The paper analyses impacts of environmental regulation on Czech power system. We employ MESSAGE modelling platform to construct a dynamic linear optimisation energy model of the Czech power system. We analyse regulation impacts on fuel use and CO2 emission, fuel-mix and technology-mix, induced...

The European Capital of Culture (ECoC) event is increasingly understood as an ambitious investment enabling cities to reinvent themselves. In addition to its cultural dimension, it has proved to be a key catalyst to foster social cohesion, attain economic goals and/or radically improve the image...

The Changchun–Jilin–Tumen economic area is the center of the Old Northeastern Industrial Base with substantial mineral resource in Northeast China. Historical mining exploitation has caused extensive impact on environment. The objective of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the impact...

Background:Ex ante impact assessment has become a fundamental tool for effective program management, and thus, a compulsory task when establishing a new program in the European Union (EU).Objective:This article aims to analyze benefits from ex ante impact assessment, methodologies followed, and...

Dieser Bericht stellt ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Thünen-Baseline 2013 - 2023 sowie die zugrunde liegenden Annahmen dar. Für die Erstellung der Thünen-Baseline wurden eine Reihe von Modellen im Verbund eingesetzt: das allgemeine Gleichgewichtsmodell MAGNET, das partielle Gleichgewichtsmodell...

Lebensmittel müssen auf Grundlage bestehender EU-Vorschriften gekennzeichnet werden, wenn das Lebensmittel oder einer der verwendeten Inhaltsstoffe gentechnisch verändert oder aus einem gentechnisch veränderten Organismus hergestellt ist. Dabei ist es unerheblich, ob die gentechnische...

Accidents occurring on mechanized farms have been a thing of concern to farmers and researchers both within and outside Nigeria. An investigation into the causes and prevention of farm accidents on mechanized farm was carried out in Benue, Federal Capital Territory, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger and...

Poverty is a concept that applies to all humans and more seriously to people in the developing world. The deadly effect of poverty on the poor necessitated a worldwide research into ways of reducing its impact. An important tool in fighting poverty is microfinance which has gained prominence...

Information asymmetry has traditionally constrained smallholder farmers’ access to markets. Past studies indicate that it inhibits adoption of modern technologies that have the capacity to enhance productivity of smallholder farms. Hence, farm productivity and agricultural transformation is...