Cattle rearing in humid west Africa was nearly impossible in the past owing to the prevalence of trypanosomiasis, a disease caused by the tsetse fly. However, in recent times, with population pressure, jungle clearance, crop cultivation and tsetse control measures, the challenge has been...

We estimate the impact of the removal of a railway transportation subsidy on the adoption of technology for Western Canadian farms, using a unique combination of Census and freight rate data. We exploit the large regional variation in these one-time freight rate increases in order to identify...

This paper examines the ecosystem impacts of transgenic Bt cotton technology resulting from reduced chemical pesticide use. Employing unique panel data from smallholder farmers in central and southern India, negative environmental and health effects of pesticide use are quantified with the...

A fóliaalagutas dinnyetermesztésben alkalmazható technológiák a terméshozamban mérhető eltéréseket eredményeznek. Feltételeztük, hogy a hagyományostól eltérő fóliaperforálással nagyobb terméshozamot, valamint nagyobb nyereséget lehet elérni. Ehhez a...