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The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production in West Africa: An Assessment for the Oueme River Basin in Benin

Sonneveld, B.; Keyzer, M.; Adegbola, P.; Pande, S. - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 2, pp. 553-579

Climate change studies for West Africa tend to predict a reduced potential for farming that will affect the food security situation of an already impoverished population. However, these studies largely ignore farmers’ adaptations and market adjustments that mitigate predicted negative effects....

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Public sector agricultural research priorities for sustainable food security: Perspectives from plausible scenarios:

Nelson, Gerald C.; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

There is widespread agreement that our ability to deliver sustainable food security for all will be challenged in three dimensionsâ€”population growth, constrained natural resources, and climate change. Investments in agricultural productivity are essential to dealing with these challenges....

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Ukraine’s agriculture: potential for expanding grain supply. Economic and institutional challenges.

Acs, Szvetlana; Borodina, Oleksandra; Paloma, Sergio Gomez y - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013

Ukraine is one of the few countries in the world that is in a position to significantly increase grain net exports, due … to its strategic location and agro-ecological potential of its soils. The grain production potential of Ukraine depends … agricultural practices and infrastructure development, Ukraine shall be able to increase its grain production and exports, attract …

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Wheat export restrictions and domestic market effects in Russia and Ukraine during the food crisis

Götz, Linde; Glauben, Thomas; Brümmer, Bernhard - In: Food Policy 38 (2013) C, pp. 214-226

scarce. This paper analyses the domestic market impact of wheat export controls in Russia and Ukraine during the 2007 … contrast our estimation for Russia and Ukraine with Germany and the USA, two countries that did not intervene in their wheat … export markets. An explicit “crisis” regime during times of export controls is exclusively identified for Russia and Ukraine …

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