Search Results - "The Australian journal of agricultural and resource economics"

Internet Use, Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Rural Incomes: Evidence from China by Ma, Wanglin, Wang, Xiaobing

“…Relatively little is known about the association between Internet use and environmentally‐friendly agricultural innovation adoption. To fill this void, this…”
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Adoption of climate‐smart practices and its impact on farm performance and risk exposure among smallholder farmers in Ghana by Issahaku, Gazali, Abdulai, Awudu

“…Increased climate variability during the last four decades has made the agricultural environment in many developing countries more uncertain, resulting in…”
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Heterogeneous impacts of information technology adoption on pesticide and fertiliser expenditures: Evidence from wheat farmers in China by Ma, Wanglin, Zheng, Hongyun

“…This study examines the impacts of mobile information technology adoption on agrochemical expenditures, using data collected from 551 wheat farmers in China…”
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Farm machinery use and maize yields in China: an analysis accounting for selection bias and heterogeneity by Zhou, Xiaoshi, Ma, Wanglin, Li, Gucheng, Qiu, Huanguang

“…Crop production in developing and emerging countries is increasingly dependent on the usage of farm machinery. However, it remains unclear whether…”
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Adoption of organic soil amendments and its impact on farm performance: evidence from wheat farmers in China by Zheng, Hongyun, Ma, Wanglin, Li, Gucheng

“…This study examines the determinants of adoption of organic soil amendments (OSAs) such as organic fertiliser and farmyard manure and its impact on crop yields…”
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Agriculture, trade openness and emissions: an empirical analysis and policy options by Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa, Salim, Ruhul, Apergis, Nicholas

“…This article investigates the impact of sectoral production allocation, energy usage patterns and trade openness on pollutant emissions in a panel consisting…”
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Estimating the economic impacts of the 2017–2019 drought and 2019–2020 bushfires on regional NSW and the rest of Australia by Wittwer, Glyn, Waschik, Robert

“…Much of New South Wales and southern Queensland suffered from extreme drought from 2017 to 2019. This study models drought and bushfires impacts using VU‐TERM,…”
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Closures of coal‐fired power stations in Australia: local unemployment effects by Burke, Paul J., Best, Rohan, Jotzo, Frank

“…Around one‐third of Australia's coal‐fired power stations closed between 2012 and 2017, with most of the remainder expected to close over coming decades…”
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China’s poverty alleviation over the last 40 years: successes and challenges by Liu, Mingyue, Feng, Xiaolong, Wang, Sangui, Qiu, Huanguang

“…Over the past 40 years, China has made significant progress towards its poverty alleviation goals. The rural population under the current poverty line has…”
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Farm machinery use, off‐farm employment and farm performance in China by Ma, Wanglin, Renwick, Alan, Grafton, Quentin

“…We analyse the joint impacts of farm machinery use and off‐farm employment on maize yields and agrochemical expenses from a household survey of 493 farmers in…”
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Understanding the resource curse (or blessing) across national and regional scales: Theory, empirical challenges and an application by Fleming, David A, Measham, Thomas G, Paredes, Dusan

“…The relationship between resource extraction activity and economic growth has been widely studied in the literature, and the resource curse hypotheses emerged…”
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Forty years of irrigation development and reform in China by Wang, Jinxia, Zhu, Yunyun, Sun, Tianhe, Huang, Jikun, Zhang, Lijuan, Guan, Baozhu, Huang, Qiuqiong

“…This study reviews 40 years of irrigation development in China including the transformation of the institutional and incentive structures in irrigation…”
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What’s next for the Renewable Energy Target – resolving Australia’s integration of energy and climate change policy? by Nelson, Tim, Nolan, Tahlia, Gilmore, Joel

“…Australian climate change policy and its integration with Australia’s electricity markets have been fraught for at least two decades. The only enduring policy…”
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Curse or blessing: how does natural resource dependence affect city‐level economic development in China? by Xie, Xuan, Li, Ke, Liu, Zhiqiang, Ai, Hongshan

“…Based on the ‘resource curse’ theory, this study uses panel data for 256 prefecture‐level cities in China from 2003 to 2016 to test the relationship and…”
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Marketing efficiency and determinants of marketing channel choice by rice farmers in rural Tanzania: Evidence from Mbeya region, Tanzania by Mgale, Yohana James, Yunxian, Yan

“…Rice production is an increasing source of income and food security for smallholder farmers in many parts of Tanzania. Improving market access for rice farmers…”
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Does information on food safety affect consumers' acceptance of new food technologies? The case of irradiated beef in South Korea under a new labelling system and across different information regimes by Caputo, Vincenzina

“…Consumer aversion to new food technologies may be partly explained by the gap between the problem that the technology solves and what consumers actually…”
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What drives the overall technical efficiency of farm businesses in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia? Analysis of persistent and transient efficiencies in the presence of firm effects by West, Steele C., Mugera, Amin W., Kingwell, Ross S.

“…Abstract This study enhances our comprehension of the performance of farm businesses in Western Australia by estimating persistent and transient technical…”
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Balancing the cart: Milk, plant‐based alternatives and nutrient availability in New Zealand households by Cleland, Josiah, Fernandez, Mario A., Villa‐Cox, Gonzalo

“…Abstract Milk is a near‐universal source of essential nutrients and contributes significantly to global nutrient availability. Global demand for milk continues…”
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A time‐varying and frequency‐dependent network of conventional and organic milk markets in France and Germany by Fousekis, Panos

“…Abstract This work investigates the linkages among conventional and organic milk markets in France and Germany using the flexible TVP‐VAR connectedness…”
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Measuring pesticide overuse and its determinants: Evidence from Vietnamese rice and fruit farms by Tran, Lan, Skevas, Theodoros, McCann, Laura

“…Pesticides have long been important for the development of agricultural production. However, improper use of pesticides may result in inefficiency with respect…”
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