Climate Smart Agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : Building Resilience to Climate Change / / edited by Leslie Lipper, Nancy McCarthy, David Zilberman, Solomon Asfaw, Giacomo Branca |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 630 p. 107 illus., 97 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 338.1 |
Collana | Natural Resource Management and Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Agricultural economics
Economic policy Agricultural Economics R & D/Technology Policy Economic Policy |
ISBN | 3-319-61194-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates -- Chapter 3:Economics of Climate-Smart Agriculture -- Chapter 4: Innovation in Response to Climate Change -- Chapter 5: Use of Satellite Information on Wetness and Temperature for Decision of Crop Yield Prediction, River Discharge and Planning -- Chapter 6: Early Warning Techniques for Local Climate Resilience: Smallholder Rice in Lao PDE -- Chapter 7 : Farmers' Perceptions of and Adaptations to Climate Change in Southeast Asia: The Case Study from Thailand and Vietnam -- Chapter 8: U.S. Maize Yield Growth and Countervailing Climate Change Impacts -- Chapter 9: Understanding Tradeoffs in the Context of Farm-Scale Impacts: An Application of Decision-Support Tools for Assessing Climate Smart Argiculture -- Chapter 10: Can Insurance Help Manage Climate Risk and Food Insecurity?: Evidence from the Pastoral Regions of East Africa -- Chapter 11: Can Cash Transfer Programs Promote Household Resilience?: Cross-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 12: Input Subsidy Programs and Climate Smart Agriculture -- Chapter 13: Robust Decision Making for a Climate-Resilient Development of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria -- Chapter 14: Using AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment Methods to Evaluate Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptive Capacity for Climate Smart Agricultural Systems -- Chapter 15: Climate Smart Food Supply Chains in Developing Countries in an Era of Rapid Dual Change in Agrifood Systems and the Climate -- Chapter 16: The Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: The Role of Information and Insurance under Climate Change -- Chapter 17: A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries -- Chapter 18: Identifying Strategies to Enhance the Resilience of Smallholder Farming Systems: Evidence of Zambia -- Chapter 19: Climate Risk Management Through Sustainable Land and Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 20: Improving the Resilience of Central Asian Agriculture to Weather Viability and Climate Change -- Chapter 21: Managing Environmental Risk in the Presence of Climate Change: The Role of Adaption in the Mile Basin of Ethiopia -- Chapter 22: Diversification as Part of a CSA Strategy: The Cases of Zambia and Malawi -- Chapter 23: Economic Analysis of Improved Smallholder Paddy and Maize Production in Northern Vietnam and Implications for Climate-Smart Agriculture -- Chapter 24: Synthesis: Devising Effective Strategies and Policies for CSA -- Chapter 25: Conclusions and Policy Implications. |
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Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Volume II : Modeling Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Implications / / edited by Madhu Khanna, David Zilberman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 444 p. 102 illus., 74 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Collana | Natural Resource Management and Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Environmental chemistry Energy systems Electrochemistry Environmental Economics Environmental Chemistry Energy Systems |
ISBN | 1-4939-6906-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction (Khanna/Zilberman) -- Section 1. Background and New Developments -- 2. Breaking the Technological Barrier to Cellulosic Biofuels. (John Pierce, British Petroleum) -- 3. Past, Present and Future of Corn Ethanol (John Miranowski, Iowa State University) -- 4. History of sugarcane expansion in Brazil (Marcia Azanha, University of Campinas) -- 5. Incentives and Barriers for Sugarcane Ethanol Expansion in Brazil (Horta Nogueira, UNIFEI/Goldemberg, University of Sao Paulo) -- 6. Biofuel Pricing and Policy in Brazil (Khanna/Zilberman) -- Section II: Models of Land Use Change with Biofuels -- 7. The Micro and Macro Economic Drivers of Land-use Change with Biofuels (Khanna and Zilberman) -- 8. Land Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the FAPRI-CARD Model System (Amani E. Elobeid, Miguel A. Carriquiry and Jacinto F. Fabiosa, Iowa State University) -- 9. Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Implications of Biofuels: Role of Technology and Policy (Xiaoguang Chen, Haixiao Huang,and Madhu Khanna, U of I Urbana-Champaign) -- 10. Modeling Bioenergy, Land Use and GHG Emissions with FASOMGHG: Model Overview and Analysis of Storage Cost Implications (Beach, R. H., Zhang , Y. W. & Mccarl, B. A, Texas A & M University) -- 11. Modeling Land Use Change a Global CGE: Assessing the EU biofuel mandates with the Mirage-BioF model. (Laborde D. & Valin , H., IFPRI) -- 12. Modeling Land Use Change with Biofuels in the GTAP-BIO framework (Golub, A and T. Hertel, Purdue University) -- 13. Impacts of biofuel in Brazil on land use and prices-the Brazil Land Use Model (BLUM) (Andre Nasser, ICONE, Brazil) -- 14. Ethanol Expansion and Indirect Land Use Change in Brazil: A CGE approach (Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho, University of São Paulo, Mark Horridge, Centre Of Policy Studies, Monash University) -- 15. Effects of Risk and Liquidity Constraints on Adoption of Energy Crops, (Geraldine Bocqueho, INRA, France) -- 16. Adoption of Energy Crops (Khanna/Zilberman) -- Section II: The Greenhouse Gas Effects of Biofuels -- 17. Lifecycle analysis (Michael Wang Jennifer M. Dunn, Argonne National Lab) -- 18. Life-cycle analysis of Brazilian Biofuel (Joaquim Eugenio Abel Seabra, University of Campinas) -- 19. ILUC effect of biofuels (Michael O’hare, UC Berkeley) -- 20. Generalizing the Concept of Indirect Effect (Deepak Rajagopal, UCLA/Gal Hochman, Rutgers University/ Geoff Barrows, UC Berkeley/Zilberman) -- 21. Conclusions (Khanna/Zilberman) . |
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The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty : A Global Perspective / / edited by Govinda R. Timilsina, David Zilberman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.9539 |
Collana | Natural Resource Management and Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Agricultural economics Energy policy Energy and state Environmental Economics Agricultural Economics Energy Policy, Economics and Management |
ISBN | 1-4939-0518-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Biofuels: An Introduction of Market and Impacts -- Technologies, Production Costs, and Support Policies -- Biofuels and Global Food Crisis.-Impact on Land -- Biofuels and Poverty -- Oil Price and Biofuels -- Biofuels and Climate Change Mitigation -- Policies for Biofuels: Direct Subsidies to Biofuels vs. Carbon Tax to Fossil Fuels -- Political Economy of Biofuels. |
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Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics I : Contributions from ICMOD 2010 and the 5th Bioeconomy Conference 2012 / / edited by Alberto Adrego Pinto, David Zilberman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (749 p.) |
Disciplina | 511.8 |
Collana | Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics |
Soggetto topico |
Game theory
Economic theory Environmental sciences Geobiology Applied mathematics Engineering mathematics Mathematical models Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods Math. Appl. in Environmental Science Biogeosciences Applications of Mathematics Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics |
ISBN | 3-319-04849-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Optimal localization of firms in Hotelling networks: A.A. Pinto et al -- 2 Dynamic Management of Fossil Fuel, Biofuel and Solar Energy: S. Kaplan et al -- 3 On the Dynamics and Effects of Corruption on Environmental Protection: E. Accinelli et al -- 4 A Bayesian Pricing Model for Cat Bonds: F. Ahrens et al -- 5 Properties and Comparative-Static Effects in Models of Decision under Uncertainty: Applications to the Theory of the Firm: A.A. Álvarez-López et al -- 6 On Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions and Existence of Physical Measure for 3-Flows: V. Araújo -- 7 Thermodynamic Formalism for the General One-Dimensional Model: Positive and Zero Temperature: A. T. Baraviera et al -- 8 Impact of Political Economy and Logistical Constraints on Assessments of Biomass Energy Potential: New Jersey as a Case Study: M. Brennan-Tonetta et al -- 9 Modelling Decentralized Interaction in a Monopolistic Competitive Market: J. Gabriel Brida et al -- 10 Measuring the Effectiveness of an E-Commerce Site Through Web and Sales Activity: A. Ribeiro Carneiro et al -- 11 Worldwide Survey of Biodegradable Feedstocks, Waste-to-Energy Technologies and Adoption of Technologies: M. Centore et al -- 12 Ergodic Transport Theory, Periodic Maximizing Probabilities and the Twist Condition: G. Contreras et al -- 13 Measuring the Welfare Impact of Biofuel Policies: a Review of Methods and Findings from Numerical Models: Ch.L. Crago -- 14 Advanced Mathematical and Statistical Tools in the Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Gene-Environment Regulatory Networks: Özlem Defterli et al -- 15 BHP Universality in Energy Sources: H. Ferreira et al -- 16 Dynamical Phase Transition in Slowed Exclusion Processes: T. Franco et al -- 17 Cooperative Ellipsoidal Games: a Survey: S.Z. Alparslan Gök et al -- 18 Zeta Functions and Continuous Time Dynamics: P. Giulietti -- 19 Diffusion Dynamics in Economics: an Application to the Effects of Fiscal Policy: Orlando Gomes -- 20 Occupation Times of Exclusion Processes: P. Goncalves -- 21 Error Estimates for a Coupled Continuous-Discontinuous FEM for the Two-Layer Shallow Water Equations: P.S. Goncalves et al -- 22 Bankruptcy Triggering Asset Value – Continuous Time Finance Approach: K. Janda et al -- 23 Economic Impact Analysis of Potential Trade Restrictions on Biotech Maize in Latin American Countries: N. Kalaitzandonakes et al -- 24 Estimating the Extent of Spatial Externalities from VC Funding on Bioinnovation: Ch. Kolympiris et al -- 25 Inverse Problems in Complex Multi-Modal Regulatory Networks Based on Uncertain Clustered Data: E. Kropat et al -- 26 Financial Bubbles: E. Kürüm et al -- 27 Modern Applied Mathematics for Alternative Modeling of the Atmospheric Effects on Satellite Images: S. Kuter et al -- 28 Modeling Ethanol Investment Decisions: C.-Y. Cynthia Lin -- 29 Ethanol and Distiller’s Grain: Implications of the Multiproduct Firm on United States Bioenergy Policy: C.B. Moss et al -- 30 A Review on Protein-Protein Interaction Network Databases: C. Sekhar Pedamallu et al -- 31 On the Use of Cross Impact Analysis For Enhancing Performance In Primary School Education: C. Sekhar Pedamallu et al -- 32 The Bio economics of Migration: A Selective Review Towards a Modelling Perspective: E. V. Petracou et al -- 33 A Cost Sharing Mechanism for Job Scheduling Problems: J. Sánchez-Pérez -- 34 Welfare Assessment of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Economic Efficiency, Rebound Effect and Policy Interactions in a General Equilibrium Framework: F. Taheripour et al -- 35 New Uncertainties in Land Use Changes Caused by The Production of Biofuels: W. Thompson et al -- 36 Inequalities on the Parameters of a Strongly Regular Graph: L. Almeida Vieira et al -- 37 Financial, Real and Quasi Options: Similarities and Differences: J. Wesseler -- 38 A Review and New Contribution on Conic Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (CMARS): A Powerful Tool for Predictive Data Mining: F. Yerlikaya-Özkurt et al -- 39 Survey and Evaluation on Modeling of Next-Day Electricity Prices: M. Hanım Yıldırım et al -- 40 Calculus and “Digitalization” in Finance: Change of Time Method and Stochastic Taylor Expansion with Computation of Expectation: F. Yılmaz et al. |
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Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics II : DGS III, Porto, Portugal, February 2014, and Bioeconomy VII, Berkeley, USA, March 2014 - Selected Contributions / / edited by Alberto A. Pinto, David Zilberman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 532 p. 95 illus., 61 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 511.8 |
Collana | Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics |
Soggetto topico |
Applied mathematics
Engineering mathematics Mathematical models Mathematical optimization Dynamics Ergodic theory Probabilities Applications of Mathematics Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics Optimization Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes |
ISBN | 3-319-55236-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1 Economics of Natural Resource Utilization – The Case of Macroalgae: R.R. Palatnik and D. Zilberman -- 2 Maritime Search and Rescue (MSAR) Operations: An Analysis of Optimal Asset Allocation: E. Akbayrak and M.K.Tural -- 3 Measuring the Regional Productivity in Spanish Hotel Industry: P. Alberca and L. Parte -- 4 Sugarcane Ethanol in Brazil: Different Impacts for Distinct Municipalities Development Patterns: M.A.F. Dias de Moraes et al -- 5 The Coordination of Agricultural R&D in the U.S. and Germany: Markets vs. Networks: B. Brandl and K. Paula -- 6 Short and Long Run Armington Elasticities for the Mexican Economy: E.R. Casares et al -- 7 Mathematical Modelling for Wave Drag Optimization and Design of High-Speed Aircrafts: C. Citak et al -- 8 Risk Modeling in Optimization Problems via Value at Risk, Conditional Value at Risk, and Its Robustification: Z. Cobandag and G.-W. Weber -- 9 Zero Limit for Multi-D Conservation Laws with Nonlinear Diffusion and Dispersion: J.M.C. Correia -- 10 Modelling Consumer Preferences for Novel Foods: Random Utility and Reference Point Effects Approach: I. Dolgopolova et al -- 11 Corporate Asset Pricing Models and Debt Contracts: M. Dózsa and K. Janda -- 12 Direct and Inverse Variational Problems on Time Scales: A Survey: M. Dryl and D.F.M. Torres -- 13 An Alternative Method for Snow Cover Mapping on Satellite Images by Modern Applied Mathematics: S. Kuter et al -- 14 Dynamic Structural Econometric Modeling of the Ethanol Industry: C.-Y. Cynthia Lin -- 15 An Introduction to Coupling: A. O. Lopes -- 16 Extreme Weather, Biotechnology, and Corn Productivity: J.R. McFadden and J.A. Miranowski -- 17 The Use of LCA for the Development of Bioenergy Pathways: M.C. McManus -- 18 Optimal Control of Stochastic Hybrid Models in the Framework of Regime Switches: E. Savkuet al -- 19 State-Dependent Impulsive Neural Networks: M. Sayh and E. Yilmaz -- 20 Modelling Native and Invasive Woody Species: a Comparison of ENFA and MaxEnt Applied to the Azorean Forest:L. Dutra Silva et al -- 21 Using Bayesian Inference to Validate Plant Community Assemblages and Determine Indicator Species: L. Silva et al -- 22 Development of Allometric Equations for Estimating above-ground Biomass of Woody Plant Invaders: the Case of Pittosporum Undulatum in the Azores Archipelago: L. Borges Silva et al -- 23 Alternating Hadamard Series and Some Theorems on Strongly Regular Graphs: L.A. de Almeida Vieira and V. Moço Mano -- 24 Actuarial Present Value and Variance for Changing Mortality and Stochastic Interest Rates: B. Yildirim et al -- 25 Itô-Taylor Expansions for Systems of Stochastic Differential Equations with Applications to Stochastic Partial Differential Equations: F. Yilmaz et al. |
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Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics III : DGS IV, Madrid, Spain, June 2016, and Bioeconomy VIII, Berkeley, USA, April 2015 – Selected Contributions / / edited by Alberto A. Pinto, David Zilberman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (469 pages) |
Disciplina | 511.8 |
Collana | Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics |
Soggetto topico |
Dynamics
Ergodic theory Mathematical optimization Economic theory Physical geography Environmental sciences Mathematical models Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory Optimization Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods Earth System Sciences Math. Appl. in Environmental Science Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics |
ISBN | 3-319-74086-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Optimal Regional Regulation of Animal Waste: Antti Iho, Doug Parker and David Zilberman -- An Overview of Synchrony in Coupled Cell Networks: Manuela A. D. Aguiar and Ana P. S. Dias -- Inexact Subspace Iteration for the Consecutive Solution of Linear Systems with Changing Right-Hand Sides: Carlos Balsa, Michel Daydé, José M.L.M. Palma and Daniel Ruiz -- Location Around Big Cities as Central Places: Fernando Barreiro-Pereira -- Predicting Energy Demand in Spain and Compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Agreements: Diego Bodas-Sagi and José M. Labeaga -- Simulation and Advanced Control of the Continuous Biodiesel Production Process: Ana S. R. Brásio, Andrey Romanenko and Natércia C. P. Fernandes -- Prior Information in Bayesian Linear Multivariate Regression: J. Casaca -- Perceptions of True and Fair View: Effects of Professional Status and Maturity: José A. Gonzalo-Angulo, Anne M. Garvey and Laura Parte -- Topics of Disclosure on the Websites: An Empirical Analysis for FinTech Companies: Teresa Herrador-Alcaide and Montserrat Hernández Solís -- On the Thin Boundary of the Fat Attractor: Artur O. Lopes and Elismar R. Oliveira -- Transport and Large Deviations for Schrodinger Operators and Mather Measures: A. O. Lopes and Ph. Thieullen -- Dynamics of a Fixed Bed Adsorption Column in the Kinetic Separation of Hexane Isomers in MOF ZIF-8: Patrícia A. P Mendes, Alírio E. Rodrigues, João P. Almeida and José A. C. Silva -- A Simulation Model for the Physiological Tick Life Cycle: Nabil Nassif, Dania Sheaib and Ghina El Jannoun -- Long-term Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions: Contribution to the Debate: Julio Navío-Marco and Marta Solórzano-García -- Cournot Duopolies with Investment in R&D: Regions of Nash Investment Equilibria: B.M.P.M. Oliveira, J. Becker Paulo, A.A. Pinto -- On a Stochastic Logistic Growth Model with Predation: an Overview of the Dynamics and Optimal Harvesting: Susana Pinheiro -- Myopia of Governments and Optimality of Irreversible Pollution Accumulation: Laura Policardo -- Stochastic Modelling of Biochemical Networks and Inference of Model Parameters: Vilda Purutçuoglu -- Complete Nonholonomy of the Rolling Ellipsoid - A Constructive Proof: F. Rüppel, F. Silva Leite and R. C. Rodrigues -- Methodological Approaches to Analyse Financial Exclusion From an Urban Perspective: Cristina Ruza-Paz-Curbera, Beatriz Fernández-Olit and Marta de la Cuesta-González -- Prospective Study about the Influence of Human Mobility in Dengue Transmission in the State of Rio de Janeiro: Bruna C. dos Santos, Larissa M. Sartori, Claudia Peixoto, Joyce S. Bevilacqua and Sergio M. Oliva -- The Impact of the Public-Private Investments in Infrastructure on Agricultural Exports in Latin American Countries: Bárbara Soriano and Amelia Pérez Zabaleta -- Major Simulation Tools for Biochemical Networks: Gökçe Tuncer and Vilda Purutçuoglu. |
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Payment for Environmental Services in Agricultural Landscapes [[electronic resource] ] : Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries / / edited by Leslie Lipper, Takumi Sakuyama, Randy Stringer, David Zilberman |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.18091724 |
Collana | Natural Resource Management and Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Agricultural economics
Development economics Environmental economics Ecology Environmental management Agricultural Economics Development Economics Environmental Economics Ecology Environmental Management |
ISBN |
1-282-06825-3
9786612068256 0-387-72971-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | and Overview -- Putting Payments for Environmental Services in the Context of Economic Development -- Designing Payments for Environmental Services with Weak Property Rights and External Interests -- Marketing Environmental Services -- Economics of Carbon Sequestration Projects Involving Smallholders -- Conservation Payments to Reduce Wildlife Habitat Fragmentation and Disease Risks -- Payments for Ecosystem Services, Poverty and Sustainability: The Case of Agricultural Soil Carbon Sequestration -- Lessons Learned from Mexico’s Payment for Environmental Services Program -- Agricultural Landscape Externalities, Agro-Tourism, and Rural Poverty Reduction in Morocco -- Exploring Environmental Services Incentive Policies for the Philippines Rice Sector: The Case of Intra-Species Agrobiodiversity Conservation -- Assessing the Feasibility of Wetlands Conservation: Using Payments for Ecosystem Services in Pallisa, Uganda -- Managing Wildlife Damage to Agriculture in Bhutan: Conflicts, Costs and Compromise -- Conclusion. |
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Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil : From State Intervention to a Free Market / / by Márcia Azanha Ferraz Dias de Moraes, David Zilberman |
Autore | Ferraz Dias de Moraes Márcia Azanha |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Collana | Natural Resource Management and Policy |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Energy policy Energy and state Environmental law Environmental policy Development economics Environmental Economics Energy Policy, Economics and Management Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Development Economics |
ISBN | 3-319-03140-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil -- From State Intervention to a Free Market -- Introduction -- PART 1 -- STATE INTERVENTION IN THE SUGARCANE ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL -- State intervention in the chain of production of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil: its forms and effects on the development of the sector between the 1930s and 1980s -- PART II.- THE GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF IN THE 1990S: THE BREAK AND THE LEARNING CURVE -- The 1990s: deregulation of the sector -- Organizational changes within the public sphere -- Organizational changes within the private sphere -- Changes related to production and marketing controls on sugar: fixed production levels, crop plans, exports, and the differential collection of the Industrialized Products Tax93 -- The marketing of sugarcane and ethanol: changes resulting from deregulation -- Activities of the Inter-Ministerial Council on Sugar and Ethanol during the deregulation process -- Interested parties come to the defense of the sugarcane ethanol industry -- The process of deregulating the sugarcane ethanol industry -- Political determinants of the decision-making processes: the players, their power resources, and the redefinition of their roles in the new institutional environment -- The free market: the profound changes and the new agenda. . |
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