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Landwirtschaft und ländliche Räume im gesellschaftlichen Wandel
Banse, Martin (contributor);  … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610272
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Migration, openness and the global preconditions of "smart development"
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282204
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Estimating the aggregate agricultural supply response: a survey of techniques and results for developing countries
Thiele, Rainer - 2000
For many low-income countries, the impact of structural reforms on economic growth and poverty alleviation crucially depends on the response of aggregate agricultural supply to changing incentives. Despite its policy relevance, the size of this parameter is still largely unknown. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265459
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Alles auf der Schokoladenseite? Nachhaltigkeit in der globalen und österreichischen Kakao- und Schokoladenwertschöpfungskette
Grohs, Hannes; Grumiller, Jan - 2021
Wirkungen die Maßnahmen zur Erhöhung der sozialen und ökologischen Nachhaltigkeit in der KS-WSK in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten … Unternehmen zusammenzuführen. Die Einrichtung einer Kakaoplattform, wie sie in Deutschland und der Schweiz bereits besteht, könnte … Initiativen zur Erhöhung der sozialen und ökologischen Nachhaltigkeit entwickeln. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480320
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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526704
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Responsible management education: The PRME global movement
2022
The ebook will beOpen Access and made available on publication. Written by many of the key influencers at the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the book focuses on advancing sustainable development into education, research and partnerships at higher education institutions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280274
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Revisiting the global food architecture: Lessons from the 2008 food crisis
Christiaensen, Luc - 2009
market functioning and policymaking must be addressed. First, governments must reinvest in agriculture with a focus on public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323525
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Climate change impacts on global agriculture
Calzadilla, Alvaro; Rehdanz, Katrin; Betts, Richard; … - 2010
global agriculture. The analysis uses the new version of the GTAP-W model, which distinguishes between rainfed and irrigated … agriculture and implements water as an explicit factor of production for irrigated agriculture. The results suggest that a partial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277985
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Assessing Climate Change Impacts: Agriculture
Bosello, Francesco; Zhang, Jian - 2005
The economy-wide implications of climate change on agricultural sectors in 2050 are estimated using a static computable general equilibrium model. Peculiar to this exercise is the coupling of the economic model with a climatic model forecasting temperature increase in the relevant year and with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312261
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Biogeographical conditions, the transition to agriculture and long-run growth
Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2008
We use new data on the timing of the transition to agriculture, developed by Putterman and Trainor (2006), to test the …). The factors conducive to high per capita incomes today are good institutions, an early transition to agriculture, access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288540