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Turkey is exposed to multiple natural hazard-induced disasters (NHID) and has considerable experience in managing the associated risks. Drought, in particular, has had significant impacts on the country’s agricultural sector, and the frequency of droughts is expected to increase due to climate...
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Reforming agricultural support is increasingly considered a viable means to enhance agriculture’s contribution to climate change mitigation, while fulfilling broader food systems policy objectives related to food security and livelihoods. This study uses a new computable general equilibrium...
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In this article, the virtual water exchange between Mediterranean countries is considered, reference being to the … implicit water content of traded goods. Virtual water flows associated with trade in agricultural goods are estimated …. Subsequently, a general equilibrium economic model is used to simulate the effects of the future reduced availability of water …
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This report offers a guide on potential reform pathways towards sustainable agriculture water use, based on a thorough … review of selected past water and agriculture reforms and extensive consultation with policy experts. A theory of change is …: charging water use in agriculture; removing subsidies that negatively impact water resources, regulating groundwater use and …
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Agriculture’s water quality and quantity challenges continue to grow in many regions of the world. Policy solutions … water and agriculture policy changes in OECD countries with the aim to identify steps towards adopting and implementing such …. The comparison of agriculture and water policy changes shows that introducing reforms can be facilitated by exogenous …
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This paper uses a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the intertemporal and spatial dimension of technology spillovers embodied in international trade. Three are the main contributions of the study. First, link capital- and energy-productivity to machinery and equipment...
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The economy implications that climate change holds for agricultural sectors in 2050 are estimated using a static computable general equilibrium model. A peculiar feature of this exercise is the interfacing of the economic model with a climate model forecasting temperature increase in the...
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Climate change and outdoor air pollution are two of the most challenging environmental issues that modern society faces. These challenges are strongly linked through their emission sources, the sectors they affect and the policies that can be implemented to reduce emissions. They also interact...
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, especially in agriculture, where much irrigation water generates little value-added. The government has subsidised the use of … more efficient irrigation technology at considerable budgetary cost, which has contributed to a modest reduction of water … use in irrigation in recent years. The participatory approach in water policy governance should be extended further to …
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dams, dykes, reservoirs and associated irrigation canals and water supply networks, which may be used for more than one …In this paper, the term multi-purpose water infrastructure (MPWI) encompasses all man-made water systems, including …-economic development and ensuring water, food and energy security of many countries (not least in water-stressed Central Asia), many MPWI …
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