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Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) represent 22% of global greenhouse gas emissions. To meet the … objectives of the Paris Agreement, the AFOLU sector greenhouse gases must be dramatically reduced and eventually transformed to … economic impacts, yet few analytical frameworks exist able to account holistically for AFOLU mitigation strategies and their …
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Despite an enhanced emphasis on the human right to adequate food in the last decade, this has not had a measurable … million in 1996 (the year of the World Food Summit) to more than 925 million today. Acknowledging that enough food is produced … globally to enable everyone to have an adequate food intake, the article analyzes the international dimensions of the right to …
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large part to consecutive food and economic crises. Over ninety-eight percent of these individuals live in the developing … world. Ironically, a great majority are involved in food production as small-scale independent food producers or … food system. This Comment explores both the urgency and paucity of the “right to food” as a legal and normative framework …
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The article examines the food security implications of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It places the Agreement in … openness in developing countries. The article evaluates the effect of this imbalance on food security in developing countries … sufficient, safe and nutritious food …
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export of primary agricultural commodities as a means of generating the revenue with which to purchase food and manufactured … goods. This economic specialization erodes food security by depressing domestic food production and by subjecting the export … earnings needed to finance the import of food and other necessities to fluctuating world market prices for agricultural …
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. This paper assesses preparedness for and agri-food impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, identifies challenges in post … while agri-food sector and consumption have been among the worst hit areas. The triple disaster was a rare but a high impact … for effective public resource allocation and reduction of agents’ costs. Different elements of agri-food chain have …
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Is there something really new about "land grab" except its extent? What is wrong with an investment contract allowing the holder to buy a farm and to export wheat to Saudi Arabia, or soybeans and maize as cattle feed to Korea, or to plant and process sugar cane and palm oil into ethanol for...
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Early in 2020, Russia adopted the new Food Security Doctrine, which included the entire range of amendments as compared …
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to reduce global carbon emissions. In this article, we test the ex-ante effects of a carbon tariff on food imports and … carbon emissions. We model UK food imports from the EU using a gravity model, and micro-simulate the border impact of a … tariff proportional to the carbon emission of each food category. Results shows that the UK carbon tariffs would cut annual …
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Non-tariff measures such as food safety standards are used to achieve the non-trade objective of protecting consumers … foreign producers. This study investigates the protectionist intent of EU food safety standards using a sample of EU food … comparing EU standards to the internationally scientific referenced benchmarks regulated jointly by both the Food and …
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