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Evaluating the CAP Reform as a multiple treatment effect: evidence from Italian farms
Esposti, Roberto - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 03/03/11.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853665
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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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Application of Fuzzy Sets within Measuring and Managing certain Agricultural Risks
Sedlak, Otilija; Kocic Vugdelija, Vesna - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
result in the appropriate use of time and capacity of the agricultural machines. In some sectors, such as agriculture or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201382
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Impacts of the French bio-fuel policy on the French arable crop sub-sector
Guinde, Loic; Jacquet, Florence; Millet, Guy - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
The paper provides an analysis of the impacts of the biofuel policy on the French arable crop sub-sector. The model used is a biofuel supply model composed of an agricultural module and an industrial biofuel processing module. The agricultural supply model is an aggregation of 1094 farm models,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005804809
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The economic sustainability of cropping systems in Indian Punjab: A farmers' perspective
Singh, Sukhwinder; Park, Julian R.; Litten-Brown, Jennie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
Food for all continues to be a key issue, especially in the developing world where every fifth person is chronically undernourished. India, a fast growing developing country has also experienced serious food shortages for example in the mid 1960s. Punjab, a small northern Indian state has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324314
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preference towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weather events. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affected individuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326162
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Estimating the Technical Optimal Scale of Production in Danish Agriculture
Rasmussen, Svend - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
This paper uses representative farm account data for 1985-2007 to estimate stochastic production frontiers in the form of input distance functions for Danish crop, dairy and pig farms. The objective is to study and compare scale economies for the three farm types. The estimated technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326277
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Supply scale and demand for agricultural advisory services in Kosovo
Miftari, Iliriana; Waldhardt, Rainer; Bajrami, Egzon; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
advisory services in the sector of agriculture in Kosovo. The study area covers ten municipalities and 120 farms coming from … different sectors of agriculture. The data analyses show the supply scale of advisory services from 2007-2013; advisory sources … private sector, specifically from different international organizations. The advisory services received from agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124937
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EU farmers' intentions to invest in 2014-2020: complementarity between asset classes
Lefebvre, Marianne; Gomez y Paloma, Sergio; Viaggi, Davide - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
This article aims to analyse the determinants of EU farmers' intentions to invest in the period 2014-2020. It analysed data of a survey of 780 farmers interviewed in spring 2013, covering 6 EU countries (Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Poland) and four different farm types (arable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124996
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Integrated land use modelling to analyse climate change adaptation in Austrian agriculture
Kirchner, Mathias; Mitter, Hermine; Schönhart, Martin; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
We present an integrated modelling framework (IMF) to analyse climate change impacts on biophysical processes and farm management responses at the spatial resolution of 1km2. The IMF is applied to the Austrian agricultural sector for the period 2025-2040. The model results show that national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125011