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Reparations : An Estimate of the Consequences of Denying Social Security to Agricultural and Domestic Workers
Stoesz, David - 2019
of the exclusion of these workers, in addition to considering subsequent policy developments, especially welfare reform … in 1996 and healthcare reform in 2010. The exclusion of unskilled workers in the South and Southwest from a public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889393
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Glyphosate Use in Agriculture and Birth Outcomes of Surrounding Populations
Dias, Mateus - 2019
This paper assesses the impact of glyphosate use in agriculture on birth outcomes of human populations in surrounding areas. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world. Still, despite ongoing controversy, little is known about its effects on human populations at large. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870331
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The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link : estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia
Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina - 2019
In the quest to reduce global under- and malnutrition, which is particularly high among smallholder farmers, agriculture-nutrition linkages have received a lot of attention in recent years. Researchers have analysed the link between the quantity of food that farmers produce and nutritional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058287
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Glyphosate use in agriculture and birth outcomes of surrounding populations
Dias, Mateus; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2019
This paper assesses the impact of glyphosate use in agriculture on birth outcomes of human populations in surrounding areas. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world. Still, despite ongoing controversy, little is known about its effects on human populations at large. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011980430
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Environmental and Health-Related Standards Influencing Agriculture in Australia
Stringer, Randy; Anderson, Kym - 2003
emphasis on economic (ie. price-based) instruments. For example, the current water reform agenda that is gradually being … Commonwealth Government is currently undertaking a comprehensive reform of the country's environmental law regime. The objective of … and minimises the potential for delay and intergovernmental duplication (DE, 1998). Fundamental to the reform package is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154626
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The Future of Food
Goklany, Indur M. - 2015
The precautionary principle has sometimes been used to justify banning new technologies, such as genetically modified crops, that haven't been proved to be "safe" from an environmental or public health perspective. Such a ban would reduce some environmental and public health risks, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125948
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The Forgotten Agriculture-Nutrition Link : Estimating the Energy Requirements of Different Farming Technologies in Rural Zambia With Time-Use Data
Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina - 2019
In the quest to reduce global under- and malnutrition, which is particularly high among smallholder farmers, agriculture-nutrition linkages have received a lot of attention in recent years. Researchers have analysed the link between the quantity of food that farmers produce and nutritional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014104731
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State of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Russia in 2022
Shagaida, Natalia; Ternovskiy, Denis - 2023
In 2022, index of physical volume of agricultural output in agricultural organizations, peasant (private) farms and household farms grew by 10.2% as compared to the previous year. In monetary terms growth was 14.8% due to rising prices on agricultural products (+4.2%, i.e. much lower as compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344188
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Reformy rolne w Polsce mie̜dzywojennej i powojennej : prawo, realizacja, skutki, problemy reprywatyzacyjne
Borkowska-Bagieńska, Ewa (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908722
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Impact of "Greening" of the common agricultural policy on the Polish farms
Wąs, Adam (contributor) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009782265