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Capturing well integrity loss through measurements of methane and ethane emissions from surface casing vents and soils surrounding oil and gas wells

Atmospheric Environment: X
Oil and gas wells (OGWs) can leak and lead to methane (CH4), ethane, and other contaminant emissions through gas migration (GM) and surface casing vents (SCV)s.
Khalil El Hachem, Meghan Flood, Sarah Kennedy, Scott P. Seymour, David Risk   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Tayatorn Pongspikul, Alejandro Plastina, Anup Paudel, Chandan Bhattarai, Jennifer Ifft   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flood damage, vulnerability and risk perception - challenges for flood damage research [PDF]

The current state-of-the-art in flood damage analysis mainly focuses on the economic evaluation of tangible flood effects. It is contended in this discussion paper that important economic, social and ecological aspects of flood-related vulnerabilities ...
Meyer, Volker, Messner, Frank
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FloodSmart: Communicating flood risk and engaging community action

, 2020
FloodSmart Communicating Flood Risk and Engaging Community Action Flood Risk Management & Silver Jackets Webinar Week August 21, 2013 Kamer Davis; Bruce Bender, CFM; FloodSmartFloodSmart Overview Presentation Overview Campaign Learnings The Risk and ...
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.);
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The credibility challenge for global fluvial flood risk analysis

Environmental Research Letters, 2016
Quantifying flood hazard is an essential component of resilience planning, emergency response, and mitigation, including insurance. Traditionally undertaken at catchment and national scales, recently, efforts have intensified to estimate flood risk ...
M A Trigg, C E Birch, J C Neal, P D Bates, A Smith, C C Sampson, D Yamazaki, Y Hirabayashi, F Pappenberger, E Dutra, P J Ward, H C Winsemius, P Salamon, F Dottori, R Rudari, M S Kappes, A L Simpson, G Hadzilacos, T J Fewtrell   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge of, and response to, upland flash flooding: a case study of flood risk management of the 2005 flash flood in upper Ryedale, North Yorkshire, U.K. [PDF]

, 2012
The dangerous hazard posed by flash flooding to upland communities is likely to increase due to climate change. The flood risk management policy approach has become predominant since the 1990s, with an emphasis on the public awareness of, and responses ...
HOPKINS, JONATHAN
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Spatial Variation in Flood Risk Perception [PDF]

We use hedonic property models to estimate the spatial variation in flood risk in the city of Albany, GA. In addition to knowing whether a property is in the floodplain, we have a unique dataset with actual inundation maps from tropical storm Alberto ...
Susana, Ferreira, Atreya, Ajita
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