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Managing Risk in Agriculture : A Holistic Approach
2009
The sources of risk in agriculture are numerous and diverse, ranging from events related to climate and weather … conditions to animal diseases; from changes in agriculture commodities prices to changes in fertilizer and other input prices … risk-related policies in agriculture and what is known about the quantitative size of agricultural risks. It looks at the …
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Improving Value in Health Care : Measuring Quality
2010
Are breast cancer survival rates higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom and France? Are a patient's chances of dying within 30 days after admission to a hospital with a heart attack lower in Canada than in Korea? Are surgeons in some countries more likely to leave “foreign...
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Genetic testing : a survey of quality assurance and proficiency standards
2007
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Multifunctionality : towards an analytical framework
Maier, Leo; Shobayashi, Mikitaro - 2001
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Valuing rural amenities : [two-day workshop (5 - 6 June 2000), hosted by the USDA]
2001
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Valuing Rural Amenities
2001
Economic valuation is widely used in OECD countries as a way of assessing the (usually monetary) value of goods that have no markets. In the rural context, valuation methods are used to argue for or against projects and policy choices in areas as diverse as agricultural support policies, local...
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Multifunctionality : Towards an Analytical Framework
2001
should be. The framework encompasses both negative and positive externalities of agriculture. The first question relates to …
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Multifunctionality : The Policy Implications
2003
character of agriculture. Policy-makers and analysts are supplied with a series of detailed questions which will help determine …
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Multifunctionality : Towards an Analytical Framework
2001
The term multifunctionality is increasingly used, but is prone to different interpretations concerning its definition, its utility and its implications for policy at domestic and international level. The OECD undertook this analysis to clarify the concept of multifunctionality and to try to...
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Quality measurement: theory and application
Majer, Helge - 1982
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