Crop models are a key tool for developing adaptation strategies in the agriculture sector. With their evolution over time, they have gradually incorporated new approaches and tools. This document develops a non-linear model for simulating the performance of crops with an innovative approach that...

Using primary data collected from 3,493 households in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh, this study investigates the factors influencing farmers' preference for high-yielding rice varieties over other beneficial traits such as nutritional value, stress tolerance, and input efficiency....

This paper examines the impact of environmental regulation on crop-residue burning, air pollution, and health in Northern India. Exploiting a spatial regression discontinuity at the Punjab-Haryana border and satellite data from 2012-2023, I show that Haryana's implementation of crop-residue...

Legume crops, the production of which is related to their use in animal nutrition (referred to in this study as "legumes for livestock-LL" and include species such as bean, lupin, pea, vetch and clover), have positive effects on the economic performance of farms and environmental outcomes,...

This paper studies the welfare impacts of agricultural shocks on households with detailed heterogeneity, by taking consumption, land, and labor allocation choices into account. The underlying model is quantified with household survey data from 51 developing countries, then used to analyze the...

Explanations for the West's escape from premature mortality have focused on chronic malnutrition or income and on public health or state capacity. We argue that by ignoring the multigenerational effects of variance in ancestors' harvests, we are underestimating the contribution of modern...

We combine 2008-2023 county-level yield data with 30-meter crop classification imagery to test whether crop diversity mitigates yield losses from weather shocks. Diversity is measured with the exponential Shannon index, capturing county-level species richness and evenness as the effective number...

Biofortified crops have been identified as a vital remedy for hunger and micronutrient deficiencies among rural agro-based populations in developing countries. Nevertheless, the adoption of these crops remains limited due to farmers' lack of knowledge about their benefits. In Malawi,...

This study was conducted to examine the presence and empirical validity of the link between on-farm entrepreneurship and crop productivity in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A sample of 221 smallholder farmers was drawn from Ndumo-B and Makhathini Irrigation Schemes, Jozini Local Municipality....

Weather variability disrupts food grain production and agricultural sustainability. While existing literature highlights the stationary relationship between weather variables and agricultural outcomes, it often overlooks their bearing on land use changes. This study investigates the dynamic...

This study investigates the effect of climate shocks on olive oil production in Palestine, a region acutely vulnerable to both environmental change and political instability. We estimate the influences of temperature and rainfall fluctuations on four key outcomes: the olive-to-oil yield ratio,...

Agriculture, and especially soybean production, has a critical role in Argentina's economy, as a major contributor to GDP and export revenue. This paper studies the impact of climate variability on soybean yields in Argentina using a novel department-level dataset spanning 1980-2023. We estimate...

As with most agricultural inputs, the optimal use of fertilizer leverages the production complementarities between different types of nutrients. Wide variation in the intensity of nutrient application rates suggests there are potentially large productivity gains to be had from rebalancing...

This study investigates the effects of climate change and internet access on cotton yield disparities between African nations and other cotton-producing countries from 1995 to 2019. Utilizing econometric analysis based on a decomposition model, the findings reveal that African countries...

Tea and coffee as traditional cash crops have been produced in Rwanda for more than six and ten decades respectively. However, new cash crops are being produced and exported, although their role in increased income and poverty reduction over traditional ones is not well understood; hence the...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone policy of the European Union, increasingly focused on promoting environmentally sustainable practices. In 2014, the CAP introduced Greening payments and a crop diversification requirement to enhance soil resilience and mitigate ecosystem...

AbstractUnderstanding how agricultural practices and climate change impact crop yields and soil organic carbon (SOC) is crucial for maintaining agroecosystem functioning. In this study, MONICA model was used for assessing the impacts of agricultural strategies: conventional (CON), organic (ORG),...

The main objective of the study was to examine trends of maize yield and climate change variables and assess the effect of climate change variables on maize yield in the study area. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Kendall trend test and Sen's slope estimator to describe the trends of maize...

The European Union (EU) aims to increase the adoption of organic farming as part of its Farm to Fork Strategy. However, farmers face uncertain adoption outcomes linked with crop yields, production costs, labour requirements, and ultimately farm income. Yet, comprehensive large-scale empirical...