due to anthropogenic climate change. The Middle East region witnessed a drought period between 2007 and 2009 that has been reported to have severe consequences for the population, especially in Syria and Iraq. This...

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Small Island States in the Pacific; the Tyranny of Distance

Becker, Chris - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper seeks to document key characteristics of small island states in the Pacific. It restricts itself to a limited number of indicators which are macro-orientated - population, fertility of land, ability to tap into economies of scale, income, and geographic isolation. It leaves aside...

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Africa's Got Work to Do; Employment Prospects in the New Century

Fox, Louise; Haines, Cleary; Munoz, Jorge Huerta; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

demographic outcomes. Agriculture still employs the majority of the labor force although workers are shifting slowly out of the …

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