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A sustentabilidade ambiental da agropecuária brasileira: Impactos, políticas públicas e desafios
Sambuichi, Regina Helena Rosa; Constantino de Oliveira, … - 2012
This study aimed to discuss environmental sustainability issues of the Brazilian agricultural sector, regarding aspects such as the impacts of the sector's growth on the natural environment, current policies and strategies needed to mitigate these impacts. Historically, agricultural policies...
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Biotechnology and poverty reduction in developing countries
Graff, Gregory; Roland-Holst, David; Zimmerman, David - 2005
Throughout human history, technology has proven its ability to contribute to higher material living standards, yet the work of poverty alleviation is far from complete. We believe that in the modern age, biotechnology holds remarkable potential for reducing poverty and its attendant adversities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284726
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Recent evidence on agricultural efficiency and productivity in China: a metafrontier approach
Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat; Wang, Xiaobing - 2007
Economic reform in China helped transform the structure and volume of agricultural production and resulted in … productivity (TFP) in China by allowing producers operating under their own technologies. A metafrontier function approach is … enhancing agricultural TE and TFP growth in China. Our major findings indicate that TC was mostly attributed to Chinese …
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Task Force: Nahrungsmittel in China - Food security- und Food safety-Problematik in China
Löhr, Susanne (contributor); Trappel, René (contributor) - 2011
mit Nahrungsmitteln in China nach - von der Produktion über den Konsum bis hin zur Entsorgung. Dabei stehen vor allem Food … nichtstaatlicher Akteure rund um Nahrungsmittel- und Versorgungssicherheit in China bilden einen weiteren Schwerpunkt der vorliegenden …Pollution, urbanization as well as the continuous growth of the population challenge China's food policy of the 21st …
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The decarbonization of China's agriculture
Huang, Yongfu; He, Jingjing - 2012
Agriculture is one of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in China. This paper aims to identify the key … factors that have led to rising GHG emissions in China's agricultural sector in recent decades. This research allows for … spatial dependence across provinces, making use of regional data from 31 provinces in mainland China. It investigates the …
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Crop insurance in transition: a qualitative and quantitative assessment of insurance products
Bokusheva, Raushan - 2004
This discussion paper considers insurance as a possible instrument of farm income stabilization and compares several crop insurance products with respect to their applicability in a transition economy using the case of Kazakhstan. The analysis is based on a qualitative evaluation as well a...
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Which type of crop insurance for Kazakhstan? Empirical results
Heidelbach, Olaf; Bokusheva, Raushan; Kussaiynov, Talgat - 2004
Risk plays an important role in agricultural decision-making, particularly in those regions that are remarkably exposed to natural hazards and underdeveloped input and output markets. This is especially true for crop production in CIS countries where many farms have to deal with low liquidity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299344
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Landwirtschaft in Moldova
Petrick, Martin - 2008
This paper provides an overview of the economic situation of agriculture in the Republic of Moldova. Emphasis is laid … on the natural conditions for production, its structure, trade, as well as the historical development of agriculture and …
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Produktivitätsentwicklung in der Landwirtschaft in der Europaischen Union und in den Transformationsländern
Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat; Lissitsa, Alexej - 2006
from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations. The aim of this study is to measure TFP developments in … agriculture of transition countries after breakdown of socialism and to compare their TFP growth with other European countries … promote a higher growth rate in agriculture in transition countries. …
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Buchbesprechung: Beckmann, V. (2000): Transaktionskosten und institutionelle Wahl in der Landwirtschaft: zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation
Weingarten, Peter - 2000
Landwirtschaft : Zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation [Transaction costs and institutional choice in agriculture : Between … der Landwirtschaft : Zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation besprochen. …
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