El presente documento, evalúa cuatro dimensiones de la Seguridad Alimentaria (i.e. disponibilidad, soberanía, estabilidad y consumo y utilización biológica).Encontrando brechas para los grupos de alimentos de: frutas y verduras, proteínas y carbohidratos, a partir de comparar la oferta de...

Strong rural-urban linkages are increasingly seen as key to achieving sustainable livelihoods and food security in developing countries. However, not all linkages are positive and, although this is recognised in literature, few explore their potential unfavorable characteristics. Based on twelve...

The study examined a simplified conceptual model which incorporates variables that influence the processes and consequences of household decision-making in the Ada and Selale districts of the Ethiopian highlands. Linear structural relations (LISREL) analysis was performed on three conceptual...

This study analyzes the impact of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) on the agricultural sector in Schleswig-Holstein, a federal state in Germany. First, a very detailed farm group linear programming model is built to quantify the effects on agricultural production and farm incomes. The production...

We evaluate the impact of the rise in food prices during 2006-2008 on the poverty and extreme poverty rates in Mexico. We concentrate on the poor’s consumption of staple foods, and analyze the change in their consumption brought about by changed prices. We also allow households receiving...

Recent conflicts regarding the milk market indicat tensions between milk producers and milk processing companies, about milk price. This conflict involved many farmers and was focused in two directions. First – the farmers' discontent about the imported m

Plants harbor a diverse microbiome existing as bacterial populations on the leaf surface (the phyllosphere) and within plant tissues (endophytes). The composition of this microbiome has been largely unexplored in fresh produce vegetables, where studies have tended to focus on pathogen detection...

The rapid ascent of commodity prices between late 2005 and 2008 led to renewed debate about what drives the demand and supply for basic food commodities. This paper examines the supply response to the output prices shocks for 22 commodity products in 3 regions of Switzerland by using a dynamic...

The future agricultural policy framework seems clear. Even though the present trends do not point in this direction there is a strong probability that in the long run Swiss agriculture will have to forfeit border protection, while domestic support will be restricted to fully Green Box-compatible...

The origin of agricultural products is gaining in appreciation while often hard to determine for various reasons. Geographical origin may be resolved using a combination of chemical and physical analytical technologies. In the present case of Lily of the Valley (<i>Convallaria majalis</i>) rhizomes, we...