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Trading Uncertainties: The Transatlantic Divide in Regulating Biotechnology
Jasanoff, Sheila - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 2, pp. 36-43
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037371
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Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change.
Biggs, E. M.; Boruff, B.; Bruce, E.; Duncan, J. M. A.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265615
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Mitigating Climate Change Through Agriculture
Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2011
Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a … significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in … the next decades. At the same time, agriculture is part of the solution in mitigating climate change: by both reducing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321518
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Evaluation of an operational method for the estimation of emissions of nitrogen compounds for a group of farms
Payraudeau, Sylvain; Werf, Hayo M.G. Van Der; Vertes, … - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 5 (2006) 2/3, pp. 224-246
The aim of this article is to evaluate a practical method for estimating nitrogen emissions on the scale of a group of farms, to be used in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The method rests on the estimation of nitrogen inputs and outputs to calculate the surplus of the annual nitrogen balance on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668711
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Overview: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges
Hazell, P.B.R.; Pachauri, J. K. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"In recent years bioenergy... has drawn attention as a sustainable energy source that may help cope with rising energy prices, address environmental concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, and offer new income and employment to farmers and rural communities around the world. For many countries...
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Assessing the cost, effectiveness and acceptability of best management farming practices: a pluri-disciplinary approach
Turpin, Nadine; Laplana, Ramon; Strauss, Peter; … - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 5 (2006) 2/3, pp. 272-288
sustainability in agriculture and livestock production gathers together very different and evolving notions. Moreover, crossbreeding …
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US Trade Strategy and European Interests
Zoellick, Robert B. - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 3, pp. 18-23
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Three Theorems on Growth and Competition
Arnold, Lutz G.; Bauer, Christian J. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität … - 2007
Maßnahmen möglicherweise fehlgeleitet sein können und schnelle Deregulierung und schnelle Handelsliberalisierung potentiell zu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005607532
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The Effects of Multilateral Trade Liberalization on Agriculture: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries
Boughanmi, Houcine; Zekri, S.; Opara, L. U.; Al-Hassani, M. - In: Agricultural Economics Review 08 (2007) 2
This study assessed the trade and welfare impacts of agricultural trade liberalization within the context of both unilateral and WTO multilateral trade liberalization in the GCC countries. The analysis focused on the specific effects of the agricultural sector as well as on the economy-wide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879304
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Georeferenced Assessment of Trade Liberalization Effects on Agriculture in Ecuador
Ludena, Carlos E.; Schuschny, Andres; de Miguel, Carlos; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
FTA on Ecuador's agriculture, and how various types of producers would be affected from trade liberalization. This kind of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880098