Search Results - subject:"Crop yield."

Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?

Iimi, Atsushi - 2020

Africa has great potential for agriculture. Although international commodity prices have been buoyant, Africa?s supply response seems to be weak. A variety of constraints may exist. Using the case of Tanzania, the paper examines the impact of market connectivity, domestic and international, on...

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A Credibility-Based Yield Forecasting Model for Crop Reinsurance Pricing and Weather Risk Management

Zhu, Wenjun - 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose an improved reinsurance pricing framework, which includes a crop yield … account for changing crop mix through time is also demonstrated.Design/methodology/approachThe new crop yield forecasting … a credibility estimator for crop yield forecasting, and develop a closed form reinsurance pricing formula …

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Missing(Ness) in Action : Selectivity Bias in Gps-Based Land Area Measurements

Carletto, Calogero - 2020

Land area is a fundamental component of agricultural statistics, and of analyses undertaken by agricultural economists. While household surveys in developing countries have traditionally relied on farmers' own, potentially error-prone, land area assessments, the availability of affordable and...

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Does Climate Change Make Foodgrain Yields More Unpredictable? Evidence from India

Verma, Saumya - 2020

How would climate change affect India's agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India's major food crop) and two key millet crops (sorghum and pearl millet), using an all India district...

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The Consumption Effects of the Disposition to Sell Winners and Hold Losers

Loos, Benjamin - 2020

We use individual-level data on all security trades, holdings, spending, and income from an online retail bank. We study the effects of an exogenous change in the displayed purchase prices of the mutual funds in individuals' portfolios. We find that individuals are more likely to sell what we...

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PVDF-PZT nanohybrid based nanogenerator for energy harvesting applications

Wankhade, Shivaji H.; Tiwari, Shivam; Gaur, Anupama; … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020), pp. 358-364

With the depletion of the conventional energy sources, measures are being taken to create an alternate energy sources for the future. Energy harvesting from different sources are one of the better steps taken in this direction. Mechanical energy harvesting from the waste mechanical source is...

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Does integrated soil fertility management increase returns to land and labor? : plot-level evidence from Ethiopia

Hörner, Denise; Wollni, Meike - 2020

Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) is widely promoted to enhance soil fertility, yields and livelihoods among smallholders, and ultimately combat environmental degradation. Its core is the combined use of organic and inorganic fertilizers with improved crop varieties. Yet, farmers face...

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Development of crop climate calendars for high-value crops in Atok, Benguet : report from preliminary co-learning and co-development engagements with agricultural stakeholders in Benguet province

Domingo, Sonny N.; Umlas, Anna Jennifer L.; Zuluaga, … - 2020

Crop climate calendars augment traditional crop calendars by not only specifying planting and harvest schedules but also describing phenological states, cultivation practices and weather and climate requirements that any crop faces throughout a cropping season. The case to document this...

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Quantification and benefits of reducing post-harvest losses : evidence for vegetables in Senegal

Beye, Assane; Komarek, Adam M. - 2020

This study examines on-farm post-harvest losses (PHL) for three vegetable crops (onion, tomato, and pimento) in Senegal and the potential economic benefits associated with reducing PHL for these three vegetables. Household survey data was used to quantify the onfarm PHL for these vegetables at...

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New evidence using a dynamic panel data approach : cereal supply response in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia

Tenaye, Anbes - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 3/61, pp. 1-24

Increasing agricultural production is essential to improving food availability and farm household incomes in developing economies. This study investigated the dynamic supply responses of major cereal crops to price and nonprice factors in Ethiopia using the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey...

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