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Markets for non Genetically Modified Identity Preserved crops and derived products
Tillie, Pascal; Vigani, Mauro; Dillen, Koen; Cerezo, … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
crops for the EU feed and livestock sector Session 3: EU demand for food products from non-GM IP crops and derived …
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Proceedings of a workshop on "Wheat productivity in the EU: determinants and challenges for food security and for climate change"
Vigani, Mauro; Dillen, Koen; Cerezo, Emilio Rodriguez - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
, wheat is providing 21% of the food calories and 20% of the protein to more than 4.5 billion people. Wheat production is … total world harvest (EUROSTAT). In the next decades it is expected an increase in the global demand of food, and of wheat in … will allow for greater food consumption. To help reaching the goal of improved wheat productivity for global food security …
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Contribution to the economic impact assessment of policy options to regulate animal cloning for food production with an economic simulation model
Dillen, Koen; Ferrari, Emanuele; Tillie, Pascal; … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
animals in the food chain. This study presents a first attempt to quantify the likely effects of different policy scenarios on …
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Proceedings of a Workshop on "Nanotechnology for the agricultural sector: from research to the field"
Parisi, Claudia; Vigani, Mauro; Cerezo, Emilio Rodríguez - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
Innovation is at the centre of the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade (EU2020). New technologies and their adoption by EU farmers are essential in maintaining European agriculture competitive in a global world. Within this context, nanotechnology represents an innovative technology with...
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Sustainability and Production Costs in the Global Farming Sector: Comparative Analysis and Methodologies
Langrell, Stephen; Ciaian, Pavel; Paloma, Sergio Gomez y - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012
This report synthesises the findings from the workshop on “Sustainability and Production Costs in the Global Farming Sector: Comparative Analysis and Methodologies” organised jointly by the IPTS-JRC and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development in Brussels on 21-22 June...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169884
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Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility and Its Macroeconomic Determinants: A GARCH-MIDAS Approach
Magrini, Emiliano; Donmez, Ayca - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
This paper investigates the main drivers of the agricultural commodity price volatility using the GARCH-MIDAS model of Engel et al. (2013), a new class of component models that allows for isolating the low-frequency component of volatility and taking into consideration macroeconomic factors via...
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
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Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean S.; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083397
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GM Cotton Adoption, Recent and Prospective: A Global CGE Analysis of Economic Impacts
Anderson, Kym; Jackson, Lee Ann; Valenzuela, Ernesto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. Use is made of the latest version of the GTAP database and model. Our results suggest that by following...
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WTO's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues
Anderson, Kym; Valenzuela, Ernesto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Four West African nations have demanded the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. This paper provides estimates of the potential economic impacts of (a)...
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