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The world market of the wine sector
Enache, Petruţa Antoneta - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : trends and …, (pp. 245-251). 2023
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...
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Breakeven point analysis at cucumber crop in the conventional and ecological agricultural system
Necula, Diana Maria; Berevoianu, Rozi Liliana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 110-116). 2018
ecological agriculture was made. Economic efficiency has been estimated in terms of applying modern technology to the production …
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The CAFO Hothouse : Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture and the Law
Cassuto, David N. - 2014
emissions. This has led the media, policy makers and the public to overlook industrial agriculture, one of the principal … contributors to global greenhouse emissions. Industrial agriculture – particularly industrial livestock activity – emits … oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). In fact, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture far exceed those from transportation. Yet …
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Evaluating the OECD-FAO and USDA agricultural baseline projections
Fang, Xiaoyi; Katchova, Ani L. - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 3 (2023) 2, pp. 1-29
Organization (FAO), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) produce long-term agricultural projections for key indicators of …
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The emergence and proliferation of agroholdings and mega farms in a global context : special issue: agroholdings and mega-farms in a global context : editorial
Hermans, Frans L. P.; Chaddad, Fabio R.; Gagalyuk, Taras; … - 2017
During the last two decades an increasing amount of large-scale farming operations have emerged all over the world: from (Eastern) Europe, to South America, China and the countries of the Former Soviet Union. These agribusinesses go under the name of mega-farms or agroholdings: horizontally or...
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Romanian milk sector in international context
Chetroiu, Rodica - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 142-146). 2018
The paper performs an analysis of the Romanian sector of milk, identifying the status at global level, under various aspects, as part of the worldwide production of milk, with reference to the place our country in the world ranking of cow milk, milk productions, cow farm sizes, milk prices in...
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Comparative labor force analysis in conventional and ecological agriculture : oleaginous plants
Petre, Ionut Laurentiu - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 265-269). 2018
reports submitted by the Research Institute for Agriculture Economy and Rural Development through the ADER 13.1.2 project to … the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, data referring to the technological value of the three crops (sunflower … analysed according to the crop system to see whether the transition to sustainable agriculture is economically viable. …
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Fairtrade, agrochemical input use, and effects on human health and the environment
Sellare, Jorge; Meemken, Eva-Maria; Qaim, Matin - 2020
It is often assumed that voluntary sustainability standards - such as Fairtrade - could not only improve the socioeconomic wellbeing of smallholder farmers in developing countries but could also help to reduce negative health and environmental impacts of agricultural production. The empirical...
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Moving Toward Food Democracy : Better Food, New Farmers, and the Myth of Feeding the World
Hamilton, Neil D. - 2015
Hamilton’s essay begins with a reflection on food and society. He writes of the effect of modernization and industry on the relationship America has with food. What once was a centerpiece of our economic independence, family life, and health is now merely an afterthought. Quality and trust in...
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Research Returns Redux : A Meta-Analysis of the Returns to Agricultural R&D
Alston, Julian; Marra, Michele C.; Pardey, Philip G.; … - 2015
A total of 289 studies of returns to agricultural R&D were compiled and these provide 1821 estimates of rates of return. After removing statistical outliers and incomplete observations, across the remaining 1128 observations the estimated annual rates of return averaged 65 per cent overall; 80...
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