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For European operators of biofuels plants there are not many hedge vehicles available to hedge operational margins. Cross hedges for rapeoil (with the rapeseed futures contract) and RME (with the NYMEX diesel futures contract) could be useful instruments. We use recent developments on threshold...
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Understanding how local stakeholders participate in designing and implementing development projects is important to improve their effectiveness. This study used three case studies of privatisation reform of agricultural research and extension in Benin, to analyse recent trends in the...
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Landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben im ertrags- und finanzschwachen Land Brandenburg stellen sich außerordentliche Herausforderungen, auf die sie mit betrieblichen Anpassungen individuell reagieren müssen. Beratung ist jedoch nur überregional verfügbar und kostenintensiv. Analysen für...
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In diesem Beitrag wird die Frage nach der Nutzung verständigungsorientierter Verfahren in der Agrarpolitik am Beispiel von Online-Foren unter dem Aspekt handlungsleitender Konzepte der Akteure diskutiert. In den diskursanalytischen Arbeiten der vergangenen Jahre wurde deutlich, dass der Dialog...
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This article is an attempt to estimate the economic value of policies aimed at conserving native bees (and their pollination services) in Northern Thailand, by means of a discrete choice experiment. The preferences of 198 longan (Dimocarpus longan) farmers for three conservation strategies in...
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Over the last decade, major shifts have occurred in international wheat trade. On the supply side, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan emerged as important wheat exporters and Russia is even projected to displace the United States as the leading exporter by 2021. We analyze the pricing behavior of...
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