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Assessing uncertainty in the cost-effectiveness of agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation
Eory, Vera; Topp, Cairistiona F. E.; Moran, Dominic; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
Information on the uncertainty of quantitative results feeding into public decision making is essential for designing …) mitigation in agriculture. This paper analyses the uncertainty of the mitigation estimates provided by a Marginal Abatement Cost … disentangled the different sources and types of uncertainty in the cost-effectiveness analysis of GHG mitigation options. The …
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Policy implementations for organic agriculture: A real options approach
Tzouramani, Irene; Liontakis, Angelos E.; Sintori, Alexandra - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2009
uncertainty than that of conventional farming. This is the result of the increased environmental concern and the rising demand for … by the existing policy regime out weights the increased risk and uncertainty. This study explores the effectiveness of … framework of real options analysis is an appropriate form of analysis so as to examine the investment’s profitability under risk …
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Nudges, Social Norms and Permanence in Agri-Environmental Schemes
Kuhfuss, L.; Preget, R.; Thoyer, S.; Hanley, N.; Le … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES
Agri-environmental schemes (AES), implemented to address a wide range of environmental issues, suffer from what has been referred to as the “end of the contract problem”, in the sense that many of the land management practices adopted under the scheme cannot be expected to persist in the...
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Food Quality Verifications and Consumer Trust
Hobbs, Jill E.; Innes, Brian G.; Uzea, Adrian D.; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2012
Food markets are increasingly characterized by an array of quality assurances with respect to credence attributes, reflecting a growing interest in where food comes from and how it is produced. The provision and signalling of these credence quality attributes includes both public and private...
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Something to grouse about? The cost-effectiveness of biodiversity measures in Scotland
McVittie, Alistair; Austin, Zoe; White, Piran; Moxey, Andrew - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
The development of environment measures in the reformed CAP can be informed by the evaluation of existing policies. We undertook a cost-effectiveness analysis of biodiversity measures in Scotland to determine whether current biodiversity objectives have been achieved. We assessed measures...
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The contribution of agricultural landscapes to local development and regional competitiveness – an Analytical Network Process (ANP) in selected European Union and Candidate countri...
Schaller, Lena; Kantelhardt, Jochen; Fedrigotti, … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
Agricultural landscapes are important elements of European culture. There is an increasing recognition that agricultural landscapes represent economic assets; not only because of the production of agricultural commodities, but also by offering significant opportunities for the socioeconomic...
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The development of farm-level sustainability indicators for Ireland using the Teagasc National Farm Survey
Ryan, Mary; Buckley, Cathal; Dillon, Emma Jane; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
Developing the capacity to assess and chart trends in the sustainability of farming and food production is becoming increasingly more important as agriculture strives to produce more food while minimising the risk to the natural environment. The multi-faceted nature of sustainability is...
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Climate Change Challenges for Agriculture
Lecocq, Frank - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
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Estimating Farmers' Willingness to Change Tillage Practices to Supply Carbon Emissions Offsets
Gramig, Benjamin M.; Widmar, Nicole J.O. - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2015
One common element in many voluntary and regulatory carbon markets to date has been the inclusion of emissions offsets that can be sold by entities outside of emission caps. A particularly low cost means of sequestering atmospheric carbon is reducing tillage of agricultural soils. A choice...
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Green Economy-A Panacea for the Devastating Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Productivity in Southeast Nigeria
Nwaiwu, I.O.U.; Asiabaka, C.C.; Ohajianya, D.O. - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2015
The study was carried out in southeast Nigeria. It focused on green economic path and the severe implications of the alternative development pathways as typified by the devastating effects of climate change on agricultural productivity. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select a sample...
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