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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where is the Italian agriculture heading?

Bio-based and Applied Economics
In early 2025, the European Union launched a new phase of dialogue on the future of agricultural and food policies, aiming to move beyond the sustainability-centred narratives of the Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy. The initiative, grounded in the “
Filippo Arfini, Fabio Bartolini, Anna Carbone, Tatiana Castellotti, Silvia Coderoni, Raffaele Cortignani, Raffaele D'Annolfo, Giovanni Dara Guccione, Michele Donati, Francesca Galli, Roberto Henke, Giampiero Mazzocchi, Alessandro Monteleone, Alessandra Pesce, Maria Rosaria Pupo D'Andrea, Benedetto Rocchi, Donato Romano, Roberta Sardone, Franco Sotte, Stefano Targetti, Catia Zumpano, Meri Raggi   +21 more
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The Perfect Storm: The Political Economy of the Fischler Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy. CEPS Paperbacks. September 2008 [PDF]

, 2008
For decades, the Common Agricultural Policy came in for a significant amount of criticism for consuming a disproportionate share of the EU budget, introducing market distortions, wasting government funds and contributing to rural inequities. Nevertheless,
Swinnen, Johan F.M.
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Baseline evaluation of the impact of e-verification on counterfeit agricultural inputs and technology adoption in Uganda

, 2014
In Uganda, use of high-quality agricultural inputs like hybrid seed, agrochemicals, and fertilizer is extremely low. This depresses farm incomes and contributes to low agricultural productivity that continues to be hampered by poor agronomic practices ...
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do domestic policies affect the integration of Ethiopian fertiliser markets with world markets?

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2015
Frequent shifts in policy on fertiliser markets have occurred in Ethiopia with the aim of facilitating both physical and economic access of farmers to fertiliser. The last shift was the introduction of a monopoly on each stage of the supply chain in 2008.
Johanes U. I. Agbahey, Jonas Luckmann, Harald Grethe, Bamlaku Alamirew Alemu   +3 more
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The multiple roles of crop structural change in productivity, nutrition and environment in China: A decomposition analysis

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
China’s crop structure has undergone significant changes in the last two decades since 2000, with an increase in the share of cereals, vegetables, and fruit, squeezing out other crops. As a result, land productivity, nutrient supply, and carbon emissions
Xiangyang Zhang, Yumei Zhang, Shenggen Fan   +2 more
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Baseline evaluation of the impact of e-verification on counterfeit agricultural inputs and technology adoption in Uganda: Community listing exercise

, 2014
In Uganda, use of high-quality agricultural inputs like hybrid seed, agrochemicals, and fertilizer is extremely low. This depresses farm incomes and contributes to low agricultural productivity that continues to be hampered by poor agronomic practices ...
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
wiley   +1 more source

IMPACT Projections of Food Production, Consumption, and Net Trade to 2050, With and Without Climate Change: Extended Country-level Results for 2017 GFPR Annex Table 7

, 2016
Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and improving food security in a sustainable way. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform their choices. The International
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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