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This book brings together two studies both related to the very important issue of land: it examines the way in which agricultural and other policies affect how it changes hands, its value and use patterns. The first study looks at policies affecting farmland mobility and calls for an easing of...
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Land is a key input into agricultural production and the agricultural sector remains the main user of rural land in most OECD countries. How land is managed in agriculture, and the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses, are likely to have implications not only for the provision of...
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This volume compiles the consensus documents developed by the OECD Working Group for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds from 2015 to 2019. It deals with the composition of common bean, rice, cowpea and apple, four important crops for agriculture and food consumption worldwide. The science-based...
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Crop production depends on the availability of arable land and is affected in particular by yields, macroeconomic uncertainty, as well as consumption patterns; it also has a great incidence on agricultural commodities' prices. The importance of crop production is related to harvested areas,...
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Andalusia is the largest mining producer in Spain, the second-largest copper producer in the EU and a leader in marble … and gypsum production. The region benefits from two distinct mining subsectors, each with a rich network of suppliers that … are relevant for local development: the metallic mining sector (e.g. copper and zinc), which accounts for most of the …
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Environmental activities in uranium mining and milling are becoming increasingly important owing to: - the stricter …
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