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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
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Rudelich, John 2015-10-02 Transcript

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Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

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ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
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Malmberg, Edward 2015-03-08 Transcript

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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets

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ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez, Olga Isengildina Massa, Michael Liam Smith, Nicole Olynk Widmar   +3 more
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Goode, Merle 2015-06-26 Transcript

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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

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ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
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Heinen, Henry 2015-06-17 Transcript

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Implementing a climate-resilient and inclusive WASH guidance in Indonesia: A mixed-methods case study. [PDF]

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Landa S, Fahrunnisa, Lebu S, Noerdiyanti N, Manga M.   +4 more
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Drought Exposure and Dynamic Input Adjustment in North Central U.S. Agriculture

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ABSTRACT This article examines whether realized extreme drought episodes affect the speed of adjustment of derived input demands and output supplies toward their long‐run equilibrium in U.S. agriculture, focusing on states in the North Central Region.
Victor H. Lana Pinto, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Richard K. Perrin   +2 more
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