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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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The role of culture in connection with the development of food and bioeconomy issues has gained growing importance in recent years. In this editorial we provide background information on the three key topics addressed by the papers published in this special issue: cultural ecosystem services,...
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Global climate change presents long-term risks to agriculture. In general, global climate change is expected to … positively affect Russian agriculture. In high and middle latitudes, global warming would expand the growing season. Acreages of … production in the Russian Federation. It also considers adaptive measures for agriculture in response to climate change. …
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over 10 percent growth rate, the Ethiopian economy has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the last … one and half decades. By any measure agriculture is the dominant economic sector in the country accounting for a sizeable …
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traditional consumption good and an agricultural sector produces food to sustain contemporaneous population. Agriculture demands …-2010 data on world GDP, population, cropland and technological progress. Introducing random shocks to the evolution of total … factor productivity in agriculture, we show that uncertainty optimally requires more land to be converted into agricultural …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has severely changed the world economy and jeopardized the implementation of Sustainable …
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Modern crop production is based on only a few plant species. Particularly in marginal environments of developing agricultural economies, many less well-known agricultural or non-timber forest species, continue to be grown, managed or collected, thus contributing to the livelihood of the poor and...
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The number of hungry in the world has crossed the one billion mark, a dubious milestone that has been attributed in … world. Ironically, a great majority are involved in food production as small-scale independent food producers or … agricultural laborers. These facts and figures signal a definitive blow to efforts to reduce global hunger and lift the world …
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least developed countries of the world, it could mean re-engaging agriculture's potential as a driver of overall economic …Agriculture renaissance means the renewed understanding and recommitment to the fundamental role of agriculture in the …
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The article examines the food security implications of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It places the Agreement in …
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