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and land tenure as critical population-sustainability policy issues. …
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Biomass is being researched as a possible alternative to fossil sources of energy, in order to avoid externalities from … fossil fuel use that affect the environment and the economy. Some biomass-based energy production systems may produce … in a rise in prices of food commodities. Using marginal land for biomass production has been suggested as a solution …
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of U.S. fuel needs plus advantages over corn grain-based ethanol. The sustainability of agriculture-based advanced … biofuels depends on how farmers would respond in providing biomass feedstock, yet economic behavior by farmers has been under … convert current grain cropland to grow a dedicated cellulosic biomass crop such as switchgrass. However, the financial …
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There is a growing body of literature on the safe use of biotechnology and the need for an international biosafety … protocol and national regulations to facilitate the safe development and transfer of biotechnology. Most of these studies … biotechnology, with special emphasis on implications for developing countries who are under increasing pressure to put a biosafety …
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, industry concentration, and balancing money and the Land Grant mission are issues LGCUs currently face. The ag-biotechnology …. Keywords: Biotechnology, Land Grant Mission, Research …
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In most developing countries, historically, the main strategy for improving the food sector has focused on increasing farm-level production. But in recent years, with the emphasis on value chain analysis, there has been much more focus on subsector studies, demand-driven approaches, and...
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Based on the findings of this study, the following actions are proposed for consideration by the Government of Kenya: 1. Raise public investment in maize seed breeding and agronomic research to make it possible for improvements in smallholder crop productivity. Based on research evaluating the...
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Africa has inherited highly arbitrary political borders that vastly complicate current efforts to accelerate agricultural growth and reduce hunger. Because Africa’s inherited political borders arbitrarily partition agro-ecological zones and natural market sheds, current country borders serve...
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In many African countries, as well as in other parts of the world where a significant part of the rural population is poor and food insecure, policymakers face what is called the food price dilemma. On the one hand, they need to provide farmers with incentives to increase the quantity of...
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sustainability of cropping systems and soil fertility. Cowpea and dry beans are the two main food legume crops grown in Sub …
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