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Soils are often subject to environmental shocks which are caused by negative externalities linked to overexploitation. We present a stochastic model of a dynamic agricultural economy where natural disasters are sizeable, multiple, and random. Expansion of agricultural activities raises effective...

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The Impact of Structural Funds of the European Union on Agricultural and Rural Development in the First Years of Membership

Rowiński, Janusz - 2014

Agriculture" (Analiza przebiegu realizacji i skutków programów PROW 2004-2006 i Sektorowego Programu Operacyjnego Rolnictwo …

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Agricultural Growth in Odisha During 1970-2012 : An Analysis

Nayak, Narayan Chandra - 2014

This study analyzes the performance of agriculture sector in the state of Odisha from 1970 to 2012. The entire time … to deliver, especially in agriculture …

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Measuring the Economic Impact of Climate Change on African Agricultural Production Systems

Nhemachena, Charles - 2010

revenue from crop and livestock agriculture across various farm types and systems in Africa to changes in climate normals (i … crop and livestock farming and irrigation offered better adaptation options for farmers against further warming and drying …

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Food Price Inflation in India : The Growing Economy with Sluggish Agriculture

Sasmal, Joydeb - 2015

rate of food price inflation. The growth has been very uneven across sectors with agriculture remaining very sluggish. The …

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Determinants of Forestry Investment and Extent of Forestry Expansion by Smallholders in New Zealand

Dhakal, Bhubaneswor - 2012

level and expectations of increasing log prices were correlated with the decision whether to establish plantation forest … being used, for plantation forestry include forestry tax policy, expectations of increasing log prices, regional location of …

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Farmers’ Welfare and Changing Food Prices : Nonparametric Evidence from Rice in Madagascar

Barrett, Christopher B. - 2012

distributional implications of rice price changes in Madagascar. While many farmers do not participate in product markets as either … farmers who fall below the poverty line face significant negative first-order welfare effects from increases in the mean or … variance of rice prices. Conversely, the first-order gains from rice price increases are highly concentrated among the largest …

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The Economics of Non-Point-Source Pollution

Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2011

Non-point-source (NPS) pollution refers to a form of pollution in which neither the source nor the size of specific emissions can be observed or identified with sufficient accuracy. In NPS pollution the ambient concentration of pollutants associated with the individually unobserved emissions is...

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An African Growth Trap : Production Technology and the Time-Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment

Masters, William A.; McMillan, Margaret - 2014

Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods, when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and higher national income? The authors posit and test an intertemporal political economy model in which the...

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An African Growth Trap : Production Technology and the Time-Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment

Masters, William A.; McMillan, Margaret - 2012

Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods, when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and higher national income? We posit and test an intertemporal political economy model in which the government...

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