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(N2O) emissions from the use of nitrogenous fertilizers, and the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from energy sources used … to pump groundwater for irrigation. We also examine how changes in land use would affect carbon sequestration. We find …
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heterogeneity. All nutrients exhibit positive expenditure elasticities in both rural and urban areas; however, as expected, the … expenditure elasticities of all nutrients are higher in urban areas than in rural areas. In rural areas, strategies to improve … respect to prices, an increase in own price is expected to have a nonpositive effect on all nutrients. Our results also …
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Noordwijk •The Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration by Rattan Lal •Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Systems …, and Kay Sumfleth •Direct and Indirect Mitigation Through Tree and Soil Management by Brent M. Swallow and Meine van …
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"Agriculture is fundamental to achieving nutrition goals: it produces the food, energy, and nutrients essential for …
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"Agriculture produces food fundamental for human health. It therefore seems obvious that agriculture, food, and health are related! Agriculture affects whether people have enough food to eat, whether it is of sufficient nutritional value, and whether it is safe, all of which affect human health....
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The world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. Climate change, population, and income growth will drive food demand in the coming decades. Baseline scenarios show food prices for maize, rice, and wheat would significantly increase between 2005 and 2050, and the number of...
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implications of such voracious property for biodiversity. " Author's Abstract …
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development of poor communities that manage agricultural biodiversity." authors' abstract …
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are important to maintaining biodiversity and to human welfare; failing to recognize them presents dangers. The case study …
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