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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

Multifractality and rainfall extremes: A review [PDF]

Water Resources Research, 2006
The multifractal representation of rainfall and its use to predict rainfall extremes have advanced significantly in recent years. This paper summarizes this body of work and points at some open questions. The need for a coherent overview comes in part from the use of different terminology, notation, and analysis methods in the literature and in part ...
VENEZIANO D, LANGOUSIS A, FURCOLO, Pierluigi   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Statistical Modelling of Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan [PDF]

, 2012
In this paper, the annual maximum daily rainfall data from 1961 to 2010 are modelled for 18 stations in Taiwan. We fit the rainfall data with stationary and non-stationary generalized extreme value distributions (GEV), and estimate their future behaviour based on the best fitting model.
Chu, Lan-Fen, McAleer, Michael, Chang, Ching-Chung   +2 more
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Prediction of extreme rainfall with a generalized extreme value distribution [PDF]

Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society, 2013
Extreme rainfall causes heavy losses in human life and properties. Hence many works have been done to predict extreme rainfall by using extreme value distributions. In this study, we use a generalized extreme value distribution to derive the posterior predictive density with hierarchical Bayesian approach based on the data of Seoul area from 1973 to ...
Yong Kyu Sung, Joong K. Sohn
openaire   +1 more source

Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of satellite-based products for extreme rainfall estimations in the eastern coastal areas of China

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 2019
Remotely sensed rainfall plays an important role in providing efficient approaches for global or regional rainfall analysis. However, the accuracy of satellite-based products is mainly affected by the errors in sensor observation and retrieval algorithms,
Qin Jiang, Weiyue Li, Jiahong Wen, Zedong Fan, Yunnan Chen, Marco Scaioni, Jun Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing the extreme and heavy rainfall events in the Serang catchment, Indonesia using satellite data [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
This study analyses the characteristics of heavy and extreme rainfall in the Serang Watershed, Kulon Progo, during 2019-2021 by combining observational rainfall data with GSMaP satellite data. Intensity, duration, and frequency (IDF) analysis was used to
Prabowo Ignatius Adi, Reba Mohd Nadzri Md, Mahmud Mohd Rizaludin, Kongko Widjo, Widagdo Aloysius Bagyo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source