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A bioeconomic and general equilibrium framework to address fishery management and invasive species
Fisheries management is a complex issue that involves the management of people, fish populations and habitat. There are many facets to fishery issues including ownership, regulation, and environmental change. I address all ... -
Potential impacts of hard infrastructure development on agricultural trade
The development of hard infrastructure has the potential to enhance agricultural production and international agricultural trade. Good quality physical networks could reduce the transport costs for producers and suppliers, ... -
Quality and price impacts on U.S. demand for lamb imports
The U.S. lamb industry has changed in the last decade, potentially impacting the structure of the import industry, which has become necessary to meet domestic demand. Domestic production has continued to decline, consumer ... -
Not so sweet : potential economic implications of restricting U.S. sugar imports from Mexico
In December 2014, the U.S. and Mexican governments signed a bilateral agreement constraining Mexico's ability to export sugar to the U.S. because of dumping allegations by U.S. producers. This restriction came after six ... -
Prospects for sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems in Ethiopian highlands
This dissertation examines the prospects of sustainable agricultural intensification by rural farming households in Ethiopia. Although widely accepted as the new paradigm for agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa, ... -
An analysis of the impact of land tenure on groundwater use and attitudes concerning groundwater conservation in Colorado's Republican River Basin
Groundwater pumping from an aquifer that exceeds the recharge rate results in decreases in future groundwater availability and well capacity. Economic research on groundwater pumping has generally assumed that groundwater ... -
Three essays on food security and dietary diversity
The concern for food security is a cornerstone in the development process for every country. This dissertation is examining food security from three perspectives. First, chapter one explores the most important economic and ... -
Economic analysis of profitability factors in cattle feeding : modeling optimal feeding to achieve maximum profitability
Past research indicates that the profitability of a feedlot can be determined by both production and economic factors. This study seeks to evaluate specific production and economic factors in order to deduce which of these ... -
Measuring citizens' preferences for protecting environmental resources : applications of choice experiment surveys, social network analysis and Deliberative Citizens' juries
Many reasons have been suggested as explanation for observed differences in citizens' environmental conservation projects policy choices and willingness-to-pay (WTP) values. Some people attribute this distinctive decision ... -
Modeling the impact of transaction costs and alternative supply sources on water market activity in the western U.S.
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Human behavior in the context of water scarcity
This dissertation in comprised of three chapters which use microeconomic principles and empirics to examine human behavior in the face of water scarcity. Chapter one uses an experiment to investigate the effect of threshold ... -
Coloradans' perceptions about land and water resources for agriculture
This survey on Colorado Attitudes about Food and Agriculture highlights several key findings with respect to Coloradans' perceptions about and priorities for agricultural land and water use. -
Perception of trust in sources of information on agriculture and food issues
This factsheet presents some important takeaways from the 2016 Coloradan's Attitudes about Agriculture and Food survey. Colorado consumers have trust in the information from a variety of groups for infor-mation on both ... -
An overview of Coloradans' perceptions of agriculture
Starting in 1996, the Colorado Department of Agriculture identified the need to better understand how: a) the citizens of Colorado viewed the agricultural industry as a whole; b) the public perceives emerging policies meant ... -
Food security and access in Northern Colorado
Food security is a complex issue: limited resource households, distance to food markets and other barriers to securing adequate, safe and nutritious foods all combine to create a food landscape that may not be conducive ... -
Health outcomes
Colorado has had the lowest adult obesity rate in the U.S., but is worsening from its status a decade ago. Because of the perceived link between food access, behavior and consumption, exploring connections between the food ... -
How to cater your agritourism enterprise to travelers : exploring differences in traveler demand in the western U.S.
This fact sheet concentrates on the demand for agritourism in the Western U.S. and how consumer interest and benefits vary by agritourism activities offered and the area the agritourism site is in. Several papers have ... -
Three essays on economics of highly pathogenic avian influenza
Highly pathogenic disease can affect trade between countries. How health officials in an affected country manage a disease event can affect the potential impacts of a disease event. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ... -
Selected aspects of the economics surrounding equine disease
The equine industry, from an economic perspective, is largely understudied with much of the existing research conducted on economic contribution studies (College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, ... -
Mapping the Western U.S. agrotourism industry : how do travel patterns vary by location?
The spatial patterns reported across US farms and ranches show an interesting patchwork that indicates there are a diverse set of factors that may contribute to successful regional agritourism development efforts. Understanding ...
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