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Moving Toward Food Democracy : Better Food, New Farmers, and the Myth of Feeding the World
Hamilton, Neil D. - 2015
prices. Yet, Hamilton argues, the tide is beginning to change. No longer do Americans want to jeopardize the environment and … of animals, and fair prices for farmers than for cheapness and volume …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014176061
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Chapter 72 Total Factor Productivity Growth in Agriculture : The Role of Technological Capital
Dias Avila, Antonio Flavio; Evenson, Robert E. - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 4, (pp. 3769-3822). 2010
In this chapter we compute measures of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for developing countries and then contrast TFP growth with technological capital indexes. In developing these indexes, we incorporate schooling capital to yield two new indexes: Invention-Innovation Capital and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024047
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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges
Vos, Rob - 2018
accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894303
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Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment : The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development
Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2011
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) exacerbate hunger and environmental … earnings needed to finance the import of food and other necessities to fluctuating world market prices for agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050535
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Sustainable Rural Development Through Organic Production and Community-Supported Agriculture in Bulgaria
Terziev, Venelin - 2018
opportunities provided by alternative food networks, and community supported agriculture in particular. The study presented reveals … the most important questions in the development of community supported agriculture (CSA) in Bulgaria and its link to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012921608
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Assessing the Cost of Supplying Water for Agriculture : The Food Supply Cost Curve
Roson, Roberto - 2017
As part of a “Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity in the NENA Region”, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952776
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Assessing the Cost of Supplying Water for Agriculture : The Food Supply Cost Curve
Roson, Roberto - 2017
As part of a “Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity in the NENA Region”, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959465
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Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin America
Maletta, Hector E.; Maletta, Emiliano - 2014
climate change on agriculture are discussed based on two main approaches: Ricardian Models and Integrated Assessment Models … plateaux. The number of people at risk of hunger would become small or vanishing well before 2100, for the region and … discusses several policy options to minimize negative impacts (and enhance positive impacts) of climate change on agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194528
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COVID-19, Food Security and Agricultural Development in Asia
Prajapati, Hari Ram - 2020
paper examined the potential impact of COVID-19 on food security and the development of agriculture using demand and supply … control the spread of the virus. The paper analyzes the impact of lockdown policies on food security and future agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014090281
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Agricultural financing to guarantee food safety in an emerging nation : a case study of Nigeria
Omodero, Cordelia Onyinyechi; Ehikioya, Benjamin - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 23 (2022) 1, pp. 53-59
Investment in agriculture is very crucial in the present situation of Nigeria. The effort to overcome food insecurity …, the right step to take is to adequately finance agriculture in order to ensure sufficient food production and safety that … will save the future of the country. This study emphasizes on investment in agriculture to guarantee food security in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938802