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Elitist Land and Agriculture Policies and the Food Problem in Malawi

Stambuli, Kalonga - EconWPA - 2002

The author argues that conversion of over 1 million hectares of customary land to leasehold land tenure merely endowed … demands exceeded the carrying capacity of household land whose quality also diminished resulting in steep decline in food … adopt high productivity technologies. The author also argue that estates would have used their excess land to produce more …

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Potential Effects of Selected Taxation Provisions on the Environment

Douglas, Robert - EconWPA - 2003

To help explain some of the issues and examine the potential environmental impacts (positive and/or negative) of selected tax arrangements, the Productivity Commission sought advice from Robert Douglas, a specialist in the field. This consultant’s report makes a contribution to understanding...

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Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Australian, state and territory regimes came under review for the Commission’s inquiry into native vegetation and biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that the cost of farm regulations could be reduced if...

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Indian Agriculture

Kumar, Deepak - EconWPA - 2005

reaching the target audiences have necessitated the introduction of ICT in agriculture. This article discusses the different … models related to ICT in Indian agriculture like, Kisan call centers, The Gyandoot project, Bhoomi project, Village knowledge … centers, and AGMARKNET. In the end, the article discusses the barriers and the outlook of ICT in Indian agriculture. …

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Assessing the Economic Impacts of Incorporating Romania's Agricultural and Food Sectors into EU's Customs Union: an Applied General Equilibrium Approach

Scrieciu, Serban S. - EconWPA - 2004

Joining the European Union club implies, among many other policy changes, full integration of Romania's economy into EU's customs union. This is expected to have significant implications for domestic farmers and food processors. The paper constructs a single-country Applied General Equilibrium...

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System of mathematical models of value (methodology, theory, agricultural applications)

Svetlov, Nikolai - EconWPA - 2002

The model of exchanges in a competitive economy is developed that is based on an economic agent model who maximises the levels of satisfying his demands. The existence of a weak tendency to formation of value is shown. The interrelation between value and (a) technologies, (b) shadow prices in...

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EU AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND THE REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF AGRICULTURE IN POLAND

Crescenzi, Riccardo - EconWPA - 2004

The paper addresses the “spatial” structure of agriculture in Poland whose spatial development is analysed from the … process of progressive differentiation in the regional structure of agriculture which have produced the existing disparities … explores the linkages between the spatial evolution of agriculture and the increasing disparities in terms of regional …

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Modelling Possible Impacts of GM Crops on Australian Trade

Stone, Susan; Matysek, Anna; Dolling, Andrew - EconWPA - 2003

This paper looks at the impact on Australia’s trade in crops (non-wheat grains and oilseeds) where GM technology has been introduced. The model includes assumptions about the productivity gains of GM crops, possible consumer responses and regulatory costs for Australia and its major trading...

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Economic Community in East Asia: Japan's Leadership in the Regional Development on both Economic and Financial Sides

Kitagawa, Masaomi - EconWPA - 2005

East Asian nations are currently undertaking the future development of an economic community by creating a viable framework for closer cooperation and deeper integration. However, the intractable problem is that there are a lot of diversities and heterogeneity that have prevented the East Asian...

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Risk and De-collectivization in the Czech Republic

Bezemer, Dirk J. - EconWPA - 2001

The replacement of wage-labour farms by family farms in Central and Eastern Europe during the transformation has been more limited than was initially expected. In this paper a formal framework is developed in order to analyse the behaviour of family farms and socialist-style farms in the...

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