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An uncertainty approach to modelling climate change risk in South Africa

Cullis, James; Alton, Theresa; Arndt, Channing; … - 2015

This study represents the first attempt at an integrated approach to assessing the potential impacts of climate change on the national economy of South Africa via a number of (but not necessarily all) impact channels. The study focuses on outcomes by about 2050. The results show the multiple...

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An uncertainty approach to modelling climate change risk in South Africa

Cullis, James; Alton, Theresa; Arndt, Channing; … - 2015

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Institutions and forest management: A case study from Swat, Pakistan

Kruseman, Gideon; Pellegrini, Lorenzo - 2008

Deforestation in the North western part of Pakistan is a long standing problem. The Forestry Department, as formal managers of the forest resources, has been undergoing a long reform process aimed at improving its performance. This reform process has not resulted in less deforestation. From the...

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The potential of Russia to increase its wheat production through cropland expansion and intensification

Schierhorn, Florian - 2015

This dissertation addresses the primary objective to systematically quantify untapped agricultural potentials in European Russia, where widespread abandoned agricultural lands and large yield gaps co-exist. We developed a spatial allocation model to produce annual cropland and cropland...

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Costs Benefit Analysis of Different Rice Varieties in District Swat

Hussain, Anwar Hussain; Khattak, Naeem Ur Rehman Khattak; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The study was conducted in district Swat during 2007 to make comparative cost benefit analysis of per acre rice … Rosh-97, Swat-1 and Swat-2 and Fakhr-e-Malakand was 2.24, 3.20, 1.80, 1.80, 1.46, 1.54 and4.36. The highest BCR value is … cultivation of Fakhr-e-Malakand variety should be given as against the growing traditional varieties in district Swat. …

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An Assessment of the Inequality in Income and Land Holdings among Rural Rice Farmers of District Swat

Khattak, Naeem Ur Rehman Khattak; Hussain, Anwar Hussain - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The study was conducted in district Swat during 2007 to assess the degree of inequalities existing among rural rice …

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An Assessment of the Causes of Drop outs in Primary Schools of Mountainous Areas of District Swat

Hussain, Anwar Hussain; Khattak, Naeem Ur Rehman Khattak; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The study was conducted in the mountainous areas of district Swat in the year 2010 to assess the causes of drop outs in …

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Assessing the Efficiency of Alternative Best Management Practices to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Saline Bayou Watershed, Louisiana

Pokhrel, Bijay; Paudel, Krishna - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

the desired level of water quality in a given watershed. We used Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to identify … critical source areas within the Saline Bayou Watershed (HUC 11140208), Louisiana. SWAT model was calibrated and validated for …

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Scenario Analysis for Water Resources in Response to Land Use Change in the Middle and Upper Reaches of the Heihe River Basin

Li, Zhihui; Deng, Xiangzheng; Wu, Feng; Hasan, Shaikh Shamim - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 3, pp. 3086-3108

(SWAT) model, keeping other input data unchanged to isolate the land use change impacts on surface runoff and water yield …

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Development of Web-Based RECESS Model for Estimating Baseflow Using SWAT

Lee, Gwanjae; Shin, Yongchul; Jung, Younghun - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2357-2378

. In this regard, the separation of baseflow from streamflow and the analysis of recession curves make a significant …-recession curve (MRC) method can enhance the accuracy with which baseflow may be separated from streamflow, compared to other baseflow … streamflow, with easy applications for ungauged regions. RECESS on the web derived the alpha factor, which is a baseflow …

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