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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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Sustainable Environment, 2023 Communal land-based resources are an essential source of livelihood in the rural economy of Ethiopia. In particular, the dependence of the landless people on the direct use of communal natural resources for their livelihoods jeopardizes both the ...
Haftu Etsay +3 more
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Heliyon, 2020 Economic development is characterised by natural resource extraction and consumption. However, due to the finite nature of fossil fuel energy sources and its price shocks, an investigation into its historical fluctuations is essential for energy policy ...
Mehmet Akif Destek +1 more
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Analysis of households food insecurity and its coping mechanisms in Western Ethiopia
Agricultural and Food Economics, 2019 This study analyzed households’ food insecurity and its determinants along with the coping mechanisms opted against food insecurity and shortage in Assosa zone, western Ethiopia.
Seid Sani, Biruk Kemaw
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Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth [PDF]
, 1995 One of the surprising features of modern economic growth is that economies with abundant natural resources have tended to grow less rapidly than natural-resource-scarce economies. In this paper we show that economies with a high ratio of natural resource exports to GDP in 1971 (the base year) tended have low growth rates during the subsequent period ...
Sachs, Jeffrey D., Warner, Andrew M.
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Frontiers in Animal ScienceThis study assesses pastoral livestock-keepers’ perceptions of breed improvement based on participants in the Community Based Bull Breeding Programme (CBBP) of the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project in Uganda (RPLRP).
Gonzaga Ssekibaala +3 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Effect of Covid 19 on butchers and their coping strategies in Kampala district
Cogent Food & AgricultureThe study examined the effect of Covid-19 on butchers and their coping strategies using data collected from120 butchers in Kampala City. The results show that COVID-19 reduced volumes of meat supplied and sold, number of consumers and increased the ...
Joan Namakula, John Ilukor
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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
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Optimal management of citrus disease and extreme climatic factors
Trees, Forests and PeopleThis study develops a dynamic bioeconomic model using the Bellman equation to derive the optimal management strategy for Witches’ Broom Disease of Lime (WBDL) and the optimal replanting age of citrus trees after the first attack under multiple scenarios ...
Sofiyat Salam +4 more
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