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This paper examines the likely impact on agriculture of the climate change which has already taken place between 1960 …, and carbon dioxide response functions are used to calculate the impacts on agriculture. Temperature and precipitation … overall growth of agriculture has been small, contributing between 2.6% and 5.4% of overall growth. This effect has been …
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based on four blocks with 40% of the weight on agriculture/rural factors and 20% each on broader economy-wide governance … agriculture’s enabling environment would help provide an important input into better policy decisions. …
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Given their value for both agriculture and biodiversity, seeds are the target of controversial efforts to establish … elaboration among constituencies involved in trade, agriculture, development, and conservation. Although contradictions among …
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political and economic objectives. The level of liberalisation in the agriculture sector can differ substantially across …
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This paper examines the heavily supported Swiss food and agriculture sector. It reviews some of the key features and …
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Societal concerns as they pertain to farming activities play an important role today in the development of national policies. How such concerns are perceived varies from one society to another as do the policy responses (economic instruments and regulations) that governments put in place. These...
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Agriculture renaissance means the renewed understanding and recommitment to the fundamental role of agriculture in the … least developed countries of the world, it could mean re-engaging agriculture's potential as a driver of overall economic …
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In Germany, agricultural land use is very heterogeneous with respect to management orientation and productivity even at the local level. In addition, there is a wide variation in the reasons for farm exits. A review of the literature shows that a limited number of explanatory variables are...
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Chinese civilization is continuously developing, and it can be used as a reference for the development of Chinese agriculture … concerning Chinese traditional agriculture, including view of sancai, farming season, fertility, the nature of matters, recycling …, and economization. Findings – The results reveal that the nature of Chinese traditional agriculture is akin to ecological …
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Purpose – Investigating the characteristics of the transformation of China's agricultural growth and the institutional reforms during the whole transition period in the 1980s will help to understand China's economic and agricultural reform and offer some successful experiences to other...
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