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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"crop choice"”.
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Decisions Against Nature: Crop Choice in a Northern Thai Village
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Three Essays on Groundwater and Tenancy Contracts in Rural Economies
… based predictions on the determinants of the choice between the two observed contract types: A fixed payment per unit of groundwater or a share of the water buyer's crop output in return for groundwater deliveries during a a priori undetermined period in the production season. In the second …
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Short run irrigation water demand : an empirical evaluation of the role of price, crop and technology choice
… derived short-run irrigation water demand, crop choices, and their choice of technology for irrigation. Using a multi- product firm framework, we have here constructed and modelled four central farm decision functions: the short-run demand function for irrigation water demand; the farmer's …
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Three essays on the production and investment decisions of households living in rural India
… First, are farm households constrained in their crop choices by agricultural production risk and to which extent can India's public works program support households in overcoming this constraint? Second, how profitable is cattle farming in rural India at different levels of investment and which …
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Increasing forest cover amidst expanding commercial agriculture: An agent-based simulation of markets and rural livelihoods in the Indian Himalayas
… To better understand the drivers of commercial crop cultivation, a dynamic, agent-based model was designed to assess the relationship between household crop choices and market dynamics. Households were modeled as “consumers of choices” who evaluate and select choices with the best outcomes. …
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The dynamics of Vietnam agriculture under changing conditions
… between changing climate and land use choice as an adaptation strategy and its likely impact on long-term food security. The literature on hybrid rice has reported superior productivity of hybrid rice seeds over inbred varieties. This is not supported by our panel stochastic frontier …
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The Potential of Watershed Development for Enhancing Agricultural Livelihood: Three Essays from the Semi-arid Regions of India
… farmer’s irrigation demand (modelled as crop choice). Two watershed communities located on either side of the ridge line of the watershed are compared. The second essay analyses the role that social capital plays in encouraging self-organization in the community. Social capital is …
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Conversion from Staple to Cash Crop Production in Mexico After NAFTA: Effects of PROCAMPO and Credit Constraints
… payments on producers’ ability to switch to cash crop production, and whether these payments continue to alleviate credit constraints for poorer producers. Given that World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations are currently stalled in part because of the trade concerns of developing nations, …
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Response of farmers' decisions and stream water quality to price incentives for nitrogen reduction, carbon abatement, and miscanthus cultivation: predictions based on agent-based modeling coupled with water quality modeling
… nitrogen, carbon and second-generation bioenergy crop prices. This study also estimates the effects in turn of these decisions on water quality, namely stream nitrate load. Given that agriculture is the single largest source of nitrogen in surface waters and is a major contributor to hypoxia in …
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Investigating host plant selection of harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica (Hahn), in order to improve a trap cropping system for its management
… Murgantia histrionica (Hahn), is a pest of cole crops. Alternative control strategies were investigated for control of HB, including trap cropping and systemic neonicotinoid insecticide applications. Potential trap crops, mustard (Brassica juncea "Southern Giant Curled" ), rapeseed (B. napus …