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When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang, Andrew E. Anderson, Nicholas J. Pates, Eunchun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the Number of People Eating Biofortified Foods On-Farm and from Markets: a Detailed Methodology and Tool. [PDF]

Curr Dev Nutr
Alioma R, Wegmüller R, Mudyahoto B, Wirth JP, Pfeiffer W, Hussain M, Boy E.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Socio-economic Factors Influencing Adoption of Fertilizer for Maize Production in Nepal: A Cast Study of Chitwan District [PDF]

Soil fertility is considered as the most important constraint to increase maize production in Nepal. Although farmers generally apply farmyard manure available on their farms, there is increasing trend towards the use of fertilizers that is likely to ...
Matsuoka, Atsushi, Paudel, Pashupati, Shrestha, Arjun Kumar   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender dynamics and remittances in the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in Nepal. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kandel GP, Madaki MY, Pilarova T, Ullah A, Pradhan P, Manikas I, Bavorova M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The equity implications of exposure to industrial livestock operations. [PDF]

PLoS One
Jowers K, Ma Y, Timmins C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Impact of Livelihood Diversification on Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers in West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Zewudie SE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Hedging Decisions Using Evidence from the Cotton Industry [PDF]

Few farmers utilize futures and options markets to price their crops despite significant educational efforts. This study seeks to analyze producer hedging behavior within the framework of the overall marketing behavior.
Hudson, Darren, Isengildina, Olga
core   +1 more source