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Showing 1 to 20 of 518 for “"economic benefits"”.
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Economic Benefits of Agricultural Conservation
… adopt conservation practices. We estimate the economic benefits of EQIP in the rural housing markets of the US. The results suggest that the implementation of agricultural conservation projects increases local housing prices and that the improvement in environmental amenities is mostly …
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Integrated Thinking: Concept, Measurement and Economic Benefits
… measure for it and explore its association with economic benefits. This thesis critically examines the body of primary empirical evidence on Integrated Thinking using a structured literature review. The findings are synthesised and developed into a conceptual framework highlighting four hallmarks …
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Estimating the economic benefits of advances in computer technology
… been given to how well these indexes measure the benefits buyers receive from improvements in computer technology. Trajtenberg (1990) proposed an alternative measure which purports to measure the benefits from product innovation and applied his procedure to the computed tomography scanner …
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The economic benefits of market integration in the East Africa Power Markets
… market). The research estimates the potential benefits of integrating these power markets through an introduction of an efficient congestions management system (Nodal pricing). The integration is expected to increase efficiency in electricity trade and allow power flow amongst the countries as …
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Regional economic benefits of air services versus the environmental cost of emissions
This study examines the relationship between the economic benefit of specific air services and the perceived cost of the carbon dioxide emissions from the aircraft operating the services. Initially a review is made of the basic evidence of climate change and air transport's contribution to it. This …
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Extracting the economic benefits of natural resources in the Marcellus Shale Region
… I examine the mechanisms in place to capture the economic benefits of shale gas extraction in these two states, performing a rough cost benefit analysis that attempts to quantify the economic impact of a single natural gas well drilled in each state. The thesis has two objectives: first, to …
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Adoption Determinants and Economic Benefits of Integrated Pest Management for Nepali Vegetable Farmers
… the IPM adoption decision, and compares the economic benefits and performance of IPM to other conventional pest management practices. Our survey of 346 vegetable farmers in four districts throughout Nepal provides the primary data we use in our analysis. We distinguish practices into two …
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Three Essays on Choice -Based Estimations of the Economic Benefits of Contaminated Site Cleanup
… offer three different approaches to estimate the economic benefits of contaminated site cleanup. All approaches are choice-based, use information from both market and survey data, and are first-time application in the property value context. The first approach uses the standard conditional logit …
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Examination of socio-economic benefits of land restitution in the Makuleke community of Limpopo Province
Institute for Rural Development
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Enhanced Pump Schedule Optimization For Large Water Distribution Networks To Maximize Environmental And Economic Benefits
<p>For more than four decades researchers tried to develop optimization method and tools to reduce electricity consumption of pump stations of water distribution systems. Based on this ongoing research trend, about a decade ago, some commercial pump operation optimization software introduced to the …
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The Economic Benefits of the South African Agricultural Research Council’s Wheat Breeding Program: 1992–2015
<p>Although classified as an upper middle-income country by the World Bank, food insecurity is still a concern throughout South Africa, as was evident in 2014–2015 when a drought left 22% of households food insecure. As such, agricultural research in South Africa is needed specifically in plant …
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Social-Economic Benefits of Payment for Environmental Services in Yaque del Norte Watershed, Dominican Republic
… were to be justified based on social benefits, the analysis must include a more comprehensive assessment of what people value from conserved forest in YNW, such as the effect of erosion for water treatment costs. Any proposal to retain forests social benefits, such as REDD+ initiative, …
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Potential Economic Benefits from Plantain Integrated Pest Management Adoption: The Case of Coastal Rural Households in Ecuador
… to benefit the poor in Ecuador. First, a socioeconomic analysis of plantain producers in the Ecuadorian coast is presented. Second, adoption rates for different size farms are estimated for use of various improved management practices. Projected adoption rates are then used in an economic …
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Economic Benefits of Research Cooperation: The Case of the Regional Maize Program for Central America and the Caribbean
… among small developing countries. The benefits of collaborative maize breeding research initiative in Central America and the Caribbean: the Regional Maize Program (PRM). The dissertation addresses two questions in developing countries' agriculture: (1) are there incentives for …
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From cost-effectiveness to economic-efficiency in conservation planning: the importance of considering the economic benefits of conservation
Providing an economic case for establishing new protected areas and demonstrating how conservation enhances human well-being is becoming necessary to reinforce moral arguments for biodiversity protection. Accordingly; this study aimed to assess whether the spatial distribution of priority areas …
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The impact of software design structure on product maintenance costs and measurement of economic benefits of product redesign
… the current state of the art in engineering economics of the maintenance phase of software lifecycle. Secondly, a measure of software product complexity suitable to assess maintainability of a software system is developed. This measure is used to analyze the design structure change that …
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A model for the utilisation of networks and leveraging of the economic benefits of migration capital in emerging markets
… migrant entrepreneurs? It explores the positive economic impact that involuntary migrant entrepreneurs have made in an emerging market economy, South Africa, through the establishment of sustainable businesses. The objective is to understand the underlying enablers and constraints that …
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Establishing the environmental and economic benefits of applying advanced thermal hydrolysis to existing anaerobic digesters in the Western Cape, South Africa
The treatment of sewage by wastewater treatment works (WWTW) generates a solids byproduct stream requiring treatment and disposal. The waste sludges generated are rich in essential nutrients and energy, and present an opportunity to turn a waste stream into a resource. Retrofitting a thermal …
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