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Food security in China at 2050: a global CGE exercise

Journal of Economic Structures, 2018
Since 2010, China has changed its position in the world grain market from a net exporter to a net importer. The total grain trade deficit was $420 million in 2010.
Kakali Mukhopadhyay, Paul J. Thomassin, Jingyuan Zhang   +2 more
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The contribution of local outdoor recreational services to the sustainable management of environmental resources: the case of Tabor Mountain Recreational Park in Hawassa City, Ethiopia

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2022
There has to date been limited research on the economic valuation of local outdoor recreational services to inform policy and practice. This study attempts to fill this gap by estimating the annual recreational value of Tabor Mountain Recreational Park ...
Meselu Tegenie Mellaku, Yoseph Melka, Bamlaku Ayenew, Tirusew Teshale Taye, Abera Tilahun   +4 more
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Determinants of soil fertility management practices in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: logistic regression approach

Heliyon, 2022
Soil fertility in smallholder farms remains a major issue in Ethiopia and for many developing countries where more than 90% of the population's food is provided by smallholder farmers.
Abiyot Mebrate, Nigussie Zeray, Tadesse Kippie, Getahun Haile   +3 more
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The effects of adaptation to climate change on income of households in rural Ethiopia

Pastoralism, 2017
Climate change is one of the most serious impediments to agricultural prosperity in Ethiopia, especially where livestock is concerned. In particular, rural farming communities in the drylands of the Afar region are severely exposed to the impacts of ...
Melaku Berhe, Dana Hoag, Girmay Tesfay, Tewodros Tadesse, Shunji Oniki, Masaru Kagatsume, Catherine M. H. Keske   +6 more
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Agricultural products diversification-food security nexus in the GCC countries; introducing a new index

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Due to its significance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), food security has gained considerable attention from governments and policymakers worldwide.
Behnaz Saboori, Noor Alhuda Alhattali, Tarig Gibreel   +2 more
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Port Development and the Environment: External Costs from Dredge Disposal and Air Pollution [PDF]

Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 2004
This paper analyzes two external costs often associated with port development, cost to fisheries from marine dredge disposal and damages from air pollution, using estimates of development and operation for a proposed (but since cancelled) container port ...
Thomas Grigalunas, Simona Trandafrr, Meifeng Luo, James Opaluch, Suk-Jae Kwon   +4 more
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Economics and Property Law

, 2006
Working paper. Prepared for: S. N. Durlauf and L. E. Blume, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.
Lueck, Dean
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Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable land management practices by rural households in Tigrai region, Ethiopia

Ecological Processes, 2019
Background Sustainable land management is considered as one of the useful approaches to combat the threat of various forms of land degradation in Ethiopia. Despite this, there is scant information regarding households’ decision towards the implementation
Haftu Etsay, Teklay Negash, Metkel Aregay   +2 more
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Factors Influencing Landowners’ Decisions for Income-Generating Activities on Private Coastal Wetland in Louisiana

Resources, 2019
The coastal zone of Louisiana contains more than 3 million wetland acres and has the highest acreage of salt marsh of any state. However, Louisiana accounts for 80 percent of the nation’s coastal land loss.
Hua Wang, Walter Keithly, Rex Caffey
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Socio-Ecological Outcomes of Single-Species Fisheries Management: The Case of Yellow Perch in Lake Erie

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
This manuscript uses seminal models in fisheries economics to assess the ecosystem effects of policy focused on sustainable management of a single fish stock.
Katherine Lee, Jenny Apriesnig, Hongyan Zhang   +2 more
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