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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing a Lost Opportunity: Towards Science-Informed Land Use Planning

open access: yes, 2018
• Post–World War II (WWII), Australia was a leader in the development of scientific information systems to support natural resource management including the assessment of a landscape’s non-urban development potential.
Darryl Low Choy   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The production and consumption of land use planning: A neo-institutional economic perspective & three Taiwan case studies of planning layering

open access: yes, 2020
Hitherto research by planning researchers on the economics of land use planning have sought to interpret and re-interpret the role of such planning as a non-market measure to: (a) remedy market failure; (b) delineate and re-delineate property rights to ...
Davies, SNG   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Spatial Assessment of Soil Fertility Status in Shiratti Sub Watershed of Semi-arid Tropics in Southern India

open access: yesInternational Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2020
               Spatial variability of soil fertility assessment is necessary for enhancing crop and soil productivity particular of the area. The study was carried out to evaluate the nutrient status of soils in micro watersheds, of Shiratti taluk in ...
Vasundhara, R   +3 more
doaj  

Assessing Institutional Readiness and Willingness of Philippine LGUs to Adopt Geospatial Land Use Monitoring Tools [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Land use planning and monitoring are central to sustainable development, yet many Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines face limited technical capacity, outdated tools, and weak institutional systems.
P. A. G. Felix   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated planning of water and land-use [PDF]

open access: yes
The role of water in spatial planning has received increasing attention in recent years. It was, for example, one of the leading motives in the preparation of the latest National Spatial Planning Note for The Netherlands.
Poul Grashoff   +2 more
core  

Semi-Automated Land Use Monitoring Prioritization Scheme Based on Forest Loss, Cropland Loss, and Built-up Gain from 2000-2020 of Philippine Local Government Units [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines are mandated to craft and enforce Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs) and Zoning Ordinances to guide sustainable land use.
F. A. Soriano   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

open access: yesApplied 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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