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Bush encroachment control and risk management in semi-arid rangelands

Lukomska, Natalia; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2010

We study the role of bush encroachment control for a farmer's income and income risk in a stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semiarid rangelands. In particular, we study debushing as an instrument of risk management that complements the choice of an adaptive grazing...

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Remote sensing of bush encroachment on commercial cattle farms in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia

Schröter, Matthias; Jakoby, Oliver; Olbrich, Roland; … - 2009

Bush encroachment is one of the most extensive changes in land cover in Namibia and an urgent problem for cattle … commercial cattle farms in central Namibia by employing remote sensing methods to distinguish between areas covered by bush and …

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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change : rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management

Müller, Birgit; Quaas, Martin; Frank, Karin; … - 2009

; Namibia ; grazing management ; risk ; sustainability ; weather-based derivatives …

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Optimal grazing management rules in semi-arid rangelands with uncertain rainfall

Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2011

We study optimal adaptive grazing management under uncertain rainfall in a discrete-time model. As in each year actual rainfall can be observed during the short rainy season, and grazing management can be adapted accordingly for the growing season, the closed-loop solution of the stochastic...

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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change : rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management

Müller, Birgit; Quaas, Martin F.; Frank, Karin; … - 2010

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Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management : the case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions

Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2011

of Namibia, a system that is subject to extensive degradation. We characterize farmers’ personal norms, study their … degradation of rangelands in Namibia. … of Namibia, a system that is subject to extensive degradation. We characterize farmers' personal norms, study their …

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Risk preferences under heterogeneous environmental risk

Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Haensler, Andreas; … - 2011

We study risk preferences and their determinants for commercial cattle farmers in Namibia who are subject to high …We study risk preferences and their determinants for commercial cattle farmers in Namibia who are subject to high and …

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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change : rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management

Müller, Birgit; Quaas, Martin F.; Frank, Karin; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 70 (2011) 11, pp. 2137-2144

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Determinants and interactions of sustainability and risk management of commercial cattle farmers in Namibia

Ingenillem, Jessica; Merz, Joachim; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2014

commercial cattle farming in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia. Cattle farmers in Namibia act within a coupled ecological …

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Bush encroachment control and risk management in semi-arid rangelands

Lukomska, Natalia; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2010

We study the role of bush encroachment control for a farmer's income and income risk in a stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semi-arid rangelands. In particular, we study debushing as an instrument of risk management that complements the choice of an adaptive grazing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008760545