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Essays On Conservation Investment For Biodiversity Under Future Uncertainties, Nawon Kang
Essays On Conservation Investment For Biodiversity Under Future Uncertainties, Nawon Kang
Masters Theses
This thesis is built with two essays on conservation investment for biodiversity under future uncertainties by using a risk-diversification strategy based on modern portfolio theory (MPT). The first essay is about broad application of MPT in conservation investment allocation, next, the second essay advances the MPT with consideration of the availability of each asset. The purpose of the first essay is to identify optimal conservation investment allocations for target regions and species under uncertain conditions. We develop a two-step approach using MPT to estimate an investment portfolio represented by percentages of conservation investment allocated to counties and taxonomic groups (referred …
Evaluating Factors Influencing Tennessee And Kentucky Farmers’ Willingness To Sell Produce Through Fresh Stop Markets, Riley A. Denton
Evaluating Factors Influencing Tennessee And Kentucky Farmers’ Willingness To Sell Produce Through Fresh Stop Markets, Riley A. Denton
Masters Theses
The mission of the food justice movement is related to addressing societal inequality and disparity issues through food-system restructuring. The food justice mission not only entails addressing unequal access to food among households but also involves addressing issues related to farmers’ wellbeing and the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of their farm business. The Kentucky-based non-profit organization New Roots Inc. has organized Fresh Stop Markets (FSM) that are markets aiming to cover multiple aspects of the food justice mission. FSM provide farm fresh produce access to low-income, food-insecure households on a sliding scale and serve as a market outlet for …