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This volume is a collection of twelve selected empirical studies on the economics of agriculture and natural resources. Twenty-two authors have contributed their research to this volume. Papers of this volume are grouped into three main domains covering: Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability; Agricultural Producers and Consumers; and Energy Use in Agriculture. Organized in an analytical framework and offering comprehensive empirical data, this book focuses on agricultural sustainability and resilience, environmental efficiency, agricultural extension, foreign trade, energy use, and agricultural growth aspects of the Iranian agriculture sector. They demonstrate technical and methodological tools used for the analysis and explain their application in the agricultural sector of Iran. This book will be a valuable read for those managing agricultural enterprises, policy makers, and researchers of agricultural producers and consumers. 

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Author:   Masoomeh Rashidghalam
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.349kg
ISBN:  

9789811552526

ISBN 10:   9811552525
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   30 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to The Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources.- 2. Quantitative Sustainability Assessment Applied to Dairy Farms.- 3. A Framework for Economic Resilience Assessment of Agricultural Production Systems.- 4. Empirical Evaluation of Agricultural Sustainability Using Entropy and FAHP Methods.- 5. Weather Risk Management: The Application of Vine Copula Approach.- 6. An Investigation on Dependency Structure between Temperature Humidity Index (THI) and Milk Yield.- 7. Adoption of IPM by Farmland Owners and Non-owners: Application of Switching Copula Approach.- 8. Estimating Economic Value and Compensation Surplus of Animal species in Arasbaran Forests Using Choice Experiment Method.- 9. Factors Affecting Consumers' Awareness of Pesticides-free Fruits and Vegetables.- 10. The Relationship between Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions.- 11. Oil Price Volatility and Food Price Linkage: Evidence of Dutch disease.- 12. Environmental Efficiency in Agricultural Sector.

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Masoomeh Rashidghalam is a researcher at Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Jönköping, Sweden. She did her BSc and PhD in Department of Agricultural Economics at University of Tabriz and holds a MSc from Tarbiat Modares University. Dr. Rashidghalam’s areas of expertise are: Agricultural Production Economics, Productivity and efficiency, Well-Being, and Urbanization. She has a wide range of teaching experience in Econometrics, Agricultural Production Economics and Microeconomics. She has written two books: Measurement and Analysis of Performance of Industrial Crop Production: The Case of Iran’s Cotton and Sugar Beet Production, 2018, published by Springer. Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness in Iran, 2019, published by Springer. She has publications in Journal of Productivity Analysis.

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