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Adoption of pesticide-free wheat production in Switzerland (dataset)
(2020)The here presented dataset provides information on i) actual and planned participation decisions of Swiss «Extenso» wheat producers in a program for pesticide-free wheat production of the producer organization IP-SUISSE and ii) a wide range of potential determinants for program adoption. The dataset consists of survey data, as well as external data from a range of relevant data sources, matched based on farm location. The online survey ...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 -
Monthly price data for milk processed into cheese in Switzerland (2000-2012)
(2017)Price data for milk processed into cheese in Switzerland (2000-2012). Milk price for Industry cheese, Emmentaler cheese and Gruyere cheese Data used in Finger, Listorti, Tonini: The Swiss payment for milk processed into cheese: ex-post and ex-ante analysis. Agricultural Economics Monthly milk prices, start month of price observations: January 2000 - August 2012. Source: Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, OFAG, secteur ...Dataset -
PesticideLoadIndicator (R-Package)
(2021)R-package. Computes the Danish Pesticide Load Indicator as described in Kudsk et al. (2018) <doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.010> and Moehring et al. (2019) <doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.287> for pesticide use data. Additionally offers the possibility to directly link pesticide use data to pesticide properties given access to the Pesticide properties database (Lewis et al., 2016) <doi:10.1080/10807039.2015.1133242>.Software -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss grape production- Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2016, 2017, 2018
(2018)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss grape growers in 2016,2017 and 2018, 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.Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss plum production- Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2016, 2017, 2018
(2018)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss plum growers in 2016,2017 and 2018, 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.Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss cherry production- Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2017 and 2018
(2018)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss cherry growers in 2017 and 2018, 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.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