Browsing Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Informatik by Referee "Ibañez, Marcela Prof. Dr."
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Smallholders in highland regions of Southeast Asia: Agricultural land-use transitions, farmer risk preferences, the effects of poor vision on economic farm performance, and a note on scientific publishing in the field of development studies
(2023-06-27)Smallholders play an important role in feeding a growing world population and contributing to the eradication of hunger and poverty. It is estimated that there are more than 475 million smallholders in the world and recent ... -
Adaptation to climate change of vineyard farms in central Chile: risk preferences, social capital, and technical efficiency
(2023-02-23)Agriculture is a major economic activity expected to increase its production by 50% to feed a planet of 9 billion people by 2050. The agricultural sector will continue to face many challenges to meet this increasing demand ... -
The role of social capital in adoption of sustainable practices in Chile and Indonesia
(2021-07-02)The world food and non-food needs are expected to increase from 2005/2007 to 2050 by 60 percent, raising concerns on how this demand will be fulfilled sustainably (Le Mouël and Forslund, 2017). To cope with this increase ... -
Risk, Insurance and Technology Adoption in Rural Development - Evidence from Southern Mexico
(2017-06-28)The first paper of this dissertation in Chapter II, “Insurance for Technology Adoption: An Experimental Evaluation of Schemes and Subsidies with Maize Farmers in Mexico”, analyzes experimentally how bundling the purchase ... -
Designing incentive mechanisms for sustainable land management: evidence from Indonesia
(2015-08-12)Over the last five decades, the growing demand for ecosystem services, such as food, water and fuel has led to the most rapid and extensive changes in ecosystems in human history. Examples for these transformations include ...