Search Results - "Di Falco, Salvatore"

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On Crop Biodiversity, Risk Exposure, and Food Security in the Highlands of Ethiopia

by Di Falco, Salvatore Chavas, Jean-Paul Published in American journal of agricultural economics (01.08.2009)

“...This paper investigates the effects of crop genetic diversity on farm productivity and production risk in the highlands of Ethiopia. Using a moment-based...”

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Does Adaptation to Climate Change Provide Food Security? A Micro-Perspective from Ethiopia

by Di Falco, Salvatore Veronesi, Marcella Yesuf, Mahmud Published in American journal of agricultural economics (01.04.2011)

“...We examine the driving forces behind farm households' decisions to adapt to climate change, and the impact of adaptation on farm households' food productivity...”

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Managing Environmental Risk in Presence of Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia

by Di Falco, Salvatore Veronesi, Marcella Published in Environmental and Resource Economics (01.04.2014)

“...This study investigates the impact of climate change adaptation on farm households’ downside risk exposure in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. The analysis relies...”

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Traffic lights and food choice: A choice experiment examining the relationship between nutritional food labels and price

by Balcombe, Kelvin Fraser, Iain Falco, Salvatore Di Published in Food policy (2010)

“...In this paper we investigate how consumers respond to the UK nutritional food label Traffic Light System (TLS). Employing a choice experiment (CE) we find that...”

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Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Low-Income Countries: Household Level Evidence from the Nile Basin, Ethiopia

by Di Falco, Salvatore Yesuf, Mahmud Kohlin, Gunnar Ringler, Claudia Published in Environmental & resource economics (01.08.2012)

“...Byline: Salvatore Di Falco (1), Mahmud Yesuf (2), Gunnar Kohlin (3), Claudia Ringler (4) Keywords: Adaptation; Climate change; Farm level productivity;...”

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Crop Insurance as a Strategy for Adapting to Climate Change

by Falco, Salvatore Di Adinolfi, Felice Bozzola, Martina Capitanio, Fabian Published in Journal of agricultural economics (01.06.2014)

“...Financial insurance for extreme events can play an important role in hedging against the implications of climate change. This paper combines a comprehensive...”

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The Anticancer Drug Discovery Potential of Marine Invertebrates from Russian Pacific

by Katanaev, Vladimir L Di Falco, Salvatore Khotimchenko, Yuri Published in Marine drugs (16.08.2019)

“...Despite huge efforts by academia and pharmaceutical industry, cancer remains the second cause of disease-related death in developed countries. Novel sources...”

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ASSIMILATION IN THE RISK PREFERENCES OF SPOUSES

by Di Falco, Salvatore Vieider, Ferdinand M Published in Economic inquiry (01.07.2018)

“...We use correlations in the risk preferences of spouses as a testbed of whether preferences are socially transmitted, rather than being innate as traditionally...”

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Weather effects and their long-term impact on the distribution of agricultural yields: evidence from Italy

by Chavas, Jean-Paul Di Falco, Salvatore Adinolfi, Felice Capitanio, Fabian Published in European review of agricultural economics (01.02.2019)

“...Abstract This paper examines the effects of weather on the distribution of agricultural yields. Using data on wheat and corn yields from seven Italian...”

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Resilience, Weather and Dynamic Adjustments in Agroecosystems: The Case of Wheat Yield in England

by Chavas, Jean-Paul Di Falco, Salvatore Published in Environmental & resource economics (01.06.2017)

“...Byline: Jean-Paul Chavas (1), Salvatore Falco (2) Keywords: Agroecosystem dynamics; Resilience; Yield; Quantile regression; Threshold; Q1; C14; C22; C51 The...”

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Biofuels in developing countries: Are comparative advantages enough?

by Doku, Angela Di Falco, Salvatore Published in Energy policy (01.05.2012)

“...This paper investigates the role of comparative advantage on biofuel policy adoption. Results show that different countries have different drivers to create...”

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Behavioral Responses and the Impact of New Agricultural Technologies: Evidence from a Double-blind Field Experiment in Tanzania

by Bulte, Erwin Beekman, Gonne Di Falco, Salvatore Hella, Joseph Lei, Pan Published in American journal of agricultural economics (01.04.2014)

“...Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the social sciences are typically not double-blind, so participants know they are "treated" and will adjust their...”

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Biodiversity, poverty, and development

by Palmer, C Di Falco, S Published in Oxford review of economic policy (01.04.2012)

“...Biodiversity is crucial for the production of a range of marketed and non-marketed ecosystem goods and services. This paper reviews the empirical evidence for...”

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Does social capital affect investment in human capital? Family ties and schooling decisions

by Di Falco, Salvatore Bulte, Erwin Published in Applied economics (08.01.2015)

“...We analyse whether traditional sharing norms within kinship networks affect education decisions of poor black households in KwaZulu-Natal. Theory predicts that...”

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Rainfall Shocks, Resilience, and the Effects of Crop Biodiversity on Agroecosystem Productivity

by Di Falco, Salvatore Chavas, Jean-Paul Published in Land economics (01.01.2008)

“...This paper investigates the dynamic effects of rainfall shocks on agroecosystems productivity. The analysis estimates a panel data model of cereal production...”

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Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food Security in a Changing Environment

by Peter Berck Cyndi Spindell Berck Salvatore Di Falco
05.03.2018

“...A changing climate is likely to have a drastic impact on crop yields in Africa. The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on...”

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How Can African Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change? A Counterfactual Analysis from Ethiopia

by Di Falco, Salvatore Veronesi, Marcella Published in Land economics (01.11.2013)

“...We analyze the impact of different adaptation strategies on crop net revenues in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. We estimate a multinomial endogenous switching...”

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Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food Security in a Changing Environment
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by Spindell Berck, Cyndi Berck, Peter Di Falco, Salvatore
edited by Di Falco, Salvatore Berck, Cyndi Spindell Berck, Peter

2018

“...iA changing climate is likely to have a drastic impact on crop yields in Africa. The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on...”

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On the Productive Value of Crop Biodiversity: Evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia

by Chavas, Jean-Paul Di Falco, Salvatore Published in Land economics (01.02.2012)

“...This paper investigates the productive value of crop biodiversity, with an application to a farming system in the Tigray region in the highlands of Ethiopia...”

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Adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan agriculture: assessing the evidence and rethinking the drivers

by Di Falco, S Published in European review of agricultural economics (01.07.2014)

“...In this paper, after a review of the evolution of the literature on climate change economics in agriculture, I present some evidence of the impact of different...”

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