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Do Consumers Value Diversity in Agriculture? A Choice Experiment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farm ownership in the US today is racially and ethnically homogeneous. Diverse farmers and ranchers make up less than 10% of all producers, they tend to be less financially stable and have tighter profit margins. In the past few years, both government and industry programs have aimed to increase the participation and profitability of diverse ...
Maria Kalaitzandonakes +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst dwindling state funding and the legislative withdrawal from public university research support, a heightened political process shapes the allocation of scarce tax dollars. This article explores how advocacy within the political process influences funding support for higher education from state legislatures.
Gregory M. Perry +2 more
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Contestation, negotiation, and experimentation: The liminality of land administration platforms in Kenya. [PDF]
Environ Plan DHoefsloot FI, Gateri C.
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Understanding land administration systems
, 2008 This paper introduces basic land administration theory and highlights four key concepts that are fundamental to understanding modern land administration systems. Readers may recall the first part of the paper in October issue of Coordinates. Here is the concluding part that focuses on the changing role of ownership and the role of land markets ...
P. Williamson, Ian +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
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Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami +2 more
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The Financial Status and Local Credit Market Conditions of U.S. Farms Engaged in Multiple Borrowing
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural producers often borrow from multiple lenders, raising concerns about credit risk and monitoring. We construct detailed farm‐level measures of how debt is distributed across lenders and examine how farm financial status and the physical presence of local lenders are linked to this practice.
Sylvanus Gaku +3 more
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Land Administration Domain Model: digitally transforming the land administration ecosystem
The revision of the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) is significantly changing the scope of the ISO 19152 standard. The focus is shifting from the architectural requirements of the agency, to the architectural requirements of the ecosystem. At the same time, the LADM is recognized as being pivotal to the next phase of digital transformation ...
Beck, Anthony, Xu, Lu
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Land Tenure Security: An Essential Component of Responsible Land Administration
, 2020 Grenville Barnes, Stig Enemark
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