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Arid zone 76 Trockengebiet 76 India 13 Indien 13 Pastoral farming 13 Weidewirtschaft 13 Bewässerung 12 Irrigation 12 Drought 11 Dürre 11 Nachhaltige Entwicklung 11 Sustainable development 11 Wasserversorgung 10 Water supply 10 Agrarboden 9 Agricultural soil 9 Namibia 9 Cattle farming 8 Climate change 8 Klimawandel 8 Rinderhaltung 8 Africa 6 Afrika 6 Marokko 5 Morocco 5 Rajasthan 5 Theorie 5 Theory 5 Agrarproduktion 4 Agricultural development 4 Agricultural production 4 Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung 4 Organic farming 4 Risikomanagement 4 Risk management 4 Schock 4 Shock 4 USA 4 United States 4 Wassermangel 4
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Book / Working Paper 49 Article 28
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Graue Literatur 32 Non-commercial literature 32 Arbeitspapier 23 Working Paper 23 Article in journal 18 Aufsatz in Zeitschriften 18 Article in book 9 Aufsatz im Buch 9 Collection of articles of several authors 5 Sammelwerk 5 Dissertation 4 Thesis 4 Case study 3 Fallstudie 3 Hochschulschrift 3 Aufsatzsammlung 1 Bibliographie 1 Bibliographie enthalten 1 Bibliography included 1 Congress report 1 Kongressschrift 1 Statistics 1 Statistik 1
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English 72 German 4 Undetermined 1
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Baumgärtner, Stefan 8 Quaas, Martin F. 5 Finckh, Manfred 3 Freier, Korbinian Peter 3 Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep 3 Libecap, Gary D. 3 Mendelsohn, Robert O. 3 Olbrich, Roland 3 Rocha, Rudi 3 Schneider, Uwe A. 3 Soares, Rodrigo Reis 3 Agostini, Paola 2 Brock, William A. 2 Brüggemann, Rainer 2 Dinar, Ariel 2 Frank, Karin 2 Hansen, Zeynep Kocabiyik 2 Hassan, Rashid M. 2 Kalwar, Sugan Chand 2 Müller, Birgit 2 Scheffran, Jürgen 2 Seo, Sungno Niggol 2 Xepapadeas, Anastasios 2 Adams, William M. 1 Adhikari, Manas Kumar 1 Aitken, Andrew 1 Al-Karablieh, Emad K. 1 Alston, Lee J. 1 Atkinson, Doreen 1 Aw-Hassan, Aden 1 Behnke, Roy H. 1 Berry, Steven 1 Bharara, L. P. 1 Boesen, Jannik 1 Bouma, Jetske Anne 1 Bruggeman, Adriana 1 Chand, Khem 1 Colby Saliba, Bonnie G. 1 Coll-Black, Sarah 1 Dar, William D. 1
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Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation 1 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 1 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 1 National Council of Applied Economic Research 1
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University of Lüneburg Working paper series in economics 7 A World Bank study 4 Policy research working paper : WPS 2 Research report / International Food Policy Research Institute 2 Working paper 2 Working papers / Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung, Universität Hamburg 2 Asia Pacific development journal 1 CDR working papers 1 CSGR working paper / Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation 1 CentER dissertation series : CDS 1 Demokratie und Entwicklung 1 Die Greifswalder Theorie starker Nachhaltigkeit : Ausbau, Anwendung und Kritik 1 Discussion paper series 1 Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics 1 Economic modeling, analysis, and policy for sustainability 1 Economics of resources use and farming systems development in the Middle East and East Africa 1 Ecosystem management series : Nr 1 Environment & policy : ENPO 1 Environment and development economics 1 Environment, Development and Sustainability 1 Environmental & resource economics : the official journal of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 1 GDI book series 1 IIED issue paper 1 Indian agriculture in the changing environment 1 Indian journal of agricultural economics 1 International journal of energy, environment, economics : IJEEE 1 International journal of nonprofit & voluntary sector marketing 1 Journal of development economics 1 Journal of economic issues : jei 1 Journal of environmental economics and management : JEEM ; the official journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 1 Journal of rural development 1 Modern Indian economy : essays in memory of Professor Alak Ghosh 1 Motu working papers 1 NBER working paper series on historical factors in long run growth 1 New growth and poverty alleviation strategies for Africa : international and regional perspectives 1 Policy and strategic behaviour in water resource management 1 Promise, trust and evolution : managing the commons of South Asia 1 Property in land and other resources 1 Quarterly journal of international agriculture 1 Research papers / United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research 1
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Inclusive green growth in Kenya : opportunities in the dryland water and rangeland sectors : study in support of the Danish Green Growth and Employment Programme in Kenya 2015-2020
King-Okumu, Caroline - 2015
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Lösungsansätze zur Förderung einer nachhaltigen ländlichen Entwicklung in den Trockenzonen Irans : Fallstudie: Behabad
Ghandehari, Maryam - 2017
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The role and application of social marketing in managing water consumption : a case study
Lowe, Ben; Lynch, David; Lowe, Julian - In: International journal of nonprofit & voluntary sector … 19 (2014) 1, pp. 14-26
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Advancing functional understanding of primary production in drylands : insights from a data-integration approach
Ruppert, Jan Christian - 2014
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Integrated landscape approaches for Africa's drylands
Gray, Erin; Henninger, Norbert; Reij, Chris; … - 2016
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Economic value of regulating and cultural ecosystem services of Oasean Biome : case study in Middle Draa Valley
Karmaoui, Ahmed - In: Economic modeling, analysis, and policy for sustainability, (pp. 307-326). 2016
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Improved agricultural water management for Africa's drylands
Ward, Christopher J.; Torquebiau, Raphael; Xie, Hua - 2016
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Tree-based production systems for Africa's drylands
Place, Frank M.; Garrity, Dennis; Mohan, Sid; Agostini, … - 2016
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Social protection programs for Africa's drylands
Del Ninno, Carlo; Coll-Black, Sarah; Fallavier, Pierre - 2016
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The end of desertification? : disputing environmental change in the Drylands
Behnke, Roy H. (ed.); Mortimore, Michael (ed.) - 2016
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Model choice and size distribution : a Bayequentist approach
Engler, John-Oliver; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2013
We propose a new three-step model-selection framework for size distributions in empirical data. It generalizes a recent frequentist plausibility-of-fit analysis (Step 1) and combines it with a relative ranking based on the Bayesian Akaike Information Criterion (Step 2). We enhance these...
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Characterizing commercial cattle farms in Namibia : risk, management and sustainability
Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2012
Commercial cattle farming in Namibia, a prime example of livestock farming in semi-arid rangelands, is subject to a variety of risks, predominant among which is precipitation risk. At the same time it suffers from rangeland degradation that is at least partly due to inadequate management. We...
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Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brasilian semiarid
Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2012
This paper analyzes the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth. We concentrate on the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil to highlight the role of water scarcity as a determinant of early life health. We find that negative rainfall shocks are robustly...
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Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid
Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2012
This paper analyzes the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth. We concentrate on the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil to highlight the role of water scarcity as a determinant of early life health. We find that negative rainfall shocks are robustly...
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Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid
Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - In: Journal of development economics 112 (2015), pp. 72-91
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Dynamic interactions between vegetation and land use in semi-arid Morocco : using a Markov process for modeling rangelands under climate change
Freier, Korbinian Peter; Schneider, Uwe A.; Finckh, Manfred - 2011
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Optimal grazing management rules in semi-arid rangelands with uncertain rainfall
Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2011
We study optimal adaptive grazing management under uncertain rainfall in a discrete-time model. As in each year actual rainfall can be observed during the short rainy season, and grazing management can be adapted accordingly for the growing season, the closed-loop solution of the stochastic...
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Assessing the predictability of future livelihood strategies of pastoralists in semi-arid Morocco under climate change
Freier, Korbinian Peter (contributor);  … - 2011
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Greening the grey : expanding the green revolution
Dar, William D.; Tiwari, Arun K. - 2014 - First edition
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Bush encroachment control and risk management in semi-arid rangelands
Lukomska, Natalia; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2010
We study the role of bush encroachment control for a farmer's income and income risk in a stochastic ecological-economic model of grazing management in semiarid rangelands. In particular, we study debushing as an instrument of risk management that complements the choice of an adaptive grazing...
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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change : rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Müller, Birgit (contributor); Quaas, Martin F. (contributor) - 2010
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Pitfalls and potential of institutional change : rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Müller, Birgit (contributor); Quaas, Martin (contributor);  … - 2009
Rain-index insurance is strongly advocated in many parts of the developing world to help farmers to cope with climatic risk that prevail in (semi-)arid rangelands due to low and highly uncertain rainfall. We present a modeling analysis of how the availability of rain-index insurance affects the...
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Livelihood risk from HIV in semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradesh
Gandhi, B. Valentine Joseph (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper discusses the livelihood dynamics in the fragile landscape of the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of Andhra Pradesh. SAT is home to the poorest of the poor who live in conditions of persistent drought, subsistence agriculture and poor access to markets. This paper is a case study focusing...
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A Ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on agriculture across agro-ecological zones in Africa
Seo, Sungno Niggol (contributor);  … - 2008
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Water, water somewhere : the value of water in a drought-prone farming region
Grimes, Arthur L. (contributor); Aitken, Andrew (contributor) - 2008
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Pattern formation, spatial externalities and regulation in coupled economic-ecological systems
Brock, William A. (contributor);  … - 2008
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Rational expectations? : Evidence from planting decisions in semi-arid India
Giné, Xavier (contributor); Townsend, Robert M. (contributor) - 2008
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Assessing the predictability of future livelihood strategies of pastoralists in semi-arid Morocco under climate change
Freier, Korbinian Peter (contributor);  … - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 79 (2012) 2, pp. 371-382
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Corn production shocks in 2012 and beyond : implications for food price volatility
Berry, Steven; Roberts, Michael J.; Schlenker, Wolfram - 2012
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Water rights and markets in the US semiarid West : efficiency and equity issues
Libecap, Gary D. - In: Property in land and other resources, (pp. 389-411). 2012
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A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland
Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep (contributor);  … - 2007
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Common vs. common : managing scarce water resources in dry zone village tank system in Sri Lanka
Senaratne, Athula; Wickramasinghe, Kanchana - 2011
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Impact of watershed development programme on economic indicators : a study of drought prone areas of West Bengal
Adhikari, Manas Kumar - In: Modern Indian economy : essays in memory of Professor …, (pp. 509-525). 2011
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Pattern formation, spatial externalities and regulation in coupled economicecological systems
Brock, William A.; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 59 (2010) 2, pp. 149-164
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Land degradation and migration in a dry land region in India : extent, nature and determinants
Shah, Amita - In: Environment and development economics 15 (2010) 2, pp. 173-196
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Different rangeland management systems to reduce livestock feeding costs in arid and semi-arid areas in Jordan
Al-Karablieh, Emad K.; Jabarin, Amer S. - In: Quarterly journal of international agriculture 49 (2010) 2, pp. 91-109
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Economics of water poverty : an empirical analysis in dry zone of Sri Lanka
Herath, Janaranjana; Ranasinghe, Thushara - In: The economic journal of Nepal : a quarterly publication … 33 (2010) 4, pp. 241-248
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Determinants for cassava production expansion in the semi-arid zone of West Africa
Udoh, E.; Kormawa, P. - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 11 (2009) 2, pp. 345-357
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Water management in urbanizing, arid regions : innovative voluntary transactions as a response to competing water claims
Colby Saliba, Bonnie G. - In: Policy and strategic behaviour in water resource management, (pp. 47-65). 2009
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Remote sensing of bush encroachment on commercial cattle farms in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia
Schröter, Matthias (contributor);  … - 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...
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The use of nuclear techniques in biosaline agriculture : the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experience
Morales Pedraza, Jorge - In: International journal of energy, environment, economics … 16 (2009) 2/3, pp. 133-152
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A ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on agriculture across Agro-Ecological Zones in Africa
Seo, Sungno Niggol (contributor);  … - In: Environmental & resource economics : the official … 43 (2009) 3, pp. 312-332
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Options to improve livelihoods and protect natural resources in dry environments : the case of the Khanasser Valley in Syria
La Rovere, Roberto (contributor);  … - In: The journal of environment & development : a review of … 18 (2009) 2, pp. 107-129
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Reconciling the trade-offs between domestic demand and export market : the case of Sudan dry-land agriculture
Elamin, Eltighani; Musa, Hamid; Rahil, Ismail Er - In: Economics of resources use and farming systems …, (pp. 27-49). 2009
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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
Studying the sustainable use of ecosystem services under uncertainty requires the consideration of the stochastic dynamics of the system under study, risk and time preferences, risk management strategies and normative views pertaining to sustainability. To gather this information for an...
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Resilienz und nachhaltige Entwicklung von semi-aridem Weideland in Namibia
Derissen, Sandra - In: Die Greifswalder Theorie starker Nachhaltigkeit : …, (pp. 299-312). 2009
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Environmental control in greenhouse and animal houses with earth-tube-heat-exchangers in hot semi-arid North-West India
Sharan, Girja; Madhavan, T. - 2009
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On non-equilibrium and nomadism : knowledge, diversity and global modernity in drylands (and beyond ...)
Sullivan, Sian (contributor); Homewood, C. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Some places again : a "restricted" revisit to dry regions of India
Jodha, N. S. - In: Promise, trust and evolution : managing the commons of …, (pp. 51-69). 2008
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Towards "soft boundaries": pro-poor tourism and cross-border collaboration in the arid areas of South Africa
Atkinson, Doreen - In: New growth and poverty alleviation strategies for …, (pp. 489-514). 2008
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