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of production in Kazakhstan's traditionally nomadic livestock sector. Experts see considerable potential for output … livestock and future greenhouse gas emissions. We focus on the beef sector, using original survey data and interviews from south …-eastern Kazakhstan to compare rural households and farms by production strategy, generated using cluster analysis from data on livestock …
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pasture, long-distance migration of animals in fall and/or winter, and reduction of livestock stocking rates. …Climate change threatens grassland ecosystems and herders’ livelihoods in Mongolia. Herders depend on pasture and water … resources for their livestock, and are thus among the most vulnerable groups to climate change impacts. However, although …
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This research paper examines some of the key trends in Australia’s agriculture sector over the last 20 years or so. While continuing to grow in absolute terms, the size and importance of agriculture has declined relative to the rest of the economy. Within the sector, there have been marked...
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future impacts from climate change. Climate risks to forestry, pasture, and livestock are potential risks that need to be …Climate change is likely to affect commercial forest and pasture land use and production activities. As such … paper reviews and characterizes climate change adaptation modeling of forestry and pasture land use by IAMs, as well as …
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livestock to adapt to a severe typhoon. We, therefore, make use of a natural experiment coming from the strong typhoon Ketsana … typhoon. While they decrease the area planted for staple crops, i.e., rice and cassava, they tend to purchase more livestock … livestock raising, which emphasizes the contraction of crop farming in the aftermath of this type of event. …
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livestock to adapt to a severe typhoon.We, therefore, make use of a natural experiment coming from the strong typhoon Ketsana in …. While they decrease the crops-planted area, they tend to purchase more livestock in the short term and in the medium term …. Our paper not only indicates the adjustment to the crop-livestock system as an adaptation strategy to a severe typhoon …
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Despite its relevance for agricultural production, biodiversity and landscape aesthetics, grazing livestock is rarely … considered in research on public landscape preferences. This paper studies public preferences for pasture usage in Germany by the … means of a discrete choice experiment. The results indicate that there is a general willingness to pay (WTP) for livestock …
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