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  • Modelling Alternative Payment Modes in Choice Experiments

    Zoom

    Stated preference studies in developing countries usually adopt both monetary and non-monetary payment modes to elicit preferences for non-market goods and services. In this presentation, I plan to discuss a choice experiment on the purchase of flood insurance with three alternative payment modes among irrigation farmers in Ghana. The results together with the policy implications will be discussed. In addition, I will present an integrated modelling of these alternative payment modes in choice experiment, and test relative uncertainties among these alternative payment modes. I will discuss the results and the implications of these results for conduct of stated preferences and the [...]

  • EfD Virtual Conference

    The EfD Virtual Conference takes place from 16th to 20th November 2020. This is the largest annual conference in the Global South on the application of environmental economics to development. Four eminent keynote speakers, one per day, will make presentations at 13h00GMT-14h00GMT. There will also be five parallel session presentations (four sessions for paper presentations and one session for proposal presentations) each day from 14h00GMT-16h00GMT. You can find more details here: https://efdinitiative.org/news-events/efd-annual-meeting

  • Who Benefits from Climate-Friendly Agriculture? The Marginal Returns to a Rainfed System of Rice Intensification in Tanzania

    TThe AFAERE Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday 30th November 2020 at 14h00GMT. Current and prospective AFAERE members are welcome to attend. Agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa faces a multitude of challenges arising from land degradation, climate change, and limited access to improved technology. In this context, technologies that raise farmers' crop productivity while mitigating risk exposure are particularly valuable. This study assesses the impacts of a modified, rainfed variant of the system of rice intensification (SRI) on expected yields, yield variance (variability) and yield skewness (exposure to downside risk) in Tanzania. The appeal of the technology [...]

  • AFAERE AGM and Elections

    Zoom

    The AFAERE Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday 30th November 2020 at 14h00GMT. Current and prospective AFAERE members are welcome to attend. At the AGM, we will finalize the election of the incoming AFAERE President who would takeover in January 2023. We will also elect two Council Members who will serve from 2021 to 2024. Only subscribed members as at the date of the AGM will be eligible to vote or be voted for. Please subscribe for membership easily using your bank card at our website - https://afaere.org/membership/membership-shop/ Please nominate candidates for "AFAERE President 2023-2024" and two [...]

  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Covid-19

    Zoom

    The start of the last decade (2020-2030) of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) faced the biggest global health challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic is a significant setback for the world’s ambition to achieve the SDGs, in particular for poor countries. While the reduction in carbon emissions due to the global lockdown and social distancing restrictions, are seen as a positive environmental impacts, the goal should be to restore economic activity without environmental degradation. Today, the global economy is still crippled by the ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, amidst progress made towards the vaccine rollout in various parts [...]

  • Green Jobs Assessment Models: INPUT- OUTPUT Analysis

    Zoom

    The webinar exposes you to a very simplified way to measure the impact of green sectoral production initiatives. We will briefly discuss the Input-Output methodology and show you an example of how to carry out such an exercise using a recent country example. This webinar will benefit students and researchers who do not have any knowledge or skills in this methodology. PRESENTERS: Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Vice President, AFAERE Riad Sultan, Senior Lecturer: Economics, University of Mauritius ZOOM MEETING LINK: https://up-ac-za.zoom.us/j/97330702302?pwd=cDVaa3lkZWtLYTk2SjNwL1p0TEpxZz09 Meeting ID: 973 3070 2302 Passcode: 280561 Date: 26 May 15h00-17h00 (Central African Time)   Presentation slides https://drive.google.com/file/d/12OzYunjQVtB9cb5JJ0425YZhPs-CwLUw/view?usp=sharing  https://drive.google.com/file/d/10jrx-vviAHEj-kOISRatLhuu3BNzUQUM/view?usp=sharing  Webinar [...]