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Heterogeneity of Farmer Preferences Towards Collective Agri‐Environmental Schemes: A Latent Class Analysis for Biodiversity Conservation in Switzerland

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collective agri‐environmental schemes offer a promising approach to improve biodiversity promotion in agriculture by providing landscape connectivity. However, how to design these schemes to foster participation in the presence of farmers' heterogeneous preferences and perceived transaction costs remains an open question.
Louisa Wyss, Viviane Fahrni, Robert Huber, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
wiley   +1 more source

The XXI century mountains: sustainable management of mountainous areas based on animal traction

Open Agriculture, 2017
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), there are around 300 million working animals worldwide. They play a fundamental role in human livelihoods through their contribution to financial, human and social capital ...
Rodrigues J.B., Schlechter P., Spychiger H., Spinelli R., Oliveira N., Figueiredo T.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adsorption and release of soil P in andisols under organic and conventional vegetable farming system

Ilmu Pertanian (Agricultural Science), 2022
Phosphorous (P) is strongly adsorbed by soil components, such as soil organic matter and soil amorphous minerals in Andisols, which have been identified as an influential factor in adsorption and release of soil P.
Aridinasty Maritasari, Benito Heru Purwanto, Sri Nuryani Hidayah Utami   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro, Jan Börner, Silke Hüttel, Katja Kowalski, Patrick Hostert, Krisztina Kis‐Katos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN RURALâS MOUNTAIN AREA [PDF]

Spatial differentiation of available resources and socioeconomic conditions of rural populations has been contributing to farming system variety which directly affect to the farming families.
Iwan Rudiato, iwan
core   +1 more source

Fingerprinting using compound-specific δ13C of n-alkanes reveals the temporary role of paddy fields as a secondary source for watershed sediment loss

International Soil and Water Conservation Research
Fingerprinting generates reliable sediment provenance information which supports devising policy or practical strategies for soil conservation and sediment management, but it remains challenging in areas with fragmented landscapes and diverse land use ...
Qiang Tang, Fangxin Chen, Guangyu Zhu, Xiubin He, Jie Wei, Yusheng Zhang, Hari Ram Upadhayay, Adrian Joynes, Adrian L. Collins   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Information framing and the impact of nutrition label serving size change

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The framing of information can significantly influence how consumers interpret and respond to it. This paper investigates how the change in serving sizes in Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) affects consumer choices for carbonated soft drinks (CSD). We first estimate a reduced form difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model to document causal effects on ...
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu, Linlin Fan
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-hazard climate risks, livelihood losses, and adaptation in Bhutan's high mountain systems: Evidence from household-level analysis

Progress in Disaster Science
High mountain farming systems are increasingly exposed to multiple climate-induced hazards, yet localized evidence linking hazard exposure, livelihood losses, and household adaptation remains limited in Bhutan. This study examines farmers' perceptions of
Iftikhar Ali, Woo-Kyun Lee, Sonam Wangyel Wang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source