Assessing the impact of agro-climatic factors and farm characteristics on the yield variation of the Norwegian fruit sector

Abstract

Main drivers of ag. yields:
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Technology
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R&D (new hybrids etc.)
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Weather
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Etc.
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Common sense and anecdotal observations (remember the Tromsø presentation) revealed extreme events tended to impact wide geographic areas
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This was called the «systemic» nature of agriculture

No semi-aggregation  farm-level
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Not the boring corn, maize, wheat  fruits
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No OLS-like Pearson correlation or functional form approach for conditioning spatial correlations on weather  SDM
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Finally, if we are smart enough to set the explanatory proxies in a meaningful way presumably we can make the distinction between the effects of, say draught and extreme heat.
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And much more in policy relevance