Mitigating agricultural residue burning: challenges and solutions across land classes in Punjab, India
Consumers are willing to pay more for HAB-free mussels
Key Messages
● Consumers may avoid consuming mussels if they perceive a high risk of HAB contamination, even under government monitoring.
● HABs have significant welfare losses for consumers, but policies to ensure food safety in seafood markets can improve social welfare.
● Perceptions about HABs and mussel attributes play a role in explaining consumer preferences, but the link varies across contexts.
Government interventions may worsen problems of burning crop residues
Every winter, New Delhi and much of Northern India are shrouded in a thick layer of smoke due to farmers burning crop residue. The resulting pollution impacts over 400 million people exposing them to…
Determinants of Share of Land Allocated to Eucalyptus Tree and its livelihoods Contribution to Rural Farm Households: empirical evidence from Gurage Zone, Ethiopia.
EEU Seminar: Hide-Fumi Yokoo
The next EEU Seminar will be held on Monday the 14th of October at 12:10 – 13:15 in B44. The seminar will be held by Hide-Fumi Yokoo and he will be presenting on the topic of : Subjective expectations…