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2019–2020 Citrus Pest Management Guide: Crop Insurance Policies Available to Citrus Growers
EDIS, 2019 This 5-page fact sheet is part of the 2019–2020 Citrus Pest Management Guide. It describes the main crop insurance policies available to citrus growers and provides examples that illustrate the calculations involved.
Ariel Singerman
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini +13 more
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Impacts of Policy Design and Risk Management on Groundwater Conservation Program Effectiveness
Earth's FutureIrrigated agriculture has led to aquifer depletion in many places, necessitating effective groundwater conservation policies to slow unsustainable water use.
Qiuyun Cecilia Yu +6 more
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ESG Performance, Debt Financing, and R&D Output: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid growing calls for sustainability in the healthcare sector, this study examines how and under what conditions environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance influences research and development (R&D) output. Although existing studies suggest that ESG performance enhances R&D output, the financial mechanisms that enable or constrain
Sarmad Ali +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental protection has emerged as a global priority in the contemporary context. As pivotal actors in the transition towards sustainable development, companies play a crucial role through the adoption of environmental innovations. This study investigates how organisational characteristics—specifically geographical location, business ...
Carlos de las Heras‐Rosas +3 more
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Managing Crop Production Risk with Crop Index Insurance Products
Index crop insurance products can eliminate the asymmetric information problem inherent in farm-level multiple peril crop insurance. Purchasers of index insurance products are, however, exposed to basis risk.
Hoogenboom, Gerrit +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms are increasingly looking into carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a set of options to take past emissions of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Often two basic categories of CDR are distinguished: nature‐based solutions, such as planting trees or restoring wetlands, and technology‐based solutions, such as various forms of carbon capture ...
Sabrina Mili +3 more
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Frontiers in Environmental ScienceAgricultural insurance is an important tool for promoting low-carbon agriculture and achieving the “Carbon Peaking and Neutrality” goal. Using panel data from 31 provinces in China from 2001 to 2020, this study analyzes the carbon-reducing effects of ...
Yue Jin, Xinya Wang, Qian Wang
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Leading the Loop: Anchor‐Led Orchestration in Nascent Circular Ecosystems—A Qualitative Case Study
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy necessitates coordinated, systemic change across value chains. Yet the role of anchor firms in initiating and orchestrating nascent circular ecosystems remains underexplored. Using an inductive, qualitative single‐case design, we analyse a German mid‐sized entrepreneurial firm, drawing on 21 interviews
Johann Felix Mader, Patrick Spieth
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