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Total and per capita value of food loss in the United States

Buzby, Jean C.; Hyman, Jeffrey - In: Food Policy 37 (2012) 5, pp. 561-570

There are few peer-reviewed or major published studies that estimate the total amount of food loss in developed countries and even fewer attempt to estimate the monetary value. We compiled estimates of the amount and value of food loss for more than 200 individual foods in the United States...

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Total and per capita value of food loss in the United States – Comments

Koester, Ulrich - In: Food Policy 41 (2013) C, pp. 63-64

There seems to be high interest in the question of food loss and food waste. The comments take up the article in Food Policy on “Total and per capita value of food loss in the United States”. It is argued that the methodology of calculating the food loss is questionable. Consequently, the...

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The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest Food Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in the United States

Buzby, Jean C.; Farah-Wells, Hodan; Hyman, Jeffrey - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

This report provides the latest estimates by USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) on the amount and value of food loss in the United States. These estimates are for more than 200 individual foods using ERS’s Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data. In 2010, an estimated 31 percent or 133...

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FEEDING LOW-INCOME CHILDREN WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT - THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Gordon, Anne; Briefel, Ronette - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), funds meals for children in low-income areas when school is not in session. The first comprehensive study of the SFSP since 1986 found that, in fiscal year 2001, more than 4,000 local sponsors provided about 130...

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Mesurer pour comprendre les dynamiques territoriales et nourrir les politiques locales

Roy, Anne Le; Ottaviani, Fiona - In: Géographie, économie, société 15 (2013) 4, pp. 345-364

In a context of transformation of local public action, public policy actors have a need for new information leading them to observe differently in order to reveal the "invisible". The inadequacy of existing statistics and the necessity of having a precise understanding of territorial dynamics...

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An Approach on Student?s Performance and Skills in Implementing Theories to Conduct Lab Experiments

Raveendran, S. K.; Kamil, K. - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 4 (2014) 2, pp. 202-207

Student?s ability to express in terms of knowledge, skills and principles upon completion of course are one of the important aspects that contribute to Program Outcome (PO). Comprehensible articulation of course outcomes provides good foundation in evaluating the effectiveness of teaching and...

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Somebody may scold you! A dictator experiment

Festré, Agnès; Pierre, Garrouste - HAL - 2015

In this contribution, we investigate the effects of observation-only and observation with feedback from a third … degrees of (dis)satisfaction. We found that observation coupled with feedback significantly increases dictators' propositions …, while no significant effect is found for observation-only. We conclude that regard by others matters only if it is linked to …

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DETERMINING THE MOST RELEVANT CHARACTERISTICS OF A PRODUCT AS PART OF A BRAND POSITIONING ANALYZE

Sabina-Mihaela, RUSU - In: Management Strategies Journal 22 (2013) Special, pp. 450-456

position on the market. This paper is based on a qualitative study (observation fallowed by questionnaires applied on a …

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Somebody May Scold You! A Dictator Experiment

Festré, Agnès; Garrouste, pierre - Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion … - 2012

In this contribution, we investigate the effects of observation-only and observation with feedback from a third … varying degree of (dis)satisfaction. We found that observation coupled with feedback increased significantly dictators …‟ propositions, while no significant effect is found for observation-only. We conclude that regard by others matters only if it …

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Conflict bargaining as a signal to third parties

Chatagnier, John Tyson - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 27 (2015) 2, pp. 237-268

Within the international system, states frequently fight even when opponents have little or nothing to offer them. Yet, international relations scholars envision conflict as a means for states to acquire some amount of a desired good, and view bargaining through this lens. This paper presents a...

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