Structural change, productivity, and climate nexus in agriculture : an Eastern European perspective / / Tomas Baležentis [and three others]

• Autore: Baležentis Tomas
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Disciplina: 630.947
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable agriculture - Europe, Eastern
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Key Findings -- 1.1 Problem Setting -- 1.2 The European Union Context -- 1.3 Major Issues and Findings -- 1.3.1 Sustainable Development of the Agricultural Sector and Its Interactions with Other Sectors -- 1.3.2 Agricultural Technology, Production, and Productivity -- 1.3.3 Structural Dynamics in Agriculture -- 1.3.4 Agri-Environmental Footprint as a Measure of Agricultural Sustainability -- 1.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 2: Sustainability of Agriculture: Energy Use and Climate Change Mitigation Issues -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Sustainable Agriculture -- 2.3 Climate-Smart Agriculture -- 2.4 Sustainable Energy and Agriculture -- 2.5 Implications of the Climate-Water-Land-Energy-Food Nexus for the Common Agricultural Policy -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Modelling Production Technology for Development of Agricultural Sector -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Preliminaries -- 3.2.1 Production Technology -- 3.2.2 Distance Functions and Measures of Efficiency -- 3.2.3 Production Function -- 3.2.4 Estimation of the Distance Functions -- 3.2.4.1 Deterministic Parametric Approach -- 3.2.4.2 Stochastic Approach -- 3.2.4.3 Nonparametric Approach -- 3.3 Scientometric Review -- 3.4 Data -- 3.5 Empirical Analysis -- 3.5.1 Deterministic Parametric Modelling -- 3.5.2 The OLS-Based Production Frontier -- 3.5.3 Nonparametric Production Frontier -- 3.5.4 Production Frontier Based on the Ridge Regression -- 3.5.5 Restricted Regression-Based Production Function -- 3.5.6 Random Coefficients Model -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Structural Dynamics in Agriculture -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Review of Structural Change Research in Agriculture -- 4.2.1 Measuring Structural Change -- 4.2.2 Farm Size as a Measure of Structural Change. ; 4.3 Data and Research Methodology -- 4.4 Dynamics of Structural Changes in the EU Economic System: Focus on Agriculture -- 4.4.1 Pace of Structural Change in the EU Economy -- 4.4.2 Directions of Structural Changes in the EU Economy -- 4.4.3 The Changing Role of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Activity in Member States -- 4.5 Dynamics of Structural Changes in the EU Agricultural System -- 4.5.1 Changes in the Average Farm Size at the EU Level -- 4.5.2 Changes in the Average Farm Size by Type of Farming at the EU Level -- 4.5.3 Changes in the Average Farm Size by Member States -- 4.5.4 Changes in the Average Farm Size by Type of Farming in Member States -- 4.6 Discussion on Drivers of Recent Changes in the EU Agricultural System -- 4.6.1 Historical Legacy -- 4.6.2 Technology in Agriculture -- 4.6.3 Agricultural Policy -- 4.6.4 Crises and Natural Disasters -- 4.6.5 Demographics and Human Capital in Agriculture -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Footprint of Agriculture -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Rationale for the Agri-environmental Footprint Index Construction -- 5.3 Methodological Research Framework -- 5.4 Agri-environmental Footprint Index for Lithuanian Family Farms -- 5.5 Conclusions -- Annexes -- Annex 1: Normalized Values of AFI Indicators by Type of Farming -- Annex 2: Normalized Values of AFI Indicators by Economic Farm Size Classes -- Annex 3: AFIPCA and AFIEW Values Concerning Farming Types and Economic Farm Size Classes -- Annex 4: Normalized Values of AFI Indicators of Farms with a Low AFI Level by Type of Farming in 2017 -- Annex 5: Normalized Values of AFI Indicators of Farms with a Low AFI Level by Economic Farm Size Classes in 2017 -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Structural Change, Productivity, and Climate Nexus in Agriculture
• ISBN: 3-030-76802-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488729103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II