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Financial Assessment Of Agricultural Lands At Risk To Coastal Salt Marsh Migration In Relation To Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise In Dorchester County, Maryland, Jewell Porter

International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE)

The increasing rate and effects of sea level rise is a major environmental concern in the Chesapeake Bay. This paper evaluates the impacts of rising sea level on coastal salt marshes and the surrounding agricultural lands at risk in Dorchester County, Maryland to build off existing environmental monitoring work performed by NOAA’s Sentinel Site Program. The results of the spatial analysis were used to estimate monetary benefits to incentivize farmers to protect these marshes by making their land available for marsh migration to occur. Looking at three scenarios of sea level rise and marsh migration, grain crops (corn, soybeans, and …

Microcréditos: Una Herramienta De Fortalecimiento Y Reducción De Pobreza En El Sector Agrícola. Condiciones De Acceso Y Expectativas 2000-2011, Lorena Andrea Bejarano Guerrero, Lizeth Zulay Carrillo Barreiro

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

En el presente documento se analizan cuáles son las condiciones y acceso al sector financiero de la población rural y de esta manera estudiar la incidencia del financiamiento a través de microcréditos agrícolas en la disminución de la pobreza monetaria; basándose en el concepto de microcrédito, el cual busca generar la inclusión financiera a través de la bancarización de la población rural, que permita un mejoramiento en cuanto al desarrollo de condiciones flexibles, mayor eficiencia y agilidad en el acceso a servicios financieros. Lo anterior, a través de una revisión de literatura en el caso colombiano junto al análisis de …

A Feasibility Study Of Agricultural Production Of Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, And Kale For San Ysidro Farms, Roy Orion Killgore

Agribusiness

The purpose of this study was to determine whether it is more profitable for San Ysidro Farms to establish a new commodity mix and grow brussel sprouts, cabbage, and kale in replace of broccoli and cauliflower or continue its current commodity mix for production. The goal is to determine whether the new commodity mix will bring greater profits during the months of January, February, and March.

The project represents a basic comparison technique of the different commodities grown for San Ysidro. Using the current 2013 cash flow statement and others from the previous production years, a comparison amongst the different …