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Trading Uncertainties: The Transatlantic Divide in Regulating Biotechnology

Jasanoff, Sheila - In: CESifo DICE Report 06 (2008) 2, pp. 36-43

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South African food security and climate change: Agriculture futures

Dube, Sikhalazo; Scholes, Robert J.; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-35, pp. 1-54

The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. The GCM projections show consistent strong...

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BRICS: World heavyweight in agricultural trade

Glauben, Thomas; Djuric, Ivan - In: Intereconomics 59 (2024) 3, pp. 160-166

BRICS, the 15-year-old alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has emerged as an important actor on …

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Ursachen und Konsequenzen der steigenden Nahrungsmittelpreise

Erber, Georg; Petrick, Martin; von Schlippenbach, Vanessa - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 26, pp. 357-363

Seit Mitte 2007 sind die Preise für Grundnahrungsmittel wie Reis, Mais und Weizen bei international gehandelten Sorten dramatisch gestiegen. In welchem Umfang zu dieser Entwicklung Spekulationen an den Rohstoffmärkten beigetragen haben, lässt sich nicht beziffern. Unabhängig davon setzt eine...

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Crop insurance policies in India: An empirical analysis of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

Kaur, Sandeep; Raj, Hem; Singh, Harpreet; Chattu, Vijay … - In: Risks 9 (2021) 11, pp. 1-26

India is home to over one-third of all undernourished children worldwide, and it ranks 94th out of 107 nations in the … insurance policies in India and to analyze the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana's (PMFBY) impacts on Indian farmers. A … Yojana" OR "National Agriculture Schemes" AND "India" were searched to obtain relevant articles. By using cumulative data, we …

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Economic impacts of climate change on two Mexican coastal fisheries: Implications for food security

Aguilar Ibarra, Alonso; Sánchez Vargas, Armando; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-36, pp. 1-38

This paper has a twofold objective: First, to estimate the changes in landings value by 2030 for two Mexican coastal fisheries, specifically shrimp and sardine fisheries, as a consequence of climate change; and second, to discuss the implications of such impacts for food security. A dynamic panel...

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Russia's food security and climate change: Looking into the future

Kiselev, Sergey; Romashkin, Roman; Nelson, Gerald C.; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-39, pp. 1-66

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 agricultural crops may expand toward the north,...

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Chinese food security and climate change: Agriculture futures

Ye, Liming; Tang, Huajun; Wu, Wenbin; Yang, Peng; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 8 (2014) 2014-1, pp. 1-39

Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. Here the authors present the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops in China, and on daily calorie availability as an overall indicator of food security under climate...

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Cross border trade in grain between Nigeria and neighbouring Niger: Risk management assessment along Sokoto Illela-Konni border land

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-14

Grain is an important marketable commodity that is hampered by risk of interrelated dimensions, particularly in borderlands of West Africa. Assessing the extent of risk in borderlands can be valuable for policy-makers and likely to contribute to increased regional trade through effective...

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Dynamic relationship among CO2 emission, agricultural productivity and food security in Nigeria

Edoja, Prosper Ebruvwiyo; Aye, Goodness C.; Abu, Orefi - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-13

The study analyzed the dynamic relationship among CO2 emission (CE), agricultural productivity (AGP), and food security (FS) in Nigeria. The study used annual time series data spanning from 1961 to 2010. Results based on Augmented Dickey and Fuller and Phillip and Perron tests showed that the...

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