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Analysing bioenergy and land use competition in a coupled modelling system: The role of bioenergy in renewable energy policy in Germany
Delzeit, Ruth; Gömann, Horst; Holm-Müller, Karin; … - 2010
target on German agriculture and world agricultural prices. A main result of the simulations is that accounting for existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285362
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动荡局势下的中国粮食安全分析及应对: 保持冷静, 继续维护贸易畅通
Kuhn, Lena; Jaghdani, Tinoush Jamali; Prehn, Sören; … - 2022
Santini 2022). Currently, though, international agricultural trade is facing supply chain disruptions and rising world market … China-US trade war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, are further rattling the food market. As the world's largest consumer … of agricultural goods, China's trade strategies influence world markets, with ripple-down effects for consumers around …
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Revisiting the global food architecture: Lessons from the 2008 food crisis
Christiaensen, Luc - 2009
The 2008 episode of food price explosion, political turmoil, and human suffering revealed important flaws in the current global food architecture. This paper argues that to safeguard the strengths of the current system, four failures in market functioning and policymaking must be addressed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323525
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South African food security and climate change: Agriculture futures
Dube, Sikhalazo; Scholes, Robert J.; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-35, pp. 1-54
The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. The GCM projections show consistent strong...
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Regional wheat price effects of extreme weather events and wheat export controls in Russia and Ukraine
Götz, Linde; Djuric, Ivan; Nivievskyi, Oleg - 2016
wheat exporting region with direct access to the world market. This effect is transmitted to other regions by increased and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460710
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Biofuels and Economic Welfare: A cost-benefit analysis of Jatropha schemes in Zimbabwe
Mawire, Banarbas - 2008
The promotion of oil producing plants for production of biofuel has come to the fore most recently as a result of the concept of it being used to try and uplift livelihoods among rural communities. There are many arguments in favour and against biofuels. However, a current debate focuses on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011918474
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The political economy of food pricing policy in China
Huang, Jikun; Yang, Jun; Rozelle, Scott - 2013
The overall goal of this paper is to analyse the political economy of food price policies in China during the global food crisis. The results show that given China's unique economic and political context and the nature of its agricultural markets, the government's reaction to the crisis was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319826
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The political economy of food price policy: Country case study of Mozambique
Nhate, Virgulino; Massingarela, Claudio; Salvucci, Vincenzo - 2013
The 2007-09 price shocks affected in particular the prices of food commodities and fuel. As a consequence, Mozambique experienced reduced exports, more expensive imports and increased food and oil prices, contributing to the stagnant poverty rates registered in 2008/9. Our analysis finds, first,...
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The political economy of food price: The case of Ethiopia
Admassie, Assefa - 2013
Food prices increased significantly in 2007 - 08 in Ethiopia due to several supply- and demand-side factors. The Ethiopian government released emergency food grain reserves, imported and distributed wheat at subsidized price, banned the export of staple cereals, and removed value added and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319942
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Food security and the EU's common agricultural policy: Facts against fears
Zahrnt, Valentin - 2011
looks at the argument that a strong CAP is needed to feed the world. While hunger in developing countries is undeniably a …
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