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pollination systems in many areas of agriculture are threatened by the inadequacy or lack of sustainable managed, indigenous, or …. Although there are few data available to evaluate this model, those we do have indicate that serious problems for world food … supply, security, and trade could be in the offing if current declines in pollinator abundance, diversity, and availability …
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practice it is possible to achieve significant levels of decoupling, and thus environmental sustainability, whilst maintaining … sustainability, economic growth and job creation. This result has important implications for other important sustainability debates … social sustainability goals – reducing poverty, inequality and corruption whilst improving access to education and health …
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As national economies have integrated through removal of trade barriers, the potential for offshoringproduction was … labor service contracting on sustainability of the local labor force.In particular, our results show that as contracted …
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Wird über Nachhaltigkeit gesprochen, so stellt sich der Eindruck ein, es gehe um einen Begriff, den bestimmte Akteure benutzen, um mit ihm interessengeleitete Praktiken zu legitimieren. Der ironische Gehalt dieser rhetorischen Figur liegt in der Überschätzung des Begriffs der Nachhaltigkeit...
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This dissertation provides a robust assessment of value surfaces and the potential for benefit transfer (BT) in the international context of coral reef. Environmental values are considered as useful tools to improve management of these declining ecosystems. Nevertheless, primary valuation is...
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This study investigates the case of a Zambian institution providing credit for smallholder agribusiness commercialization and compares this lender’s model with the major microfinance institutions, to identify specific mechanisms employed by the lender and how these have been adapted to suit...
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Price volatility has recently increased in the corn and soybean markets. As the price risk environment has changed for producers, risk management strategies need to be reexamined. Which strategies provide downside revenue protection and high mean revenues? The strategies considered are...
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occurrence of weather extremes into corporate strategy and decision making. The authors advance the notion that a resilience … framework might provide insights into dealing with new types of environmental change. They contend that by developing resilience …
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practical ways that policy makers can take up the systems challenge. We focus on resilience thinking, and the use of influence … resilience of the Australian National Electricity Market. We stress the need for the electricity sector to prepare for the …
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the world, particularly in Asia, as made evident in the 2007-08 commoditycrisis. Rice is a staple for the majority of the … assess the impact of international rice trade policies onthe patterns of production, consumption, trade, and prices, from an …, namely, (1) trade policy groups, and (2) countries, toobtain a better idea of the partial effect of policies and or countries …
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