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How to feed the world in 2050: Macroeconomic environment, commodity markets - A longer temr outlook
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique; Osorio Rodarte, Israel; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The recent commodity boom was the longest and broadest of the post-World War II period. Although most prices have declined sharply since their mid-2008 peak, they are still considerably higher than 2003, the beginning of the boom. Apart from strong and sustained economic growth, the recent boom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458517
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Shifting cultivation and forest pressure in Cameroon
Ickowitz, Amy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Shifting cultivation is often blamed as a principal cause of deforestation in tropical Africa. It is claimed that the … dramatic conclusion that shifting cultivators are causing deforestation in the forested region of Cameroon. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113395
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Farming Management in Pakistan: Suggested Techniques
Herani, Gobind; Wasim, Mohammad Pervez; Rajar, Allah Wasayo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Abstract: In this paper an attempt has been made to identify types of farming in deserted district Tharparkar, Pakistan and suggest the techniques for improvement. Study reveals that in Tharparkar farming is of three types: rain-fed agriculture (crops), livestock and use of rangeland (no-crops)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111338
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Broadening monitoring and evaluation within reforming national agricultural research systems
Yawson, Robert M.; Sutherland, Alistair J.; Amoa-Awua, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ghana, together with the Natural Resources Institute of the United Kingdom and with input from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration convened a one-day Policy Dialogue Forum on “Broadening Monitoring and Evaluation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372525
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A stakeholder approach to investigating public perception and attitudes towards agricultural biotechnology in Ghana
Yawson, Robert M.; Quaye, Wilhemina; Williams, Irene E.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
A stakeholder survey was conducted in Ghana to assess the level of public perceptions and acceptance of agricultural biotechnologies. A total of 100 respondents drawn from academia, Non-governmental organizations, business community, government and other stakeholders were interviewed on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372591
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Policy options of agricultural biotechnology R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: key issues and aspects
Yawson, Robert M.; Yawson, Ivy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The extent to which agricultural biotechnology will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368479
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The Role of Agriculture in the Early Phase of Industrialization: Policy implications of Japan's experience
Kasahara, Shigehisa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996
The paper presents a brief theoretical and historical explanation of the transformative process of the Japanese economy from a stagnant agrarian society to a modern industrial one. Specifically, it analyzes the role of agriculture in the early stage of Japan's development in the last three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109804
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A Commodity Curse? The Dynamic Effects of Commodity Prices on Fiscal Performance in Latin America
Medina, Leandro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The recent boom and bust in commodity prices has raised concerns about the impact of volatile commodity prices on Latin American countries’ fiscal positions. Using a novel quarterly dataset─ which includes unique country specific commodity price indices and a comprehensive measure of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529245
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Commodity Prices, Growth, and the Natural Resource Curse: Reconciling a Conundrum
Collier, Paul; Goderis, Benedikt - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Currently, evidence on the ‘resource curse’ yields a conundrum. While there is much cross section evidence to support the curse hypothesis, time series analyses using vector autoregressive (VAR) models have found that commodity booms raise the growth of commodity exporters. This paper adopts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005089358
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Land inequality and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Albuquerque Sant'Anna, André - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between land inequality and deforestation in the Brazilian … statistical evidence to support the existence of a direct relationship between land inequality and deforestation. Nevertheless …, when one takes into account the effects of land inequality on deforestation through its interaction with credit and land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109291