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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Agricultural Adaptation"”.
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Estimating the Adaptation Deficit - An empirical analysis of the constraints on climate change adaptation in agriculture
Agricultural adaptation to climate change is often simulated by changes in land use over time. Land use is commonly optimised in economic models, which rests on the neoclassical economic assumption of rational choice among farmers. A wealth of experimental and empirical evidence demonstrates that …
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Population Genetics and Phylogenetic Context of Weed Evolution in the Genus Amaranthus: Amaranthaceae)
<p>Agricultural weeds have evolved to compete aggressively with domesticated plants in agricultural environments. Although the evolution of invasiveness has been studied extensively in natural ecosystems, few comparable studies have been conducted using agricultural weeds. In this dissertation, I …
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Climate change impacts and farmers' responses in Chilanga District, Zambia
… change and variability are predicted to threaten agricultural production in Southern Africa. For example, Zambia's agriculture remains vulnerable to climate change and variability due to the small-scale farmers' dependence on rain-fed agriculture. Some studies in Zambia have shown the quantitative …
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Agriculture, climate change, and adaptation in Morocco: A computable general equilibrium analysis
… an emphasis on climate uncertainty and robust adaptation.^ The first essay in Chapter 4 provides estimates of economic impacts of climate change, and estimates on the extent to which the current Moroccan agricultural development and investment strategy, the Plan Maroc Vert (PMV), could help in …
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Remote Sensing and Integrated Systems Frameworks for Decision Support in Sustainable Development
… decisions (such as inundation trends for agricultural adaptation budget allocation and forest trends for carbon sequestration project management), and positive stakeholder comments regarding DSS capabilities, support the theory that SRS data and EVDT can improve DSS functionality. …
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Three Essays on Applied Economics
… first paper, "Warming Temperatures and Potential Adaptation through Breeding: Evidence from U.S. Soft Winter Wheat," examines the impact of climate change on wheat production. Given wheat's role as a major staple for much of the global population, its susceptibility to rising temperatures presents …
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Essays on the Economics of Climate Change, Water, and Agriculture
In an era of global-scale climate change, agricultural production faces a unique challenge due to its reliance on stochastic natural endowments, including temperature, precipitation, and water availability for irrigation. This dissertation presents a series of essays to examine how agricultural …
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Characterization of a minimal abiotic stress-inducible promoter in the development of a binary vector for crop protection
… and declining arable land necessitate urgent agricultural adaptation. The global population is expected to reach approximately 9.3 billion people by 2050, creating pressure to increase food production by up to 60 % within the same time frame. Traditional crop breeding is approaching a plateau …