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In dem Papier werden die Reformbeschlüsse zur europäischen Agrarpolitik vom Juni 2003 diskutiert. Im Mittelpunkt der Beschlüsse steht die Entkoppelung der Prämienzahlungen von der Produktion. Damit werden Produktionsanreize für die Landwirte abgebaut und es dürfte zu einer...
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The paper discusses the decisions on the CAP in the context of the Berlin summit. In a rather broad perspective the agricultural sectoral and related objectives are analyzed for their consistency and compatability with higher ranking societal objectives. The policies' allocational and...
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-in-differences approach to estimate the impacts of large-scale farms on smallholders' area cultivated, maize yields, and access to fertiliser …. We find that smallholders in wards with large-scale farms increase their area cultivated and maize yields, but have lower …
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results show that global food production, welfare and GDP fall in the two time periods and SRES scenarios. Higher food prices …
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Climate change affects the physical and biological system in many regions of the world. The extent to which human systems will suffer economically from climate change depends on the adaptive capabilities within a region as well as across regions. We use an economic General-Equilibrium model and...
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competition between food and fuel production on the currently available cropland area. We further discuss whether it is profitable …
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As consumers' demand for organic products and especially organic food grows, organic certification for tropical fruit …
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We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The new production structure of the model, which introduces a differentiation between rainfed and irrigated crops, allows a better understanding of the use of water resources in...
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Global food markets demand the adoption of food standards by small-scale farmers in developing countries when they … conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic certification is required for the growing organic food market … certified farming yields a significantly higher ROI than GlobalGAP certified farmers, mainly due to the price premium on the …
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Water and agriculture are intrinsically linked. Water is essential for crop production and agriculture is the largest consumer of freshwater resources. However, this link is commonly ignored by economic models mainly because water use is not reported in the national economic accounts. Few...
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