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Food security in Uganda: a dilemma to achieving the millennium development goal
Ssewanyana, Sarah N.; Kasirye, Ibrahim - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2010
The status of food security in Uganda is worrying. The share of Ugandans suffering from food insecurity measured in terms of caloric intake is alarmingly high with low rates of income poverty. Based on the 2005/06 Uganda National Household Survey data, the study provides insights into access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277083
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An analysis of Marketing Channels of Local Food in Scotland
Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Watts, D.; Leat, Philip M.K. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
affordability has received considerable attention in the discussion on and development of the National Food Policy in Scotland. In … terms of methodology, the paper continues the analysis of the local food database for Scotland constructed in Watts et al …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694040
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An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
Chen, Yanni; Huffman, Wallace E. - 2009
This paper examines women’s and men’s decisions to participate in physical activity and to attain a healthy weight. These outcomes are hypothesized to be related to prices of food, drink and health care services and products, the respondent’s personal characteristics (such as education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444707
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An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
Chen, Yanni; Huffman, Wallace E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper examines women’s and men’s decisions to participate in physical activity and to attain a healthy weight. These outcomes are hypothesized to be related to prices of food, drink and health care services and products, the respondent’s personal characteristics (such as education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991673
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The relationship between output and unemployment in Scotland: A regional analysis
Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Renwick, Alan W. - Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College - 2012
and regional economics. In this paper we estimate such a relationship for Scotland and at the Nomenclature of Territorial …: first, to test whether such a relationship exists in Scotland and how different these estimates are from those produced for … areas. Results indicate that the Okun’s coefficient for Scotland is slightly higher than the one computed for the UK (1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909993
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The relationship between output and unemployment in Scotland: A regional analysis
Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Renwick, Alan W. - Land Economy and Environment Group, Scotland's Rural College - 2012
and regional economics. In this paper we estimate such a relationship for Scotland and at the Nomenclature of Territorial …: first, to test whether such a relationship exists in Scotland and how different these estimates are from those produced for … areas. Results indicate that the Okun’s coefficient for Scotland is slightly higher than the one computed for the UK (1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914645
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Distributional Impacts of Food Price Changes on Consumer Welfare in Hungary and Romania following EU Accession
Hubbard, Carmen; Szigeti, Judith; Podruzsik, Szilard - 2010
This paper focuses on the estimation of changes in economic welfare (real income) on different groups (income deciles) of Hungarian and Romanian consumers following food price changes as a result of accession to the European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2007. It identifies in both countries those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442733
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Value Chains and Chains of Values: Tracing Tanzanian Tea
Loconto, A. - 2010
The objective of this paper is to examine value chain governance through case studies of four different certified value chains for Tanzanian tea. This paper takes a look at a traditional export commodity, tea, and discusses the implications of involvement in value-based certification schemes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442734
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Effets d’un changement institutionnel, la réforme du protocole sucre (ACP-UE), sur la filière légumes frais à l’île Maurice.
Ramasawmy, B.; Fort, F. - 2010
This paper investigates the strategies adopted by economic actors in the context of an institutional change. We base ourselves on data collected as part of an exploratory study in the sugar and fresh vegetable supply chains in Mauritius. The reform of the sugar protocol between the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442741
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Characteristics and organization of the Fairtrade market in Brazil
Valentini, Elena - 2010
Fair Trade is defined as a set of socio-economic activities which are alternative to traditional and international trade. It began from the belief that the principal market's laws tend to cause serious damage to the South, and especially to the many workers devoted to 'agriculture'.The concept...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443617