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Agricultural technology and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Lipton, Michael; Sinha, Saurabh; Blackman, Rachel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Research, invention, and adoption of agrotechnology have played an important role in improving human nutrition and health. Agrotechnology has introduced more effective plant breeds (such as high-yielding varieties), enhanced land management techniques (such as terracing), and improved water...
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Publicâprivate partnerships for agricultural innovation: concepts and experiences from 124 cases in Latin America
Hartwich, Frank; Tola, Jaime - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 2, pp. 240-255
. Empirical evidence in Latin America shows that partnerships in agricultural innovation often form without clear perceptions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005543728
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Public–private partnerships for agricultural innovation: concepts and experiences from 124 cases in Latin America
Hartwich, Frank; Tola, Jaime - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 2, pp. 240-255
. Empirical evidence in Latin America shows that partnerships in agricultural innovation often form without clear perceptions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564125
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Mapeando os armazéns particulares, comerciais e cooperativas em Mato Grosso
Maderios, João Antonio; Goldsmith, Peter - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2013
The goal of the research is to estimate the supply and demand of grain storage for the state of Mato Grosso. This is the first research to employ GPS coordinates to map storage in Mato Grosso. The state has 2,143 registered warehouses. The analysis uses commercial warehouses with capacity...
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EVOLUÇÃO DA REMUNERAÇÃO DAS PESSOAS EMPREGADAS NA CANA-DE-AÇUCAR E EM OUTRAS LAVOURAS, NO BRASIL E EM SÃO PAULO.
Hoffmann, Rodolfo; Oliveira, Fabiola Cristina Ribeiro De - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008
cultivation, particularly sugar cane, bananas, coffee, soybean or corn, in Brazil, showing that the increase in average earnings …
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Análise de market-share e fontes de variação das exportações brasileiras de soja
Figueiredo, Adelson Martins; Santos, Maurinho Luiz dos; … - In: Revista de Economia e Agronegocio / Brazilian Review of … 2 (2004) 3
soybean agro-industry and industry in the international trade. Particularly, it intends to analyze the Brazilian … competitiveness in the exports of each segment of the soybean agro-industry. For this, the Constant-Market-Share (CMS) model was used …, soybean meal and oil, disaggregating them in these components: market size, market distribution and competitiveness. The …
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Latin America's agricultural exports to China: Recent trends
Caballero, Jorge; O'Connor, Ernesto; Amado, Blanca - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2011
Latin America is becoming the fastest growing agricultural production region and Brazil has by far the fastest growing … in those commodities -eg. Brazil and Argentina-exhibit a strong orientation on the Chinese market. In turn, growing …
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Agrarian capitalism and soybean production in the pampeana region of Argentina. Reasons of eviction of labor
Reveles, Acosta; Lorena, Irma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
these transformations in wage labor, following closely the production of soybean. La República Argentina es reconocida por …
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Zimbabwe
Mugabe, Francis T.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country with a total area of 390,580 square kilometers. The country shares borders with Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia. Before 2000, Zimbabwe was one of the most industrialized economies in Africa south of the Sahara, with an extensive...
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Malawi
Saka, John D.K.; Sibale, Pickford; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Malawi is located in the eastern part of southern Africa between latitude 9°22′ and 17°7′ South and between longitude 32°40′ and 35°55′ East. Its total area is 118,483 square kilometers, of which 94,275 square kilometers is land, while 24,208 square kilometers...
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