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Contesting 'ethicality': Ethical trade, gender and sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Kenya
Kiah Smith - 2011
agency of women smallholders – located in their knowledge, participation and conventions of ‘ethicality’ – provides the … networks in Kenya. A hybrid conceptual framework is proposed that brings together the concepts of food networks and conventions … (from political-cultural economy), situated knowledge and participation (from gender theory), and the livelihood strategies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448348
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Combining cluster and value chain approaches to analyze the competitiveness of fresh vegetables producers: case studies in Germany, Italy and Spain
Riedel, Bettina; Bokelmann, Wolfgang; Canavari, Maurizio - 2009
European producers of fresh vegetables are under pressure to improve their performance in order toincrease competitiveness. Innovative products and processes and competitive advantage can be gained by the creationand use of unique resources as an outcome of cooperation between producers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445968
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Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve West Hackberry Facility Raw Water Intake Pipeline Replacement Cameron and Calc...
2008
DOE has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), DOE/EA-1497, for the proposed replacement of the existing 107 centimeter (cm) [42 inch (in)] 6.87 kilometer (km) [4.27 mile (mi)] raw water intake pipeline (RWIPL). This action is necessary to allow for continued, optimum operations at the West...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435453
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Economics of Alaska North Slope gas utilization options
Thomas, C.P.; Doughty, T.C.; Hackworth, J.H.; North, W.B.; … - 2009
The recoverable natural gas available for sale in the developed and known undeveloped fields on the Alaskan North Slope (ANS) total about 26 trillion cubic feet (TCF), including 22 TCF in the Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU) and 3 TCF in the undeveloped Point Thomson Unit (PTU). No significant commercial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435530
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An agent-based microsimulation of critical infrastructure systems
BARTON,DIANNE C.; STAMBER,KEVIN L. - 2008
US infrastructures provide essential services that support the economic prosperity and quality of life. Today, the latest threat to these infrastructures is the increasing complexity and interconnectedness of the system. On balance, added connectivity will improve economic efficiency; however,...
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Natural gas annual 1993 supplement: Company profiles
2009
The Natural Gas Annual provides information on the supply and disposition of natural gas to a wide audience including industry, consumers, Federal and State agencies, and educational institutions. This report, the Natural Gas Annual 1993 Supplement: Company Profiles, presents a detailed profile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435978
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Beluga Coal Gasification - ISER
Steve Colt - 2009
ISER was requested to conduct an economic analysis of a possible 'Cook Inlet Syngas Pipeline'. The economic analysis was incorporated as section 7.4 of the larger report titled: 'Beluga Coal Gasification Feasibility Study, DOE/NETL-2006/1248, Phase 2 Final Report, October 2006, for Subtask...
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Assessment of costs and benefits of flexible and alternative fuel use in the US transportation sector. Technical report twelve: Economic analysis of alternative uses for Alaskan No...
2008
As part of the Altemative Fuels Assessment, the Department of Energy (DOE) is studying the use of derivatives of natural gas, including compressed natural gas and methanol, as altemative transportation fuels. A critical part of this effort is determining potential sources of natural gas and the...
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Coal log pipeline research at the University of Missouri. [Quarterly report No. 6, November 26, 1991--February 25, 1992]
Liu, H. - 2008
Project tasks: Perform the necessary testing and development to demonstrate that the amount of binder in coal logs can be reduced to 8% or lower to produce logs with adequate strength to eliminate breakage during pipeline transportation, under conditions experienced in long distance pipeline...
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Coal-log pipeline system development. Fifth quarterly report, August 25, 1991--November 25, 1991
Liu, H. - 2008
Project tasks include: (1) Perform the necessary testing and development to demonstrate that the amount of binder in coal logs can be reduced to 8% or lower to produce logs with adequate strength to eliminate breakage during pipeline transportation, under conditions experienced in long distance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436353