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Approaches to estimation the farm-level economic viability and sustainability in agriculture: A literature review

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2019
Estimation of farm economic sustainability and viability became more topical when redesigning the Common Agricultural Policy which should stabilise farm income and make agribusiness more viable and sustainable (typically in Czech areas facing natural ...
Jindrich Spicka   +3 more
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The economic viability of land redistribution

open access: yesRevista Portuguesa de História
This chapter analyzes the failure of the agrarian reform of the Spanish Second Republic (1932-1936) from a comparative European perspective. Challenging traditional explanations that attribute the collapse solely to political opposition or a lack of ...
Juan Carmona, James Simpson
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Key Determinants of the Economic Viability of Family Farms: Evidence from Serbia

open access: yesAgriculture
Ensuring a fair income for farmers, as one of the key objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), focuses on the economic dimension of sustainable agricultural development.
Aleksandar Miljatović   +2 more
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A meta-analysis of biochar application to manage plant diseases caused by bacterial pathogens

open access: yesBioscience Journal, 2023
The current agricultural scenario faces diverse challenges, among which phytosanitary issues are crucial. Plant diseases are mostly treated with chemicals, which cause environmental pollution and pathogen resistance.
Erika Valente de Medeiros   +9 more
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Economic Sustainability and Riskiness of Cover Crop Adoption for Organic Production of Corn and Soybean in Northern Italy

open access: yesAgronomy, 2021
Techniques based on terminated cover crops are proposed in organic agriculture instead of traditional inter-row tillage for weed control in subsequent grain crops. We estimated the profitability and evaluated the riskiness of novel techniques compared to
Simone Severini   +3 more
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Economic feasibility for wastewater treatment system composed of wetlands for the wastewater reuse: a case study

open access: yesRevista Agrogeoambiental, 2020
Water is an asset that is becoming scarce and its reuse is an alternative to preserve it. Social and environmental feasibility motivate the adoption of reuse, but the financial factor can be limited to its use.
Robson Muniz McMahon Waite   +2 more
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Impact assessment of water and nutrient reuse in hydroponic systems using Bayesian Belief Networks

open access: yesJournal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2020
Water-saving agricultural practices can reduce negative environmental impacts in water-scarce regions all over the world. This study deals with an innovation that combines hydroponic crop production and municipal wastewater reuse for irrigation purposes.
Martin Zimmermann, Michaela Fischer
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Economic Viability of eCare Solutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Provisioning of good quality care to the elderly population and at the same time reducing the pressure on the health care expenditures is a challenging issue for governments today. Many ICT supported, distant care systems (eCare) have been proposed but few have found their way to the market.
Van Ooteghem, Jan   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Economic viability of agri-silvi-horticultural system

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
An experiment was conducted from 2006-2016 to study the economic viability of sapota timber based agroforestry system at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad on medium black soils under rainfed conditions.
MUTANAL S M, MOKASHI M V, GHATANATTI S M
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Economic Viability and Socio-Environmental Impacts of Solar Home Systems for Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Bangladesh

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
This study conducted a questionnaire-led survey to explore the financial feasibility and socio-environmental impacts of stand-alone solar home systems (SHS) through stratified random sampling. Based on the above consideration, fifteen cases of studies of
Swati Anindita Sarker   +8 more
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