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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826
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The adoption of the Eurepgap standard by mango exporters in Piura, Peru
Kleinwechter, Uli; Grethe, Harald - 2006
The significance of standards in international agricultural trade is continuously rising. Due to their complexity, especially private industry standards are often expected to have a negative impact on agricultural export sectors in developing countries. The successful adoption of standards by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467045
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Empirical support for global integrated assessment modeling: Productivity trends and technological change in developing countries' agriculture and electric power sectors
Sathaye, Jayant A. - 2009
analysis to the agriculture and electric power sectors in India, South Korea, and two other developing countries. They will … the manufacturing sector which is being shared with IA modelers. This will be extended to the agriculture and electric … manufacturing, agriculture, and electric power sectors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435944
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Mitigation potential and cost in tropical forestry - relative role for agroforestry
Makundi, Willy R.; Sathaye, Jayant A. - 2009
forestland for other uses such as agriculture and pasture. By using data on estimated carbon sequestration, emission avoidance … and potential area currently engaged in agriculture, but they pose unique challenges for carbon and cost accounting due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436333
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Strengthening agricultural innovation capacity: are innovation brokers the answer?
Klerkx, Laurens; Hall, Andy; Leeuwis, Cees - 2009
Taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example, this paper examines the role of innovation brokers in stimulating …’ agriculture. It concludes that innovation brokerage is likely to be relevant in emerging economies, that public or donor …Parallel session 1: Innovation in agriculture and resource-based sectors: systemic aspects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476027
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The economics of biosafety: implications for biotechnology in developing countries
Biostrategy Associates
There is a growing body of literature on the safe use of biotechnology and the need for an international biosafety protocol and national regulations to facilitate the safe development and transfer of biotechnology. Most of these studies, however, address the issue of biosafety from a scientific,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455350
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Biotechnology, Biosafety and Impact Assessment: Field Trials of Transgenic Crops in Developing Countries
Biostrategy Associates
The deliberate release of transgenic crops is often taken to be an indicator of agricultural biotechnology development. However, less than 10% of the field trials world wide have been carried out in Developing Countries (DCs) and it seems that more than 80% of these were carried out by...
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