Agricultural opportunity costs assessment based on planting suitability: a case study in a mountain county in southwest China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-016-4329-0
Abstract: Payment for ecosystem services (PES) has become an increasingly popular means of ecosystem conservation. Opportunity cost is an important factor to increase the investment efficiency of PES projects. However, the distribution of opportunity cost is… read more here.
Keywords: opportunity cost; planting suitability; agricultural opportunity; opportunity ... See more keywords
Tempered strength: A controlled experiment assessing opportunity costs of adding temper to clay
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.08.002
Abstract: Abstract The addition of pottery additives (temper) provides both production-based benefits gained during the initial vessel formation phase, and performance-based benefits associated with post-firing vessel daily use. This paper presents the results of a controlled… read more here.
Keywords: temper clay; strength; addition; opportunity ... See more keywords
Ecological restoration by afforestation may increase groundwater depth and create potentially large ecological and water opportunity costs in arid and semiarid China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.046
Abstract: Water scarcity is a global environmental problem that jeopardizes human safety and socioeconomic development. Since 1952, China has implemented a large-scale tree-planting program in the country's arid regions to combat desertification. However, there is a… read more here.
Keywords: groundwater; water; arid semiarid; opportunity costs ... See more keywords
Economic analysis of threatened species conservation: The case of woodland caribou and oilsands development in Alberta, Canada.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.039
Abstract: Tradeoffs between cost and recovery targets for boreal caribou herds, threatened species in Alberta, Canada, are examined using a dynamic cost minimization model. Unlike most approaches used for minimizing costs of achieving threatened species targets,… read more here.
Keywords: recovery; conservation; alberta canada; opportunity costs ... See more keywords
International assistance after conflict: health, transitional justice and opportunity costs
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2021.1928489
Abstract: Abstract After violent conflicts, international actors face difficult choices about whether and how to provide assistance. These decisions can have immense consequences. As aid always occurs under conditions of scarcity, theoretical reflection is crucial to… read more here.
Keywords: health transitional; assistance; transitional justice; opportunity costs ... See more keywords
The economic and environmental cost of delayed GM crop adoption: The case of Australia's GM canola moratorium.
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DOI: 10.1080/21645698.2018.1429876
Abstract: Incorporating socio-economic considerations (SECs) into national biosafety regulations regarding genetically modified (GM) crops have opportunity costs. Australia approved the cultivation of GM canola through a science-based risk assessment in 2003, but allowed state moratoria to… read more here.
Keywords: canola; cost; adoption; opportunity costs ... See more keywords
Globally optimal trial design and risk sharing arrangements are key to avoiding opportunity costs of delay and enabling equitable, feasible and effective global vaccine research and implementation in current or future pandemics
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1085319
Abstract: Global vaccination in the face of pandemics such as COVID-19 and new variants is a race against time. Avoiding the opportunity costs of delay and the associated health, social, and downstream economic impacts is a… read more here.
Keywords: trial; avoiding opportunity; opportunity costs; costs delay ... See more keywords
Economic Drivers of Legume Production: Approached via Opportunity Costs and Transaction Costs
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DOI: 10.3390/su11030705
Abstract: Crop diversification is one of the main mechanisms identified for developing a more sustainable agriculture. Legumes are interesting diversifying crops to add to crop rotations because of their many positive impacts on agronomic systems. Nonetheless,… read more here.
Keywords: costs transaction; transaction; transaction costs; production ... See more keywords
Informing Decisions in Global Health: Cost Per DALY Thresholds and Health Opportunity Costs
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DOI: 10.7490/f1000research.1113905.1
Abstract: • Cost per DALY threshold used to judge the cost-effectiveness of an intervention should reflect evidence of the likely health opportunity costs in the settings and health care systems (HCS) in which it will be… read more here.
Keywords: opportunity costs; per daly; health; cost ... See more keywords