This study aims to assess whether Jajar Legowo planting system has a significant impact on increasing the productivity of wetland paddy and the income of the paddy growers in Indonesia. We applied a linear regression model to the results of the 2017 National Cost Structure of Paddy Cultivation...

The broad economic notion of Ecosystem Services (ES) refers to the benefits that humans derive, directly or indirectly, from ecosystem functions. ES are directly related with Water Resources Management (WRM), as any catchment’s degradation is in fact a degradation of ES, and the opposite. The...

Genetically modified (GM) crops are expected to reduce agricultural carbon emissions, which account for approximately 30\% of global carbon emissions, by reducing the use of high-emission production inputs. However, upon examining the gradual roll-out of GM crops across countries, we find that...

V súčasnosti prebieha transformácia vo vnútri niektorých klasických odvetví s cieľom reagovať na spoločenskú požiadavku prispôsobiť sa novým, vyšším štandardom reflektujúc humánnosť a aktuálne vedecké poznatky. Jednou z oblastí transformácie je oblasť chovu hydiny,...

The paper presents the results of a large-scale study on the structure, factors, and evolution of contractual relations of Bulgarian farms, including the management of the supply of natural, material, biological, financial, and human resources, short-term assets, services, innovations, risk...

Food security is about ensuring that all people at all times have both physical and economic access to the basic food they need. In a number of African countries chronic malnutrition and transitory food insecurity are pervasive. Like most African countries, Eritrea is also a victim of the...

In this paper, we provide a comparative account of the evolution of private saving in India and Malaysia, and analyze how policy changes in the financial sectors and pension systems help explain differences in their saving performance. Using the ARDL bounds estimation procedure, we find a fairly...

BACKGROUND. Farmers are faced with a wide range of pest management (PM) options which can be adopted in isolation or alongside complement or substitute strategies. This paper presents the results of a survey of UK cereal producers focusing on the character and diversity of PM strategies...

This paper examines technology adoption and integrated pest management strategies employed by UK farmers, using both parametric and nonparametric methods. We employ a unique survey data set collected from UK cereal farmers to assess the determinants of technology adoption in relation to pest...