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Salt of the earth : quantifying the impact of water salinity on global agricultural productivity
Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha D.; Damania, Richard; … - 2020
Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To date no study has attempted to quantify the impacts on global food production. This paper...
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Asia's sectoral transformation, evolving diets, and the consequences for climate change
Larson, Donald Frederick - 2024
the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture … to "end hunger" and "achieve food security and improved nutrition," while promoting "sustainable agriculture." Lifting …
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Making Climate Finance Work in Agriculture
World Bank Group - 2016
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Making Climate Finance Work in Agriculture
World Bank - 2016
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Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets : Policy Responses
FAO - 2011
The approach taken in this report reflects the view of the collaborating international organizations that price volatility and its effects on food security is a complex issue with many dimensions, agricultural and non-agricultural, short and long-term, with highly differentiated impacts on...
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Salt of the Earth : Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity
Russ, Jason - 2019
Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To date no study has attempted to quantify impacts on global food production. In this paper we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646801
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Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation in the Developing World : An Integrated Assessment of the Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
Havlik, Petr - 2015
This paper conducts an integrated assessment of climate change impacts and climate mitigation on agricultural commodity markets and food availability in low- and middle-income countries. The analysis uses the partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM to generate scenarios to 2080. The findings show that...
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Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019
World Bank Group - 2019
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic …
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Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2017
2017 - Online-Ausg.
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2017, the third report in the series, offers insights into how laws and …
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Welfare and Poverty Effects of Global Agricultural and Trade Policies Using the Linkage Model
Anderson, Kym - 2009
primary agriculture than in the rest of the economy of developing countries, and earnings of unskilled workers more than of … (given that farm incomes are well below non-farm incomes in most developing countries and that agriculture there is intensive …
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