Journal of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics (JASAE)

Abstract : The IPCC 4th Assessment Report states that climate change, in particular increased risk of floods and droughts, expected to have a severe impact on South Asian countries, which economies rely mainly on agriculture. In fact, although South Asia has low GHG emissions, climate change has already deeply affected the economic growth and development of this region. This study examines the impact of climate change on rice productivity and economic growth among South Asian countries for the period 1971-2018. Also, examine the decadal seasonal variations in rainfall pattern calculated for summer, winter, monsoon and post-monsoon seasons of selected South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan). Results of panel data analysis show that Rice Productivity, Carbon dioxide emissions and Rainfall have a positive relationship with economic growth, while Temperature has a negative relationship with economic growth. The increase in temperature, particularly the maximum temperature has a considerable adverse effect on crop performances and ultimately it affects economic growth.
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Abstract : Natural resources preservation and sustainable livelihood development are prominent issue in most developing countries. As in protected areas where local people activities might directly affect the environment. The paper aims to examine the factors affecting the adoption of agricultural practices in Hoang Lien National Park, Lao Cai. The primary data was collected from 52 households who are beneficiaries of a development project from 8 villages inside and nearby Hoang Lien National Park. Logit model was employed to discover adoption factors of the households. The findings pointed out that human and social capitals play an important role in facilitating the adoption of agricultural practices among farmers living in Hoang Lien national park. Therefore, enhancing the education of farmers will increase the adoption of agricultural technology and practices. In addition, encouraging farmers to participate in the cooperative or other social group will enhance the adoption of agricultural innovation and practices in Hoang Lien National Park.
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Abstract : The study evaluated the effects of different levels of fresh vermi (Eisenia foetida) in broilers chicken growth and profitability in total confinement management systems. Sixty-one-day-old broiler chickens were tested in Completely Randomized Design of four treatments with three replications: T1 - Commercial Feeds (PCF), T2 (2 % Fresh Vermi (FV) + 98 % Commercial Feeds (CF)), T3 (3 % FV + 97 % CF), and T4 (5 % FV + 95 % CF). Results reported that water consumption and feed consumption was not significantly difference, T3 was lower with 3 % FV, while the feed consumption was lower in T4 with 5 % FV. The average weight gain, dressing percentage, feed conversion ratio was similar in value; T1 was comparable with T4 in terms of weight gain and feed conversion ratio but was not significantly different in all treatments. The supplementation of FV at higher concentrations produced higher carcass weight was significantly difference. Considering the average dressing percentage, there was no significant difference observed, however, birds fed with 5 % FV had the highest dressing percentage (82.71 %) and higher average carcass weight (1.92 kg). Finally, treatment 4 had the highest average carcass weight with a comparable revenue with other treatments, however, the same with other treatments incurred higher production cost, so the Return of Investment was negative.
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Abstract : A study conducted to verify the diversity and utilization status of NwSSU-Matalud forest using the five barangays along boundary lines as study sites, including selected respondents to determine its utilization status. Results indicated majority of respondents are in ages 50-61 years old, majority were male, married whose income was less than 3,000.00 pesos, High school level of education are obtained by most respondents and farming were their source of income. Premium trees species locally known as Apanang, Bayog, Narra, Gisok, Lauan and Toog are predominantly found, while, G-melina and Mahogany were the sufficient species in artificial forest area. Sufficient fruit trees found were Coconut, Caimito and Santol growing as plantation crops and along road networks of the school campus. Birds seen “frequently” to “always” in the area were the tukmo, tatahilaw, and abucay. Mammals observed were, wild pig, monkey and bats were present only “occasionally”. Reptiles like halo, ibid, turtles are the ones occasionally found in the forest. Land utilization of study area is classified into agricultural, forest and settlement areas. Timberland comprise the largest area with 898.5 hectares broken down to; ipil-ipil, mahogany and g-melina plantations.Natural and successional forest areas considered to be the water shed forest reserved of the NwSSUMatalud campus. Ipil-ipil plantation was threatened by the kaingineros due to high fertility status of the soil. The respondent’s issues and conc.
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Abstract : In the agribusiness context, the milk market is an important economic sector. Therefore, this study aims to determine whether milk prices are correlated with prices of products apparently correlated, such as coffee, sugar and live cattle. We use a robust methodology, namely the correlation coefficient from the Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis, with daily data between October 2011 and June 2020. We find there is significant correlation only between milk and coffee in the long run. Our results are of interest for agents involved in the dairy production chain, in terms of portfolio diversification strategies, as well as for policy-makers in this important sector of agribusiness and with a relevant consumer market.
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