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Sustainable use of ecosystem services under multiple risks – a survey of commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia
Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2009
sustainability. To gather this information for an important ecological-economic system, we conducted a survey of commercial cattle … dynamics of the system under study, risk and time preferences, risk management strategies and normative views pertaining to … description of the research aims, design and conduction of the survey, and analyze and discuss the homogeneity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008617004
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Sustainable use of ecosystem services under multiple risks : a survey of commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia
Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2009
sustainability. To gather this information for an important ecological-economic system, we conducted a survey of commercial cattle … management ; sustainability ; risk … dynamics of the system under study, risk and time preferences, risk management strategies and normative views pertaining to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879608
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Sustainable Use of Ecosystem Services Under Multiple Risks – A Survey of Commercial Cattle Farmers in Semi-Arid Rangelands in Namibia
Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2010
sustainability. To gather this information for an important ecological-economic system, we conducted a survey of commercial cattle … dynamics of the system under study, risk and time preferences, risk management strategies and normative views pertaining to … description of the research aims, design and conduction of the survey, and analyze and discuss the homogeneity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203826
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Еко-управление в българското селското стопанство
Bachev, Hrabrin; Yovchevska, Plamena; Mitova, Dilyana; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This study is a part of the research project on “Eco-management in agriculture” funded by the Agricultural Academy with period of implementation 2013-2014. This report summarizes the results of the first year and includes: - state of the studies in the area; - theoretical and methodological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261079
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Agro-Ecosystem Services – Governance Needs and Efficiency
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of management agro-ecosystem services. That new approach for analyses and assessment of management of agro-ecosystem services includes: definition of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684891
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Agro-Ecosystem Services - Governance Needs and Efficiency
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2010
This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of management agro-ecosystem services. That new approach for analyses and assessment of management of agro-ecosystem services includes: definition of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014190050
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Characterizing commercial cattle farms in Namibia: risk, management and sustainability
Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgaertner, Stefan - 2012
characterization of this system in respect to risk, management and sustainability. … variety of risks, predominant among which is precipitation risk. At the same time it suffers from rangeland degradation that … clusters. This classification is predominantly driven by environmental condition and financial risk management, and to a lesser …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010568552
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Characterizing commercial cattle farms in Namibia: Risk, management and sustainability
Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2012
characterization of this system in respect to risk, management and sustainability. … variety of risks, predominant among which is precipitation risk. At the same time it suffers from rangeland degradation that … clusters. This classification is predominantly driven by environmental condition and financial risk management, and to a lesser …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294486
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Invasive Weeds, Wildfire, and Rancher Decision Making in the Great Basin
Rollins, Kimberly S.; Kobayashi, Mimako - Economics Department, University of Nevada-Reno; … - 2009
A numerical dynamic model is developed to characterize the decision problem of a rancher operating on rangelands in northern Nevada that are affected by invasive annual grasses and wildfire. The model incorporates decisions about herd size management of a cow-calf operation and fuels treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008491357
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Remote sensing of bush encroachment on commercial cattle farms in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia
Schröter, Matthias; Jakoby, Oliver; Olbrich, Roland; … - 2009
Bush encroachment is one of the most extensive changes in land cover in Namibia and an urgent problem for cattle farming, rapidly reducing the productivity of the rangeland. Despite the severity of these consequences, a complete and accurate assessment of bush encroached areas is still missing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265929