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Data: Forage quality and biomass yield of the Management Experiment set up within the Jena Experiment
(2019)This dataset contains measurements of above ground biomass yield and various forage quality variables of the subplots of the Management Experiment set up within the Main Experiment plots of a large grassland biodiversity experiment (the Jena Experiment; Roscher et al. 2004, Weigelt et al. 2009). In the main experiment, 82 grassland plots of 20 x 20 m were established from a pool of 60 species belonging to four functional groups (grasses, ...Dataset -
Dataset: Feed price and SPEI data of South Germany and whole Germany
(2019)We provide here data on 1) monthly hay, feed wheat and feed barley prices in South Germany (=Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg) from August 2002 to March 2019 and 2) monthly Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) values for South Germany and in whole Germany from January 1991 to April 2019. For more details, see Schaub and Finger (2020) and the README file. To replicate the results of Schaub and Finger (2020) we additionally ...Dataset -
Dataset on a meta-analysis on the economics of Miscanthus cultivation
(2016)The dataset presents an overview about a review of papers the economics of Miscanthus cultivation conducted in January 2015. The dataset relates to Witzel, C.P., Finger, R. (2016). Economic evaluation of Miscanthus production - A review. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 53: 681–696 In total, 51 papers are considered and surveyed with respect to a wide range of items, concerning (i) the origin of the study and the year of its ...Dataset -
Dataset on risk preferences and risk literacy for a sample of German agricultural sciences students
(2018)The data presented here contains information on risk preferences, risk literacy and personal characteristics collected from 244 German agricultural sciences students in an online survey in 2015. Two different risk preference elicitation methods have been used. First, we used an iterative multiple price list (iMPL). Second, a simple self-assessment of risk preferences was used. Moreover, we used two different frames of the iMPL (general ...Dataset -
Dataset on farm diversification decisions and farmers’ risk preferences in the Ruhr Metropolitan region (Germany)
(2018)On-farm non-agricultural diversification is increasingly important for many farmers to stabilize their income and to fulfill societal demand for integrated farming. Especially in peri-urban areas, where the potential for farms’ expansion in terms of farm size is limited and public interest in regional products and other services provided at farms is high, the uptake of on-farm non-agricultural diversification is thus an attractive strategy ...Dataset -
Dataset on a Meta‐Analysis on the Elasticity of Demand for Pesticides
(2017)This dataset summarizes data collected in a meta‐analysis based on 31 studies that have estimated pesticide demand elasticities in Europe and North America. (Böcker, T., Finger, R. (2017). A Meta-Analysis on the Elasticity of Demand for Pesticides. Journal of Agricultural Economics 68(2): 518-533) From the selected studies, we obtained the following information, as available: (i) the year of publication, (ii) the period of analysis/data ...Dataset -
Yield, phenology and weather data for 29 winter wheat producers in Germany for the period 1996-2010
(2018)Yield, phenology and weather data for 29 winter wheat producers in Germany for the period 1996-2010. For each year and farm, the following data is presented: A) wheat yield data, B) phenology data, C) rainfall data corresponding to different phenological phases Data has been published and used in the following article: Dalhaus, T., Musshoff, O., Finger, R. (2018). Phenology Information Contributes to Reduce Temporal Basis Risk in ...Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss plum production – Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2018
(2018)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss plum growers with the specific aim to identify risk management strategies taken in response to Drosophila suzukii as well as to survey perceived infestation levels and harvest losses. The survey was conducted in November 2018 with in total 91 responses. Farm and farmers’ characteristics were collected and risk preferences elicited.Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss plum production – Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2016
(2017)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss plum growers with the specific aim to identify risk management strategies taken in response to Drosophila suzukii as well as to survey perceived infestation levels and harvest losses. The survey was conducted from February to mid-March 2017 and questions were related to the plum harvest of 2016 with in total 112 responses. Farm and farmers’ characteristics were ...Dataset -
Data on the efficacy and costs of different weed control strategies in Swiss wheat production
(2019)Data on the efficacy and costs of different weed control strategies in Swiss wheat production Authors: Thomas Böcker & Robert Finger, Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich This content belongs to the following publication: Böcker, T., Möhring, N., Finger, R. (2019). Herbicide free agriculture? A bio-economic modelling application to Swiss wheat production. Agricultural Systems 173, 378-392. The model used in this paper ...Dataset