The seed sector has become a subject of attention, debate, and even controversy with the development of genetically modified (GM) crops. However, this sector is generally rather poorly known. A new paper aims to take stock of the economy of GM seeds in order to better understand the structure of...

The increased share of horticultural crops in the world economy of agricultural production is due to the role that grapes, fruits and vegetables have in the rational nutrition of man and in increasing the national income of the cultivating countries, as well as in improving the microclimatic...

This paper reviews the feedbacks between structural transformation and agriculture, on the one hand, and climate and the natural environment, on the other. The longstanding, dominant economic development narrative largely ignores nature’s influence on factor productivity and stocks, even as it...

This paper reviews the feedbacks between structural transformation and agriculture, on the one hand, and climate and the natural environment, on the other. The longstanding, dominant economic development narrative largely ignores nature’s influence on factor productivity and stocks, even as it...

Agriculture renaissance means the renewed understanding and recommitment to the fundamental role of agriculture in the development process. Operationally it implies different approaches at the country level based on the stage of development. For the least developed countries of the world, it...

Die russische Aggression gegen die Ukraine hat in einer bereits kritischen Preis- und Hungersituation zu zusätzlichen globalen Versorgungsrisiken geführt. Diese zusätzliche Belastung wirkt als Krisenverstärker, der durch typische Krisenreaktionen großer Exportländer, d. h. durch...

Die Ausbringung von Düngern hat nicht nur ertragssteigernde Vorteile, sie kann auch zu erheblichen Umweltbelastungen führen. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die weltweite Überdüngung und die daraus entstehenden Lachgasemissionen.

The effects of climate change in Turkey are expected to be significant. The aim of this paper is to quantify the effects of climate change on the overall economy by using an integrated framework incorporating a computable general equilibrium model and a crop water requirement model for the...

The economic effects of climate change on agriculture have been widely assessed in the last two decades. Many of these assessments are based on the integration of biophysical and agro-economic models, allowing to understand the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to...

The economic effects of climate change on agriculture have been widely assessed in the last two decades. Many of these assessments are based on the integration of biophysical and agro-economic models, allowing to understand the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to...