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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Crop Allocation"”.
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Assessment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Potential Using Crop Allocation Optimization
… SAF production potential through different crop allocation strategies. Biomass potential is quantified by land suitability and agricultural availability. An optimization model is developed using binary integer linear programming with three crop allocation strategies for 2050 and 2100: fuel …
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Essays on the Economics of Climate Change, Water, and Agriculture
… in which I investigate how different water allocation mechanisms within the prior appropriation doctrine result in differences in producers' crop allocation decisions. I find that water users in irrigation districts are able to plant more water-intensive crops than farmers outside irrigation …
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Three essays on conservation practice adoption and cropland allocation
… role of the Chinese government in influencing cropland allocation decisions. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 focus on the adoption of conservation practices. Chapter 2 studies the impact of enrollment restrictions on farmers’ adoption of conservation practices, using a survey of Iowa farmers. The …
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Farm management implications of uncertainty in the number of days suitable for fieldwork in corn production
… choices regarding machinery purchases, crop allocation to available acreage, varietal trait selection, and crop management practices. These farm management decisions impact the expected length of time available from planting to harvest. The dates that farmers most actively plant and …
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Towards effective use of climate forecasts in agricultural decision making: Bridging the gap between modeling and empirical studies
… the role of institutional interventions (namely crop insurance and crop price) in the value of improved seasonal forecasts. This is investigated by developing an end-to-end forecast valuation framework that integrates a crop growth simulation model and an economic decision-making model. Focusing …