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Implementing living labs to support local climate change adaptation and resilience strategies using a system innovation approach

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Published: February 19, 2026 00:00

Climate change impacts in Europe are accelerating, creating urgent adaptation needs across diverse local contexts. This paper presents the implementation of a Systems Innovation Approach (SIA) through living labs to co-design climate resilience strategies…

Leveraging AI for Climate Policy: The IntelComp Living Lab Experience in Energy and Agri-Food Sectors

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Published: February 17, 2026 00:00

Interdisciplinary and participatory approaches are necessary to address the complex challenges that climate change presents in various sectors, particularly energy, agriculture, and food production. In this paper, the methodology and results of the…

Urban Food and Nutrition Security Resilience through Urban Agriculture: A Circular Economy Approach

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:gunefd:2026_001&r=&r=agr

Published: February 11, 2026 00:00

Food and nutrition insecurity, combined with poor waste management and sanitation, are common features of urban informal settlements. We conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial with 810 households in Kibera to evaluate the effects of urban…

Successful reduction of bear bile consumption in Vietnam using behavior change

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Published: February 7, 2026 00:00

Bear bile is a highly demanded medicinal product in certain areas of Vietnam, which contributes to the decline of Asiatic black bears and sun bears. Multiple conservation strategies, such as closing bear farms and raising awareness, have been enacted in…

Climate Governance in a Small Landlocked State: Bhutan’s Domestic Action and Global Climate Engagement

https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:5ktw8_v1&r=&r=agr

Published: February 7, 2026 00:00

The risks associated with climate change are disproportionately high to the small states due to elevated vulnerability and limited adaptive capacity. The current literature has mainly focused on small island developing countries, leaving the relatively…

Final Estimates of ARC-CO and PLC Payments for Crop Year 2024

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Published: February 6, 2026 00:00

The goal of this policy brief is to provide estimates of Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Risk (PLC) program payments for all covered commodities for crop year 2024 using final marketing year average prices and county yields.

Use of Feeder Cattle Livestock Risk Protection Insurance in Kansas

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Published: February 6, 2026 00:00

This white paper examines participation in the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Feeder Cattle insurance program in Kansas using the USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business data. The analysis describes patterns of LRP use over time, focusing on…

How Capitalist Globalisation Undermines Traditional Local Knowledge: The Case of Indian Ghani, an Ancient Artisanal Method of Producing Edible Oil, Grappling with the Growing Industrialisation and Liberalisation of the Sector

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Published: February 5, 2026 00:00

This dissertation investigates how capitalist globalisation undermines traditional local knowledge systems, focusing on the Indian ghani, an ancient artisanal method of producing edible oil. The decline of this practice is analysed within the broader…

Expansion of Brazil’s Soybean and Corn Lands: An Outlook for 2026 and Beyond

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Published: February 5, 2026 00:00

Brazil’s soybean and corn sectors are expected to continue expanding beyond 2026, reinforcing Brazil’s role as a dominant competitor in global grain markets and intensifying competitive pressures on U.S. producers. This brief examines the drivers, limits,…

Women's empowerment and nutrition: Evidence from rural households in Africa and Asia

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Published: February 3, 2026 00:00

Women play key roles in food systems, yet continue to face persistent disadvantages in terms of low decision-making power and limited access to goods, services, and markets. Discrimination against women is often deeply ingrained in social norms, policies,…

Subsidy Capture in Livestock Risk Protection

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Published: January 30, 2026 00:00

Following changes after the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act, participation in the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) insurance program expanded rapidly across major livestock commodities. These changes, including higher and tiered premium subsidy rates,…

An Evaluation of Protected Area Policies in the European Union

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Published: January 28, 2026 00:00

The European Union designates 26% of its landmass as protected areas, limiting economic development for biodiversity. We use the staggered introduction of protected areas between 1985 and 2019 to study the selection of protected land and the causal eect of…

Estimated Additional Base Acres Under OBBBA for Crop Year 2026

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Published: January 27, 2026 00:00

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) permits the first net expansion of base acres since 2002. This paper estimates the magnitude and distribution of additional base acres under OBBBA using USDA Farm Service Agency crop acreage data. Under the main…

Climate Shocks and Noncommunicable Diseases Among Older People in India

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Published: January 26, 2026 00:00

This study empirically investigates the impact of climate change on the incidence of noncommunicable diseases among older population in India. Using demographic and health surveys from 2019–2021 linked with georeferenced meteorological data at local…