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emissions. This has led the media, policy makers and the public to overlook industrial agriculture, one of the principal … contributors to global greenhouse emissions. Industrial agriculture – particularly industrial livestock activity – emits … oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). In fact, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture far exceed those from transportation. Yet …
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, precipitation changes, and unitary irrigation costs. Results suggest different economic consequences of climate change depending on …
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, precipitation changes, and unitary irrigation costs. Results suggest different economic consequences of climate change depending on …
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This article examines the historic and contemporary roots of chronic malnutrition and environmental degradation in the developing world. It chronicles the patterns of trade and production that contribute to this problem from the colonial period until the present, and analyzes the role of...
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agriculture. I find that rainfed maize is sensitive to both temperature and precipitation. This sensitivity is weakened in … irrigated maize suggesting that the use of irrigation reduces not only the dependency of production on direct precipitation but …
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This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production, processing, packaging, and distribution, which ultimately contributes to both economic and social costs. The article addresses environmental energy costs in the food supply
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) ‎River between India and Pakistan, and over the Nile between Egypt and its upper riparians or ‎between China and its co …
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Organization (WTO), the policy pursued by the Government of India is detrimental to rural agriculture. In 1920.21, the per capita …English Abstract: By signing the WTO Agreement on January 1, 1995, India incorporated the agricultural sector into the … process of globalization. In this regard, a secret agreement was reached between India and the United States on December 16 …
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