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system was estimated for livestock product consumption in urban China over the 1990s. Total expenditure elasticities for the …China has been rapidly increasing its consumption and imports of dairy products in recent years. A two-stage demand … (1.14). Due to rapidly increasing consumption and the likelihood of inadequate supply growth, China will continue to …
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Scope economies can be used in studies of farming systems to provide a measure of synergies between different farm enterprises and between activities within farm enterprises. In this paper, they are reported for farms in three benchmarking groups in Australia by estimating stochastic input...
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acreage due to higher output per acre than other States. Grower and retail prices for fresh strawberries usually follow strong … seasonal patterns and are below average in April, May, and June. Retail prices for fresh strawberries have kept pace with … inflation since 1980, while grower prices have not. Americans are eating more strawberries grown in the United States, and per …
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Demand for livestock products in the past three decades has increased rapidly, especially in developing countries. This … global feed demand and supply with an emphasis on China. It first presents the emerging trends in demand for feed and food … endeavour to meet the increasing demand for feed. Finally, the paper sheds light on whether the livestock revolution will offer …
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Agricultural intensification is widely seen as a condition sine-qua-non for enhanced food security and as a major driver for overall economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this process, the financial system has an important role to play, especially to finance agricultural inputs....
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, consumption, and trade of grains, oilseeds, other crops, and livestock, poultry, and dairy products for Australia. Selected data … are provided for livestock, grains,and retail food prices. Macroeconomic data of population, gross national and domestic …
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livestock systems were explored using a systems model-based life-cycle analysis of environmental burdens and resource use …. Differences between crops in GHGE per kg product reflected differences in yield per hectare. Technological changes found to reduce … GHGE per kg of crop were: (i) 20% decrease in total N (all crops except legumes); (ii) no-till (cereals and legumes only …
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Slates during the first 11 months of fiscal year 1983. Corn and soybean prices have moved sharply higher recently because of … other countries, despite many economic problems, including rising food prices during the seventies. …
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Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS); Procurement and Donations Division and Fiscal Operations Division. Consolidated Farm … provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Department of Labor. Foreign trade data are provided by the Bureau of the Census. U …
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