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Adoption of Irrigation Technology and Best Management Practices under Climate Risks: Evidence from Arkansas, United States

Xu, Ying; Huang, Qiuqiong; West, Grant - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Water shortage is likely intensified by climate change. Although advanced irrigation technologies and agricultural water management practices are widely promoted, farmers’ adoption behavior is not well understood in the climate change context. This study helps fill this gap by assessing how...

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THE INFLUENCES OF LAND TENANCY AND ROTATION SELECTION ON CRAWFISH FARMERS’ ADOPTION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Nyaupane, Narayan P.; Gillespie, Jeffrey M. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009

This study investigates factors influencing the adoption of best management practices in Louisiana crawfish production. Probit results show acreage, years farming, portion of income from farming, technology adoption tendencies, hunting leases and a stream running through the farm to influence...

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Addressing agricultural nonpoint source pollution incidentally via collaboration with larger farms: evidence from China

Huang, Chunlin; Li, Zejun; Clark, Jeremy - 2025

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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 …; inappropriate curriculum design; inappropriate evaluation procedure; lack of parents’ involvement; lack of checks and bureaucratic …

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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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