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Crop insurance and irrigation behavior: The conditional role of pumping costs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Excessive water use for irrigation can accelerate the depletion of water resources, undermining agriculture's resilience to weather‐related shocks. Understanding how farmers make water use decisions is essential for developing effective water management policies.
Sungmin Cheu, Molly Sears
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Initial soil moisture conditions dominate variation in event-scale propagation time from meteorological to agricultural drought

Agricultural Water Management
Agricultural drought, typically triggered by meteorological drought, poses a significant threat to crop production and regional water resources. Understanding the propagation from meteorological to agricultural drought is therefore crucial for improving ...
Zhengguang Xu, Bo Jiang, Xiao Guo, Zhiyong Wu, Siqi Fan   +4 more
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Data on Investigating the resilience of female smallholder livestock farmers to agricultural drought in South Africa's Northern Cape Province. [PDF]

Data Brief, 2023
von Maltitz L, Bahta YT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural drought in the Vietnamese Central Highlands at 1-km resolution: Monthly and annual datasets. [PDF]

Data Brief, 2023
Tran TV, Tran DX, Nguyen DB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Drought

This site, from Drought Outlook, discusses what a drought is and the different types of droughts that exist, courtesy of National Drought Mitigation Center.

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Highlights of agricultural research, Vol. 30, no. 1, Spring 1983

, 1983
Bibliography of agriculture, 0006-1530. Chemical abstracts, 0009-2258. Cover title. Special "Centennial" edition to commemorate the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Stations's 100 years of service to the people of Alabama. Also available on microfilm from:
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
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Premium subsidy designs and crowding out of insurance demand

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is an important instrument to protect farmers against extreme weather events. Many countries provide subsidies for crop insurance products to make insurance more affordable for farmers. The Federal Crop Insurance Program in the United States and major European crop insurance programs such as in Spain, Italy, and France focus on ...
Tim Philippi
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Agricultural Drought Vulnerability and Its Impacts on Economic Crops, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Environment and Natural Resources Journal
Thailand frequently suffers from rainfall shortages and ensuing droughts and the northeast region is especially vulnerable. The effects of climate change on water resources are further directly related to agricultural drought vulnerability.
Suwit Ongsomwang
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Assessing the impacts of agricultural drought (SPI/SPEI) on maize and wheat yields across Hungary. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Mohammed S, Alsafadi K, Enaruvbe GO, Bashir B, Elbeltagi A, Széles A, Alsalman A, Harsanyi E.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source