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Rural Transformation, Water Scarcity and Policy Responses in China

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies
This study examines the complex interplay between rural transformation and water scarcity in China, focussing on how shifts towards high‐value agriculture and non‐farm employment affect water resources. Utilising data spanning 2 decades, it evaluates the
Jinxia Wang, Zhiyi Guo, Dong Wang, Kaixing Huang, Zhuanlin Wang, Ruoying Mei, Rujuan Li, Jikun Huang, Chenhui Zhang, Chunlai Chen   +9 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
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Spillover Effects of Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policy in Poland: Spatial Panel Data Analysis for 2007–2020

Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics
Poland joined the European Union in 2004 and, in 2007, became the member state that benefited the most from the bloc’s Cohesion Policy, surpassing Spain.
Łukasz Robert Piętak
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revitalising the function of agricultural extension in Indonesia to support rice self-sufficiency [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
The role of agricultural extension workers is very much needed to guide farmers so they can adopt technology and facilitate the growth and development of farmer institutions.
Effendi Mohammad W., Raharjo Agung S.S., Adawiyah Cut R., Suwangsih Neneng, Yofa Rangga D., Setyaningrum Widyadhari F., Suharyono Sri   +6 more
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Agricultural science policy [PDF]

Technological advances developed through R&D have supplied the world with not only more food, but better food. This report looks at issues raised by this changing environment for agricultural productivity, agricultural R&D, and natural resource ...
Alston, Julian M., Pardey, Philip G., Taylor, Michael J.   +2 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does program linking with insurance makes agriculture insurance sustainable?

Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2018
Agriculture insurance is most common forms of risk transfer in agriculture. It is often compulsory for borrowers of agricultural loans in low and middle income countries.
Krishna P. Timsina, Yuga N. Ghimire, Ghanshyam Kandel, Deepa Devkota   +3 more
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING POLICY [PDF]

Agricultural and Food Policy,
Dahl, Dale C.
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