This paper uses time-varying smooth transition autoregressive model to investigate the asymmetric nature of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) —an exogenous climatic factor—with respect to the nonlinear dynamics of food prices in sub-Saharan Africa. Curating food price series from more than 1100...
Maguindanao Sets Plans to Ease Effect of DroughtSHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (PNA) - The provincial government of Maguindanao, through the office of the provincial agriculturist, has distributed farm inputs to farmers severely affected by the ongoing El Nino phenomenon.Manila Bulletin...
The purpose of this study is to find the effect of the ENSO on the rainfall in the Upper Indus Region of Pakistan. The biggest impact of the ENSO was observed in Pakistan in the event of the 1998 El Nino, due to which a severe drought was experienced in the country for four years. ...
Southwest (S-W) monsoon rains have been below average in all of Karnataka’s districts throughout El Niño (strong, moderate, and mild) years, with the Mysore district showing the biggest negative divergence from average (21.43%). In contrast, out of 25 districts, 15 had higher rice ...
A study found that a strong Nifio in 1997 helped American's economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the Midwest gained from extra rain. The total rise in agricultural in rich countries in growth than the fall in poor ones. But in Indonesia ...
Additionally, older adults who were doctors before retiring have higher health information literacy than those who were farmers [38]. Financial strain is an important determinant of health information literacy [38]. In addition, being a member of a racial or ethnic minority is related to a lower...
The first one is linked to the absence of nurseries for the in vitro-plant production. The second reason is related to the harvest time, that starts at the end of February or in March. As a result, Tunisian farmers are not able to export their production and this affects negatively their...
In addition, NMS could improve their infrastructure under various aid programmes financed under the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU and gained access to financing such as direct payments at levels gradually adapted to the aid provided to farmers from the old member states making up the EU-15...
The results of the evaluation show that the proportion of NPS pollution loads increased by a ratio approximately equal to that of the increasing upland crop area. Keywords: HSPF watershed modeling; nonpoint source pollution; rice straw mulching; no-tillage; upland crop areas 1. Introduction In ...
sustainability Article Using Goal-Programming to Model the Effect of Stakeholder Determined Policy and Industry Changes on the Future Management of and Ecosystem Services Provision by Ireland's Western Peatland Forests Edwin Corrigan *,† and Maarten Nieuwenhuis † UCD Forestry, School of Agriculture ...