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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia +4 more
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Fifth international conference on irrigation and drainage [PDF]
, 2009 Presented at the fifth international conference on irrigation and drainage, Irrigation and drainage for food, energy and the environment on November 3-6, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Drainage keynote presentation: Subsurface drainage - what's next ...
Murray, Reed R., editor +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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Report of the State Irrigation Commissioner for the period July 1, 1915 to January 1, 1917
, 1917 WATER COMMISSION, KANSAS -- “The Kansas Water Commission was created by an Act of Legislature in 1917 for the purpose of investigating and controlling the problems of flood prevention, drainage, domestic water supply, water power, navigation and ...
[Kansas State Irrigation Commissioner]
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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, 2014 Published ArticleThe aim of this field experiment was to evaluate surge, cutback and conventional flow furrow irrigation systems in terms of hydraulic, technical and agronomic performance measures for pepper production in Gambella Regional State ...
EDOSSA, DESALEGN CHEMEDA +1 more
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Technical conference on irrigation, drainage and flood control [PDF]
, 1999 Presented at Contemporary challenges for irrigation and drainage: proceedings from the USCID 14th technical conference on irrigation, drainage and flood control held on June 3-6, 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona.Sponsored by U.S.
Anderson, Susan S., editor +2 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 +2 more
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Report of the State Board of Irrigation for 1913 and 1914.
, 1914 WATER COMMISSION, KANSAS -- “The Kansas Water Commission was created by an Act of Legislature in 1917 for the purpose of investigating and controlling the problems of flood prevention, drainage, domestic water supply, water power, navigation and ...
Kansas. State Board of Irrigation
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