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Foreign direct investment in the African food and agriculture sector : trends, determinants and impacts
Husmann, Christine; Kubik, Zaneta - 2019
In this paper, we seek to answer three research questions: (1) What is the pattern of foreign direct investment (FDI …) in the African food and agriculture sector in the last 15 years? (2) What are the drivers of FDI in the African food and … agriculture sector? (3) What is the evidence on the impacts of private-sector investments in the African food and agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992734
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The impact of research and innovation results on the development of agriculture in the Republic of Moldova
Gaina, Boris; Fedorchukova, Svetlana; Kobirman, Galina - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : trends and …, (pp. 12-18). 2022
The results of the activity of the research/development sphere in the Republic of Moldova play an important role in … dynamism of the sustainable development of the basic branches of the national economy: agriculture and the food industry. They … technological transfer of research and innovation results in the fields of agro biology and the food industry. The innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340822
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Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia – HDR 2011
Mallick, Seeme - 2015
not only an environmental issue but also one that affect our very existence because of its direct links with agriculture … agriculture. Across South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), large proportion of the … population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Most of the South Asia receives Monsoons every year, but rainfall in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137328
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Food and Agriculture : The Future of Sustainability
Giovannucci, Daniele; Scherr, Sara J.; Nierenberg, Danielle - 2012
and Agriculture systems. With contributions from more than 70 global agri-food leaders in the business, policy, green, and … will make the most difference for sustainable and resilient food and agriculture systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169851
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Towards more evidence-based agricultural and food policies
El Benni, Nadja; Grovermann, Christian; Finger, Robert - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 3 (2023) 3, pp. 1-24
evidence-based agriculture and food policies at the top of research and policy agendas. We illustrate how scientific evidence …-Based Agricultural and Food Policy: The Role of Research for Policy Making'. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517787
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A Brief Understanding of Hunger and its Resolution
Giovannucci, Daniele - 2014
Food is one of the most primal ways to transmit culture and traditions and thus has vital and even cross-generational importance for us. Nevertheless, many of us have gone beyond relating to food as a primal need. So, in this age of abundance, food is either under-appreciated as epitomized by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070309
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Worsening Food Crisis in Nigeria : A Discourse on Bail-Out Options
Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi Ndubuto - 2015
which includes increased funding and investment in agricultural research and development among others …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038001
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Fixing the Business of Food : Aligning Food Company Practices with the SDGs
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia … - 2021
This report is part of an ongoing annual series of reports on Fixing the Business of Food initiated and actively supported by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN). The report is the product of a team including BCFN, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) at Columbia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211290
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Food Court
Czarnezki, Jason J. - 2018
This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production, processing, packaging, and distribution, which ultimately contributes to both economic and social costs. The article addresses environmental energy costs in the food supply
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913700
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Evaluating Food Systems in Comprehensive Planning : Is the Mississippi Gulf Coast Planning for Food?
Evans-Cowley, Jennifer S. - 2013
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is famous for its shrimp, oysters, and crabs. Seafood is an essential part of both the culture and the diet of coastal residents. The last five years have been hard on the seafood industry, first with Hurricane Katrina, then the national recession, and then the Deep...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014182695