Results 251 to 260 of about 10,833,941 (354)

Thirty years of drivers and patterns of land-use change across the Amazon biome. [PDF]

Ambio
Brizuela-Torres D, Zinngrebe Y, Rounsevell M, Brown C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Decoupling Between Functional Diversity and Stability of Decomposer Functions in Natural and Agroecosystems Can Favor Resistance to Land-Use Change. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Roy S, Bagchi S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scenario-based simulation of carbon storage in Chengdu using MCCA-InVEST: land use change, spatial patterns, and driving mechanisms. [PDF]

Carbon Balance Manag
Li Z, Yan T, Du Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Land use change infographic

An infographic describing system interrelationships relating to local landscape change, to be shared and discussed with local land managers, local authorities, and water use committees (Tasks 3.1 and 3.2)
openaire   +1 more source

Are all meats substitutes? A basket‐and‐expenditure‐based approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship among animal‐based meat and plant‐based meat alternatives (PBMAs) using a basket‐and‐expenditure‐based choice experiment. In particular, we examine whether animal‐based meat products are substitutes or complements with PBMAs.
Clinton L. Neill, Logan L. Britton
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of land use change on carbon metabolism in Hunan Province: An ecological network analysis approach. [PDF]

iScience
Zhong Q, Liu Y, Li Z, Zhu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source