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This paper determines the demand for a forestry program amongst rural households in western Kenya. It is based on a … elicit farmers’ preferences. Demand is measured in terms of additional number of trees that a household is willing to plant … all found to be significant. Increase in price of a seedling by 1Ksh reduced demand by nine seedlings, while addition of …
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Kenya region. A random sample of 476 households in Suba and Vihiga districts were interviewed and 15 information pathways … control of striga and stem borer in Vihiga and Suba, Kenya. Methods of individual interaction are important to striga control. …
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A meta-analysis of reported water demand elasticities shows that publication selection bias results in water demand …. A random effects estimator is used to derive water demand elasticity estimates that are efficient and unbiased by … elasticity estimate drops to -.08%. Indoor water demand is almost perfectly inelastic. Water demands and their elasticities are …
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This study focuses on the problem of water use by new upstream commercial tree plantations where fully-committed water entitlements are already held and traded among downstream sectors (urban water, wetlands and agricultural industries). High tree product prices strongly incentivise expansion of...
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Demand relationships between salmon and a number of wild-caught whitefish and shellfish species using both single …
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closed fishing grounds, losses from human illness, and losses due to a decline in demand for the affected products. This … paper evaluates the impacts of a toxic algae bloom contamination event on demand for unaffected shellfish. As an empirical … example of the economic losses the shellfish industry experiences for these events, demand for mussels in Montreal is …
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in Kenya. We then estimate demand for the most common soil nutrients (N and P). We find that, consistent with theory …, farmers are price-responsive and remoteness depresses demand for mineral fertilizers. Knowledge and plot tenure have a strong …
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This paper explores community-organized, household water supply in seven communities in western Kenya. We compare …
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This paper explores community-organized, household water supply in seven communities in western Kenya. We compare water …
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