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A PROPOSAL OF A LOGISTICS MODEL FOR THE USE OF BIOMASS FOR ENERGY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Wajszczuk, Karol; Baum, Rafal; Wielicki, Witold - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
The paper presents a concept for a digital platform model for the biomass logistics network for local communities. This concept refers to the strategy for the development of renewable power engineering in Poland to the year 2020, adopted by the Polish government. The status and prospects for...
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Sustainable agriculture in EU: a method for a synthetic classification of the NUTS 2 areas
Fusco, D.; Giordano, P.; Greco, M.; Moretti, V. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
The measure of the sustainability in agriculture is a complex task because of various approaches existing and different quantitative and qualitative parameters available in function of the national contests. In this study it has been chosen a multi-dimension approach of the phenomenon including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125104
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Re-considering Agri-Environmental Schemes premiums: the impact of fixed costs in sign-up decisions
Barreiro-Hurlé, Jesús; Espinosa-Goded, Maria; Dupraz, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
assure farm profitability investigating the role that fixed costs have on adoption. A farm profit maximizing model is … identify the potential barriers to adoption associated with the presence of fixed compliance costs. A sample of farmers … for explaining adoption decisions. Two different econometric specifications are used to identify the role of fixed costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330116
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FARM-LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF CONVERSION TO SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES IN THE NEW MEMBERS STATES
Cristoiu, Adriana; Cobos, Blanca Lucena; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
A field survey carried out in 2005 in the Czech Republic and Lithuania to investigate the determinants of converting to organic farming reveals that farmer's own belief and the intrinsic characteristics of the farm increase the likelihood of conversion. If the process of certification as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060783
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Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater: Determinants and Indicators
Wick, Katharina; Heumesser, Christine; Schmid, Erwin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Nitrogen is an important input to agricultural production but also detrimentally affects the environmental quality of air, soil and water. Identifying the determinants of nitrate pollution and in turn defining sensible performance indicators to design, enforce and monitor regulatory policies is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201369
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The impact of the Single Farm Payments on the Expenditure on Fertilizers and crop protection inputs: a comparative study of the Italian agriculture
Vollaro, Michele - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The Health Check (HC) of the European Common Agricultural Policy in 2003 sped up the process of policy reforms toward decoupled payments in order to urge agricultural production to respond to market signals. However, since decoupled payments could generate “coupled” effects on production, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201376
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Sustainability assessment of olive grove in Andalusia: A methodological proposal
Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio; Riesgo, Laura - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Recently the olive sector has had important changes in Andalusia due to both the enlargement and the intensification of farming. The expansion of the olive grove in Andalusia is causing sustainability problems, not only from the socio-economic dimension (profit reduction) but environmental...
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Relationships between Agricultural policies and Environmental Effects in Japan: An Environmental-Economic Integrated Model Approach
Sasaki, Hiroki - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
This study investigates the optimal agricultural land use allocation and nitrogen application to a representative Japanese farm. The site-specific nature of numerous agri-environmental issues necessitates analysis at a disaggregated level in order to capture the underlying heterogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201386
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Assessing the costs of measuring biodiversity: methodological and empirical issues
Targetti, Stefano; Viaggi, Davide; Cuming, David; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE
provide a solid base for the adoption of agro-environmental incentives and to support their monitoring and evaluation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220243
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Integrated land use modelling of agri-environmental measures to maintain biodiversity at landscape level
Schonhart, Martin; Schauppenlehner, Thomas; Schmid, Erwin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Integrated land use models (ILM) are increasingly applied tools for the joint assessment of complex economic-environmental farming system interactions. We present an ILM that consists of the crop rotation model CropRota, the bio-physical process model EPIC, and the farm optimization model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220244