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Quantifying the impact of climate change on drought regimes using the Standardised Precipitation Index [PDF]

, 2015
The study presents a methodology to characterise short- or long-term drought events, designed to aid understanding of how climate change may affect future risk.
B Lehner, B Lloyd-Hughes, D Wilhite, D-W Kim, DGC Kirono, EJ Burke, EJ Burke, F Giorgi, H Wu, H-R Byun, IPCC, IPCC, IPCC, J Keyantash, J Sheffield, J Sheffield, JA Marengo, JH Christensen, JP Vidal, K Jenkins, K Rupa Kumar, Katie Jenkins, KT Redmond, L Vasiliades, M Weiβ, M Zhao, NB Guttman, NB Guttman, Q Mu, R Warren, R Warren, Rachel Warren, S Blenkinsop, T Barker, TD Mitchell, TD Mitchell, W Li, X Gao, X Zhang, Y Hirabayashi   +39 more
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Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering the Dynamics of Multi‐Sector Impacts of Hydrological Extremes: A Methods Overview

Earth's Future
Hydrological extremes, such as droughts and floods, can trigger a complex web of compound and cascading impacts (CCI) due to interdependencies between coupled natural and social systems.
Mariana Madruga de Brito, Jan Sodoge, Alexander Fekete, Michael Hagenlocher, Elco Koks, Christian Kuhlicke, Gabriele Messori, Marleen de Ruiter, Pia‐Johanna Schweizer, Philip J. Ward   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao, Simon Meister, Lucie Maruejols, Xiaohua Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responses of seasonal indicators to extreme droughts in southwest China [PDF]

, 2020
Significant impact of extreme droughts on human society and ecosystem has occurred in many places of the world, for example, Southwest China (SWC). Considerable research concentrated on analyzing causes and effects of droughts in SWC, but few studies ...
Ge, Zhongxi, Han, Xujun, Hao, Binfei, Huang, Jing, Lai, Peiyu, Ma, Mingguo, Song, Zengjing, Yang, Hong, Zhang, Miao   +8 more
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah, Obed Quaicoe, Fafanyo Asiseh, John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rice and Water: The Final Frontier [PDF]

, 2004
Outlines the threat of diminishing water resources for rice crops, the economic and social dimensions of the droughts' potential effects, and the new cultural systems and adapted rice varieties being pursued as potential ...
John C. O'Toole
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Impact of droughts on the carbon cycle in European vegetation : a probabilistic risk analysis using six vegetation models [PDF]

, 2014
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Balkovi, J., Beer, C., Cameron, D.R., Ciais, P., Cramer, W., Kato, T., Kuhnert, Matthias, Martin, R., Mynemi, R., Ramming, A., Rolinski, S., Soussana, J.-F., Thonicke, K., van der Velde, M., van Oijen, M., Xu, L.   +15 more
core   +7 more sources

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source