effectiveness of pesticides in reducing crop losses amongst vegetable farmers in Nepal. …

specification of dynamic crop production that decomposes static short run crop acreage allocation decisions and dynamic crop yield … aggregate weather data. Using this framework an analytical model of the impacts of CAIS on crop production is developed …

This study investigates the environmental impact of a government subsidy program for crop insurance in China. It looks … at how crop insurance scheme in Xinjiang province affects the way cotton farmers use fertilizers, pesticides and plastic … their over-use is not encouraged. The study finds that crop insurance helps protect farmers from the economic impact of crop …

in México, not only rich in inter- and infra-crop species diversity, but also in landraces of maize, which are building … blocks for future improvements in this globally important staple crop. Even though they are still widely cultivated across …

adoption of technologies. In both study areas, priority is given to adoption of crop production augmenting technologies … followed by technologies that complement crop production (Ada) and contribute to increases in milk production (Selale … more pre-conditions related to livestock production while Selale farmers require more preconditions related crop production …

its soil amendment properties. In particular, we consider the carbon emissions avoided when biochar is applied to … agricultural soil, instead of agricultural lime, the amount of carbon sequestered, and the value of carbon offsets, assuming there … is an established carbon trading mechanism for biochar soil application. We use winter wheat production in Eastern …

Bhutan: many villages and settlements are inaccessible, some at altitudes that strongly influence crop selection and …