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Pagos por carbono en America Latina: de la experiencia de proyectos piloto a la implementatcion a gran escala
Borner, Jan; Wunder, Sven; Armas, Angel - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2011) 228
Deforestacion y Degradacion Forestal (REDD). Todacia no existe una evicencia clara sobre la efectividad comparatica de los esquemas … conservacionistas de forma compatible con objectivos sociales. La viabilidad economica del mecanismo de PSA bajo el esquema REDD parece …, such as those contemplated under a future Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) mechanism. Evidence …
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Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection
van Benthem, Arthur; Kerr, Suzi - 2011
Voluntary opt-in programs to reduce emissions in unregulated sectors or countries have spurred considerable discussion. Since any regulator will make errors in predicting baselines and participants will self-select into the program, adverse selection will reduce efficiency and possibly...
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The impact of rural electric access on deforestation rates
Tanner, Andrew M.; Johnston, Alison L. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 94 (2017), pp. 174-185
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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...
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Do Farmers Internalise External Impacts of Pesticides in Production?
Skevas, Theodoros; Stefanou, Spiro E.; Oude Lansink, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
In modern agriculture, pesticides feature so prominently in growers’ arsenal to reduce crop damage caused by various pests and diseases. But their indiscriminate use can harm human health and the environment and, eventually, impact agricultural productivity negatively. In an era of an...
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The impact of the Single Farm Payments on the Expenditure on Fertilizers and crop protection inputs: a comparative study of the Italian agriculture
Vollaro, Michele - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The Health Check (HC) of the European Common Agricultural Policy in 2003 sped up the process of policy reforms toward decoupled payments in order to urge agricultural production to respond to market signals. However, since decoupled payments could generate “coupled” effects on production, it...
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Sustainability assessment of olive grove in Andalusia: A methodological proposal
Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio; Riesgo, Laura - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Recently the olive sector has had important changes in Andalusia due to both the enlargement and the intensification of farming. The expansion of the olive grove in Andalusia is causing sustainability problems, not only from the socio-economic dimension (profit reduction) but environmental...
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Technical efficiency and environmental pressures of pig farms in Hungary
Latruffe, Laure; Desjeux, Yann; Fogarasi, Jozsef; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Pig farming is one of the strongest polluters of water resources due to its intensive production techniques and slurry rejection. Several European countries have already introduced environmental regulations aiming at reducing the pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, but not...
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Relationships between Agricultural policies and Environmental Effects in Japan: An Environmental-Economic Integrated Model Approach
Sasaki, Hiroki - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
This study investigates the optimal agricultural land use allocation and nitrogen application to a representative … parcels of land. This study adopts an integrated approach—a decision-making economic model for representative farms is …
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An evaluation of the economic impact of Climate Change through a three-stages Discrete Stochastic Programming model
Cortignani, Raffaele; Dono, Gabriele; Doro, Luca; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
area adapt itself with a low cost by use of land and cultural practices. This cost, however, is very high for some farms …
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