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A DEA-PCA Sustainability Metric for Processing Vegetable Crops

Wille, Nicola; Mitchell, Paul; Dong, Fengxia; Knuteson, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

-assessment survey that documents grower adoption of multiple sustainable practices, and then analyzes the data using data envelope …

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Abstracts: Proceeding of National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options"

Das, Prakash Kanti; Mallick, Amal Kumar; Dutta, Amitava; … - Faculty Centre for Integrated Rural Development and … - 2010

This document is a collection of 157 abstracts received during the National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options" held at the IRDM Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University during 17-18 December, 2010

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Impact of Earned and Unearned Off-Farm Income on Adoption of New Technologies

Gedikoglu, Haluk; Parcell, Joe L. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Sustainable agriculture requires farmers’ adoption of new technologies and practices that sustain the environmental … quality, while providing the agricultural output. Off-farm income has been analyzed in technology adoption studies, due to its … off-farm income of both the farm operator and spouse on adoption of new technologies. The results of the current study …

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Analyzing Resources for the Production of High-Value Agricultural Products in the California High Desert

Phillips, Jon C.; Hays, Lauren - Center for Food Marketing and Agribusiness Solutions, … - 2007

Urbanization of previously undeveloped land is a critical concern in Southern California. Housing development brings with it several potentially detrimental effects, among which are hardening of the landscape (pavement), diminished water absorption into the soil, and increased harmful runoff...

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Communication Processes in Agro-environmental Policy Development and Decision-Making: Case Study Sachsen-Anhalt

Prager, Katrin; Nagel, Uwe Jens - Department für Agrarökonomie, Humboldt-Universität Berlin - 2004

The development of a decision support approach with regard to agro-environmental programmes is part of a larger research project on agricultural transformation and structural change processes. Research objective are improved communication processes and an enhanced quality of political...

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Green Technologies for a More Sustainable Agriculture

Hrubovcak, James; Vasavada, Utpal; Aldy, Joseph E. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1999

For U.S. agriculture to continue along a sustainable path of economic development, further production increases must be generated by technologies that are both profitable and more environmentally benign. In this context, we assess the role of these green or sustainable technologies in steering...

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A SUSTENTABILIDADE DA AGRICULTURA ORGÂNICA FAMILIAR DOS PRODUTORES ASSOCIADOS À APOI (ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS PRODUTORES ORGÂNICOS DA IBIAPABA-CE)

Oliveira, Ana Ferreira Dos Santos; Khan, Ahmad Saeed; … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

A agricultura orgânica é uma atividade que visa promover a preservação do meio ambiente, respeitando a biodiversidade e as atividades biológicas do solo. Desta forma, esta atividade enfatiza o uso de práticas de manejo em oposição ao uso de agrotóxicos, assim fixando de modo mais...

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ASPECTOS TEÓRICOS E PRÁTICOS ASSOCIADOS À DECISÃO DE USO DE AGROTÓXICOS: UMA ABORDAGEM INTEGRADA ENTRE A AGRICULTURA, MEIO AMBIENTE E SAÚDE PÚBLICA.

Soares, Wagner Lopes; Porto, Marcelo Firpo De Souza - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

O objetivo desse artigo é discutir o que leva o agricultor a aplicar ou não os agrotóxicos, bem como ressaltar quais são os elementos que estão por traz dessa decisão. O presente trabalho abordará o problema a partir de uma análise integrada entre agricultura, meio ambiente e saúde...

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Sustaining surface and groundwater resources; Proceedings of the Internatinal Workshop on Conjunctive Water Management for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture in South Asia, April 16...

Bhatti, Ayesha; Jehangir, Waqar Ahmed - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2002

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Magyarország régióinak értékelése a bioüzemanyagok kisüzemi előállításának szempontjából

Vida, Adrienn - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 53 (2009) 1

Az elmúlt években több elemzés látott napvilágot azzal kapcsolatban, hogy Magyarország adottságai melyik megújítható energiaforrás hangsúlyozott felhasználására alkalmasak. A korábban jellemző mezőgazdasági túltermelés, klímaváltozás, a fosszilis energiahordozók...

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