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The economic efficiency of using Heiferplus semen in dairy farms
Sertu, Stelian; Ber, Vlad - 2022
Development Institute for Bovine Balotesti, on a herd of 89 heads, cows of the Romanian Black Spoted breed, where the efficiency …This work aims to increase the economic efficiency of dairy farms by improving the fecundity indicators and increasing … the number of cows obtained. The research was carried out in the context in which the slaughter age of cows has decreased …
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O mercado de trabalho rural: Evolução recente, composição da renda e dimensão regional
Campolina, Bernardo; Silveira, Fernando Gaiger; de … - 2009
This paper focuses on the changes in income and activity sectors on the economically active rural population (EAP) between 1996 and 2006. Besides a brief introduction, its divide into more tree parts. The first part analyzes the changes in income and activity sectors based on the National...
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Sustainable economic development and the environment: Theory and evidence
Bertinelli, Luisito; Strobl, Eric; Zou, Benteng - 2005
The relationship between growth and pollution is studied through a vintage capital model, where new technology is more environmentally friendly. We find that once the optimal scrapping age of technologies is reached, an economy may achieve two possible cases of sustainable development, one in...
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Analyzing rebound effects
Schettkat, Ronald - 2009
Are efficiency improvements in the use of natural resources the key for sustainable development, are they the solution …
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Expectation Gaps and Halo-Effects in Organic Food Positioning: Characteristics of Organic Food from a Consumer’s Point of View
von Meyer-Höfer, Marie; Nitzko, Sina; Spiller, Achim - 2013
Despite the different levels of maturity of organic markets among the member states of the European Union (EU), the European organic food market is continuously growing. In the EU this production method is regulated according to the Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007 (EC 834/07). All products...
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Water, sanitation and agriculture linkages with health and nutrition improvement
Gerber, Nicolas; von Braun, Joachim; Usman, Muhammed Abdella - 2019
In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized access to safe water and sanitation infrastructure a matter of human right. This right is reflected in Sustainable Development Goal 6, whose targets 1 and 2 point to universal access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate...
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Adaptación a los impactos del cambio climático de sistemas agrícolas basados en papa del altiplano boliviano
Quezada Lambertin, Carlos Eduardo - 2021
Potato is one of the most important crops for food security in Bolivia. In the Bolivian Altiplano, most of the agricultural systems are based on this crop. However, national yields are the lowest in the region (5.7 Tn ha-1 ), and agricultural systems are highly vulnerable to the impacts of...
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Sustainable development for soya production based on the field research carried out at the Variety Assessment Experimental Station of Głubczyce in the years 2015-2017
Bednarczyk, Marta; Pisarek, Izabella - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 18 (2019) 4, pp. 1219-1234
The aim of this research was to determine the impact of various nitrogen fertilization systems in soya cultivation on quality and quantity of crop, as well as to examine the economic aspects of sustainable farming. The study was based on research carried out in the Variety Assessment Research...
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Gondolatok a vidékfejlesztési programok értékeléséről: Társasalmi tanulás a LEADER programban
Nemes, Gusztáv; High, Christoher - 2009
This article considers the relationship between centralised, exogenous institutions and the embedded, endogenous institutions of rural governance in Europe through an examination of the evaluation procedures of the European LEADER programme. LEADER is presented in the literature as progressive...
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Environmental Governance in Hungary - Rural Development Policies and Social Learning during the Implementation of EU Agri-Environmental Policies - A Case Study
Nemes, Gusztáv - 2010
The Rural Development Regulation (RDR) within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), as an exemplary manifestation of the New Rural Development Paradigm, has achieved significant results. Nevertheless, it has increasingly become liable to institutional complexity and central control in an...
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