1. 1 Mgeni Assignment #4

1.1Mgeni_Assignment #4

Key Message:

The impact of sunflower value chain for rural economy in Tanzania depend on labor participation

The performance of the sunflower value chain in Tanzania in terms of rural employment is determined by the type of jobs created at each node of the chain

Key message statement: F.Agyei-Sasu

Rural labor market structural change is evident in the rural labor time use in Ghana and Nigeria.

Structural change in the rural labor market is evident in the time allocation and migration decision of the rural population in Ghana and Nigeria.

Thomas Böcker

Herbicide application can be implemented into an optimisation model by using a detailed output damage control approach

Using a detailed output damage control approach to better identify the economically optimal herbicide application strategy compared to existing alternative approaches

Tibor Marton

The evolving regulatory quota policies have significantly different effects on the conformation of productivity in Norwegian dairy

The differentiated mobility of dairy production rights in space implied by three different phases of dairy quota regulation in Norway, cause significantly different productivity developments

Till

The revised implementation of the EU-Nitrate directive in Germany leads to a cost-efficient reduction of negative environmental externalities of farming systems

The revised implementation of the EU-Nitrate directive in Germany leads to an almost cost-efficient reduction of negative environmental externalities for typical farm in Northrhine-Westfalia

Salwa Haddad

Assignment 4

Global economic and environmental effects of increasing EU’s biofuel demand will depend on fossil fuel prices and potential technological change.

The price feedback inherent in a CGE model is crucial for a credible assessment of global economic and environmental effects of increasing EU’s biofuel demand

Surtiari, Gusti AyuKetut

Assignment 4/ Wednesday, 24.08.2016

Formal adaptations to climate related-hazards causedifferent consequences to vulnerability of coastal community depend on structural and agentive factors to do second order adaptation.

Whether individuals are positively or negatively affected by public measures of adaptation to climate related-hazards, depends on type of measure, risk perception of individuals and structural aspects of the coastal community in Indonesia.

Assignment 4 _Zhao Ding

Chinese smallholders’ willingness to pay for microloan depends on microcredit attributes provided in their choice-making process.

Interest rates and repayment schedules of current microcredit program for smallholders in China are far from optimal given estimates of the smallholders willingness to pay for variations in these attributes

Nga, Pham Thi Thanh

Assignment 4

The Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) calculated indicates clearly which components should be taken into account for reducing livelihood vulnerability of rural households in this province.

Economic wealth is the key attribute that determines livelihood vulnerability to flash floods and landslides of rural households in the Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

Siranush Ghukasyan

Assignment 4

The lack of synchronization between federal and sub-federal level decision making and implementing of the agricultural policy creates a potential to distort trade and jeopardize fulfilling Russia’s international commitments.

The lack of synchronization between national and regional implementation of Russian agricultural support policies lead to trade distortion and therefore potentially to a violation of WTO commitments.

Amrouk, ElMamoun

Changes in international cash crop price level and volatility depend also on movements in international staple food prices, with the interaction effects greater in times of general commodity price boom.   

The level and volatility of international cash crop prices is positively influenced by level and volatility of international staple food prices, respectively, with the interaction effects being greater in times of high prices   

Joana

The connection between german consumers’ likelihood to purchase biobased products and their environmental concern depends on the product category

The likelihood to purchase biobased products generally depends on product category, but especially if functionality and frequency of use differ between product categories