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The CAFO Hothouse : Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture and the Law

Cassuto, David N. - 2014

The issue of climate change has at long last made its way into mainstream policy discussions in the United States. However, the focus both in the United States and internationally has been on reducing energy production and transportation emissions. This has led the media, policy makers and the...

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Scalable, Economical, and Stable Sequestration of Agricultural Fixed Carbon

Deckman, Harry; Yablonovitch, Eli - 2022

We describe a scalable, economical solution to the Carbon Dioxide problem. CO2 is captured from the atmosphere by cellulosic plants, and the harvested vegetation is then salted and buried in an engineered dry biolandfill. Plant biomass can be preserved for hundreds to thousands of years by...

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On Productivity: The Influence of Natural Resource Inputs

Topp, Vernon; Kulys, Tony - In: International Productivity Monitor 27 (2014) Fall, pp. 64-78

The production function underlying standard estimates of multifactor productivity (MFP)typically restricts the list of explicitly measured inputs to capital, labour and intermediate inputs (energy, materials and services). These inputs are measured in the national accounts, and in most...

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Commercialization in agriculture in rural Viet Nam, 2006 - 14

McKay, Andrew D.; Cazzuffi, Chiara; Perge, Emilie - 2015

The vast majority of households in rural Viet Nam undertake agricultural activities and for many this is their main livelihood. Moreover, this agriculture has become increasingly commercialized over time. This paper uses the five wave VARHS balanced panel data set to analyse three aspects of...

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The Importance of Agriculture in the Renewable Energy Production in Poland and the EU

Sulewski, Piotr - 2017

The study attempted to assess the importance of agriculture in the process of renewable energy development in Poland and the EU. It was pointed out that, despite the large production potential, the share of agriculture in the production of renewable energy is relatively small in many countries,...

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WTO Rules Can Prevent Climate Change Mitigation for Agriculture

Häberli, Christian - 2016

This paper asks how countries can implement their commitments to limit the increase in the global average temperature under the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change for agriculture. An initial examination of the relevant trade rules and case law indicates that they appear unable to legally...

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Environmental Issues, Economic Policies and Agricultural Development : The Case of Punjab, India

Liu, Rongchen; Sanyal, Anirban; Singh, Nirvikar - 2021

This paper discusses economic policies that have supported a particular kind of agricultural development in Punjab, as well as environment-specific policies that have sought to deal with various environmental problems aris- ing from that pattern of development. In doing so, we highlight some...

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Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania

Necula, Diana; Liliana, Berevoianu; Necula, Raluca; … - 2021

The present volume is the collection of the conference papers presented on the 11th International Symposium Agricultural economics and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania, organized by the Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development during 19 of November,...

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Solvency and fixed assets financing of agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in the Republic of Serbia

Bogićević, Jasmina; Karapavlović, Nemanja; … - In: Ekonomske teme 59 (2021) 1, pp. 95-108

This paper aims to examine solvency and fixed assets financing of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector (Sector A) in the Republic of Serbia. We also examine whether there is a difference between this Sector's enterprises and entrepreneurs regarding these two aspects of their financial...

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How well has environmental and social protection been ensured for small farmers and fisherfolk? : sustainable development of Philippine agriculture and fisheries

Ebarvia, Maria Corazon M. - 2022

Transforming Philippine agriculture and fisheries (AF) into a dynamic, high-growth sector is essential to poverty … and fishers. Agriculture and fisheries rely on natural capital and are both providers and consumers of ecosystem services … practices in ecosystem-based management in agriculture and fisheries exist, and supported by key policies, but sectoral and silo …

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