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Fighting against drought in Dobrogea by protective forest belts

Lup, Aurel; Miron, Liliana - 2014

case, the lack of the water. During 1949 and 1955, studies were carried out concerning the damages produced by drought and …

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Fighting against drought in Dobrogea by protective forest belts

Lup, Aurel; Miron, Liliana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

case, the lack of the water. During 1949 and 1955, studies were carried out concerning the damages produced by drought and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150757

Toward a political ecology of migration : land, labor migration, and climate change in northwestern Nicaragua

Radel, Claudia; Schmook, Birgit; Carte, Lindsey; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 108 (2018), pp. 263-273

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Stochastic Valuation of Hybrid Rice Technology in Arkansas

Lyman, Nathaniel; Nalley, Lawton Lanier - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

Despite the rapid producer adoption of hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) in recent years, the economic advantage of hybrid rice in the mid-Southern United States remains disputed. This study compares the economic risk and return of three popularly sown hybrid rice varieties: XL723, Clearfield® (CL)...

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Drought impacts and related risk management by smallholder farmers in developing countries: evidence from Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

Murendo, Conrad; Keil, Alwin; Zeller, Manfred - Institut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen … - 2010

drought impacts, drought risk management, and resulting drought resilience in Awash River Basin of Ethiopia based on socio …-economic data collected from 43 randomly selected Peasant Associations. We find that severe drought periods have led to a … significant depression of crop yields and to widespread death of livestock in the past. Drought periods have drastically increased …

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WHAT DOES A DRY SEASON MEAN TO THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY? A CGE INVESTIGATION

Islam, Nazrul - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2003

In this paper, by applying a Computable General Equilibrium model for Western Australia (called WAG), the impact of the 2002 dry season on the State’s wider economy is quantitatively analysed. An estimate of 40 percent loss in the production of five major groups of agricultural commodities is...

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Alternative Hedging Strategies in Maize Production to Cope with Climate Variability and Change

Fuhrer, Jurg; Beniston, Martin; Calanca, Pierluigi; … - 2007

effectiveness of using weather derivatives to hedge against drought risks forrain-fed grain maize production was investigated for …

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Water productivity in agriculture: limits and opportunities for improvement.

Barker, Randolph; Molden, David J. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

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Finding ways to boost productivity and reduce poverty through better water management in Africa

International Water Management Institute (IWMI); …

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Farmgate, Processor, and Consumer Price Transmissions in the Wheat Sector

Babula, Ronald A.; Bessler, David A. - In: Journal of Agricultural Economics Research (1989) 3

farmgate, processor, and consumer prices of wheat-related goods. An increase (presumably drought-induced) in farmgate wheat …

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