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Impact of water scarcity in Australia on global food security in an era of climate change

Ejaz Qureshi, M.; Hanjra, Munir A.; Ward, John - In: Food Policy 38 (2013) C, pp. 136-145

and altered composition of products exported attributed to the severe 2000–2009 drought are also analysed to highlight the …

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Can British Columbia Achieve Electricity Self-Sufficiency and Meet its Renewable Portfolio Standard?

van Kooten, Gerrit Cornelis; Sopinka, Amy; Wong, Linda - Department of Economics, University of Victoria - 2012

British Columbia’s energy policy is at a crossroads; the province has set a goal of electricity self-sufficiency, a 93% renewable portfolio standard and provincial natural gas strategy that could increase electricity consumption by 2,500-3,800 MW. To ascertain the reality of BC’s supply...

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Extreme weather and civil war in Somalia: Does drought fuel conflict through livestock price shocks?

Maystadt, Jean-Francois; Ecker, Olivier; Mabiso, Athur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

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A longitudinal examination of business performance indicators for drought-affected farms

Lawes, R.A.; Kingwell, R.S. - In: Agricultural Systems 106 (2012) 1, pp. 94-101

the drought. In addition, 9% of farms had levels of equity below 80% at the start of the investigation, but actually …

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The psychological impact of chronic environmental adversity: Responding to prolonged drought

Stain, Helen J.; Kelly, Brian; Carr, Vaughan J.; Lewin, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 11, pp. 1593-1599

associated with the psychological impact of drought. Resilience or adaptive response to drought has received even less attention … than vulnerability factors. This research examined factors associated with drought impact in rural and remote Australian … areas of prolonged drought exposure. Outcome measures were: (i) psychological distress (Kessler 10) and (ii) an index of …

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Droughts and Gender Bias in Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Flatø, Martin; Kotsadam, Andreas - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2014

Are African girls more exposed than boys to risk of infant mortality during crises and if so, is the difference due to discrimination? To answer these questions, we combine retrospective fertility data on over 1.5 million births from Demographic and Health Surveys with data on rainfall...

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The Effects of Drought on Crop Yields and Yield Variability in Sahel

Boubacar, Inoussa - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

Drought is widespread in Sahel, and its persistent occurrence has caused substantial damages to the agricultural sector …. The severity of drought and the related damages to the agricultural sector are expected to increase due to global warming …. In this paper, I examine the economic impacts of drought on Sahel agriculture. The maximum likelihood estimators of the …

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Canadian prairie rural communities: their vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities to drought

Wittrock, Virginia; Kulshreshtha, Suren; Wheaton, Elaine - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 16 (2011) 3, pp. 267-290

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Institutions under stress and people in distress: institution-building and drought in a new settlement scheme in Sri Lanka

Merrey, D. J.; Somaratne, P. G. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 1989

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Trends in Farm Sector Output and Exports

Rayner, Vanessa; Tan, Nicholas; Ward, Nick - In: RBA Bulletin (2010) December, pp. 1-8

composition of farm production has moved towards crops and away from livestock. This has had an impact on how drought affects … overall farm output, as crop production tends to fall sharply and then recover quickly when the drought breaks, while …

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