The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other research, predict a significant future increase in the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events in many regions. This increase runoff and soil erosion, and reduce agricultural productivity, as well as increasing risks of flood damage to crops and infrastructure. Implementing adaptation measures and improved land management through erosion control and soil protection are among those that protect water and agriculture and limit their vulnerability.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférenceseptembre, 2010République arabe syrienne, Asie occidentale
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencedécembre, 2010Géorgie
Although mixed logit models are common in stated preference applications, resulting welfare estimates can be sensitive to minor changes in specification. This can be of critical relevance for policy and welfare analysis, particularly if policymakers are unaware of practical implications. Drawing from an application to agricultural conservation in Georgia, this paper quantifies the sensitivity of welfare estimates to common variations in mixed logit specification and assesses practical implications for policy guidance.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencemai, 2010Turquie
Farmers and consumers suspect that processing firms abuse their power in the milk marketingchain. We employ threshold autoregressive and moment threshold autoregressive tests and contrary toexpectations find evidence of a downward trend in UHT milk real price without a corresponding decline infarm-gate prices. The downward trend coincides with increased competition in the dairy industry and withthe growing market share of the formal sector at the expense of the informal sector.
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