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ways to address the key problems of food security, poverty reduction, and conservation of natural resources throughout the …
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sectors of the economy, influence government policy. In particular, this paper focuses on the rise of food prices and a … greater level of influence of a food sector lobby, relative to other political lobbies- and general consumer welfare …. Governments, when considering their objectives, must consider food security along with consumer welfare and the objectives of …
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This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production … environmental energy costs in the food supply …
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In many developing countries, supermarkets are increasingly replacing traditional markets as preferred points of food … effects alone. Very little is known about the effects on farm household diets. Besides, most existing studies that have looked … supermarket contracting on farm household income and diets. Supplying supermarkets has increased household income by 66%, and is …
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have impact in a positive way on cereal prices; it acts in the opposite direction due to the change in diets, implying that … population increases would tend to affect primarily other agricultural markets. Excessive volatility in food prices, as that … and domestic markets have to be introduced so as to lessen food/cereal lower price volatility …
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food demands. The lack of additional arable land and availability of freshwater have long been constraints on agriculture … predicted by global climate models, is expected to exacerbate the global food challenge as we move toward the middle of the 21st …, where diverse factors add to price volatility and food scarcity. The present report projects the impact of climate change on …
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food demands. Changes in trends of weather conditions projected by global climate models will challenge physiological … limits of crops and exacerbate the global food challenge by 2050. These climate- and constraint-driven crop production … challenges are interconnected within a complex global economy, where diverse factors add to price volatility and food scarcity …
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