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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pastoral Farming Systems in Arid Regions: Typology of Small Ruminant Farms in Southern Tunisia. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Laroussi A, Martin-Collado D, Atoui A, Chibani R, Ben Salem F, Abdennebi M, Doghbri L, Jaouad M, Najari S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering smallholder common bean cropping systems with flowering plants increases hoverfly populations and crop yields. [PDF]

Front Insect Sci
Kaliwo Y, Kumchenga E, Tembo YLB, Donga TK, Kabambe VH, Stevenson PC, Belmain SR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Silent shedding of zoonotic enteric protozoa in domestic pigs for human consumption in selected farms in the Iberian Peninsula. [PDF]

Vet Res Commun
Gomes-Gonçalves S, Figueiredo RJ, Santos-Silva S, Moreira G, Cruz AVS, Cardoso L, Mesquita JR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics and Health Risks of Fungal Bioaerosols in Confined Broiler Houses During Winter. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Yan M, Liu Z, Liu M, Liu H, Li Z, Yang Z, Lu Y, Feng W, Chen X, Cheng S, Yang Y, Zhang C, Wang X, Cui H.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association between dairy cattle ownership and nutritional status of children under five in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Hira FTZ, Alam MJ, Begum IA, Iqbal MA, McKenzie AM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source