This volume is a collection of twelve selected empirical studies on the economics of agriculture and natural resources. Twenty-two authors have contributed their research to this volume. Papers of this volume are grouped into three main domains covering: Agricultural Resilience and...

1. Introduction to sustainable agriculture and agribusiness in Iran -- 2. Agricultural Risk Management Through Weather-based Insurance in Iran -- 3. Determining Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) for Food Industry Companies’ Stocks Portfolios in the Tehran Stock Market -- 4. Assessing Climate...

Chapter 1. Almas Heshmati, “Introduction to Economic Growth and Development in Ethiopia and summary of the contributions” -- Chapter 2. Tsegaye Mulugeta, “Impacts of Improved Agricultural Technology Adoption on Rural Poverty: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia” -- Chapter 3. Tsegaye Mulugeta,...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Industrial crop production -- Chapter 3. Measurement of Performance and Review of the Literature -- Chapter 4. Parametric and Non-Parametric Models for Efficiency Measurement -- Chapter 5. Models Applied to Iran’s Cotton and Sugar Beet Production --...