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Family farm : solution for sustainable development of rural area
Dumitru, Eduard Alexandru; Petre, Laurenţiu Ionuţ - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 200-208). 2021
At present, in Romania there is no clear definition of the concept of family farm, and at the level of the European Union, the definition of family farms differs significantly depending on the characteristics of each country. At the same time, there is no classification of these types of farms,...
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The Green Deal : Towards Organic Farming or Greening of Agriculture?
Ziętara, Wojciech; Mirkowska, Zofia - 2022
The purpose of the research is to evaluate the socio-economic consequences of increasing the area of agricultural land under organic farming in Poland. Increasing the share of organic farms in agricultural land could lead to a reduced agricultural production, which would pose a threat to food...
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Informational and Structural Changes for a Sustainable Food System
Czarnezki, Jason J. - 2018
example, farmers' markets and community-supported agriculture) and the organic movement as it relates to small farmers. Part …
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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...
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Credit policy for agriculture in India : an evaluation ; supporting Indian farms the smart way ; rationalising subsidies and investments for faster, inclusive and sustainable growt...
Hoda, Anwarul; Terway, Prerna - 2015
to answer the question, "Is the agenda of expansion of institutional finance to agriculture unfinished?" The findings in … institutional sources in 2012-13 covered 100 per cent of the input cost in agriculture in that year according to the National …
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A mixed-methods study of Bambara farming in Mtwara, Tanzania
Boulay, Basile - 2017
Economic research tends to focus on a reduced set of crops, leaving a vast array of crops under-researched. However, these 'marginal crops' have typically been farmed for centuries and are better suited for the local environment in which they are grown than crops prioritized within existing...
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Farm eco-efficiency : can sustainable intensification make the difference?
Weltin, Meike; Hüttel, Silke - Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation - 2019
Sustainable intensification measures promise ecological improvements of farming while maintaining profitability. That is, farms should be able to produce at a higher ecological efficiency without losses in economic efficiency. Based on a theoretical framework, we investigate this promise...
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Challenges for sustainable development of agricultural holdings
Wrzaszcz, Wioletta; Zegar, Józef Stanisław - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 3, pp. 377-402
the fundamental principle of the sustainable development concept, which includes agriculture and agricultural holdings …
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Sustainability dimensions of agricultural development in Almería (Spain)
Galdeano Gómez, Emilio; Aznar-Sánchez, José A.; … - 2012
, agriculture can foment social progress and economic growth while maintaining environmental quality. On a global scale, sustainable … the potential of agriculture to fulfil the above-mentioned aims. At the same time this sector currently encounters a …
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The holism principle in agriculture sustainable development
Zegar, Józef Stanisław; Wrzaszcz, Wioletta - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1051-1069
concept is a huge challenge due to the nature of market mechanism. This concept also applies to agriculture, which is a … complex system. Sustainable agriculture should be considered at the different levels of vertical order - in particular at the … determines the hierarchy of objectives for agriculture sustainable development and measures to achieve them. Economic objectives …
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