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Trade-Offs of Conservation Fencing in Western Serengeti: Enhancing Agricultural Security While Navigating Unintended Consequences on Land-Use Dynamics. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Kimaro MH, Sloots MI, Snyder KD, Mbise NL, Kakengi VA, Di Nicola W, Olff H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Agriculture land-use change is driven by socioeconomic flows across local to global scales. [PDF]

iScience
Van Zeghbroeck J, Remer M, Manning N, Moran EF, Liu J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban land use impact on soil heavy metal levels in Lafayette, Louisiana (USA). [PDF]

PLoS One
Heafner HL, Paltseva AA.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of climate change and land use dynamics on soil erosion in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rashad E, Liu Y, Shi Z, Refaee A, Pan T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
wiley   +1 more source

A Radiocarbon-Based Framework to Assess Soil Organic Carbon Persistence and Vulnerability Across Land-Use Types. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Minich LI, Beem-Miller J, Mittelbach BVA, Geissbühler D, Udke A, Wasner D, Duborgel MM, McMackin C, Brunmayr AS, Wacker L, Gautschi P, Haghipour N, Egli M, Leifeld J, Eglinton TI, Hagedorn F.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source