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obesity epidemics? This report briefly examines the evidence base on unhealthy diets, including the associated burden on …
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This report contains an empirical analysis of the productivity and sustainability performance of different types of farms in thirteen countries. Farm productivity performance is measured through estimates of average productivity levels and through annual rates of technical change. Evidence on...
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Do governments systematically intervene in agricultural markets in response to climate shocks? If so, what are the aggregate and distributional consequences? We construct a global dataset of agricultural policies and extreme heat exposure by country and crop since 1980. We find that extreme heat...
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- This article reviews current US agricultural programs as revised under the Fsri Act of 2002. Attention focuses on the commodity programs and their compatibility with international commitments. Subsequent to the fall in the international prices of major agricultural commodities, the US Congress...
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The purpose ojthis work is to contribute a jew reflections to the debate that has flourished in recent years around two issues, rural development and systemic reading ojthe territorial articulation ojagricultural development. These issues have become ofcrucial importance also for institutional...
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Digital tools and technologies can assist governments to improve consumer health and the sustainability of food systems. These tools can be used to encourage consumers to buy healthy and nutritious foods and foods produced through sustainable farming practices, as well as to reduce asymmetries...
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health outcomes, including obesity. Contributing factors include low levels of income and education; time-poor single parent …
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macronutrient intake and physical activity to rising population weight remains controversial. Research on the economics of obesity … analyses suggest that increases in carbohydrates are most strongly and positively associated with increases in obesity … results suggest that, on the margin, a 1% increase in carbohydrates intake yields a 1.01 point increase in obesity prevalence …
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studied under the presumption that agricultural producers are better informed about their technology or their actions than … technology, but the regulator does not. Hidden action occurs when only the farmer has exact information on the conditions …
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This chapter first discusses what economists mean by “the incidence of agricultural policy” and why we care about it. Then it reviews models of the determinants of the differential incidence of different policies among interest groups such as suppliers of factors of production, consumers,...
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