Im Pflanzenbau stellt die Bewässerung eine der wirksamsten Maßnahmen dar, um die Ertragsverluste infolge von Trockenheits- und Dürreereignissen zu vermeiden oder zu minimieren. Durch ein begrenztes Wasserdargebot besteht die Herausforderung, die Wasserverfügbarkeit für die Bewässerung zu...

To promote biodiversity, a diverse landscape is necessary. Structural change in agriculture and increasing cost pressure have led to the trend of fewer farms and larger farming units with less diversity. Reversing this trend is a societal task that requires a willingness to make sacrifices. For...

Much of the land economics literature has largely ignored the spatial nature of competition and related differences between farmland rental and sales markets. In this note we propose a model for price formation in both markets under a spatial competition framework. We demonstrate that price...

In recent years, land use data from the EU's Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) have become increasingly available for research purposes. IACS data contain annual plot-level information on cultivation and location of the land farmed by agricultural beneficiaries, covering the...

Understanding agricultural land systems is paramount to preparing for future transitions under climate change. A first step in moving towards a systematic, multi-context comparison of agricultural land systems is an assessment of data availability and commensurability. We compare publicly...