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

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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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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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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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Environmental sustainability, trade and economic growth in India: Implications for public policy

Sajeev, Aparna; Kaur, Simrit - In: International Trade, Politics and Development (ITPD) 4 (2020) 2, pp. 141-160

the relationship between environmental pollutants (as measured by CO2 emissions) and GDP for India, over the period 1980 … proposes formulation of appropriate regulatory mechanisms that are environmentally friendly. Additionally, India's new economic …

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Handels- und Budgeteffekte der WTO-Agrarverhandlungen in der Doha-Runde: Der revidierte Harbinson-Vorschlag

Brockmeier, Martina; Salamon, Petra - In: Agrarwirtschaft: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, … 53 (2004) 6, pp. 233-251

Die Diskussion der Vorschläge zur weiteren Reform des globalen Agrarhandels hat zurzeit Hochkonjunktur. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Effekte des Harbinson-Papiers in seiner revidierten Fassung vom März 2003 mit Hilfe eines umfangreich erweiterten GTAP-Modells analysiert. Mit Hilfe eines...

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Food export restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Real and potential effects on food security

Kowalska, Aleksandra; Budzyńska, Anna; Białowąs, Tomasz - In: International Journal of Management and Economics 58 (2022) 4, pp. 409-424

The purpose of the article is to review and critique the implementation of food export restrictions in times of crisis in addressing food security challenges. The methodological approach was to undertake a narrative literature review to outline the challenge of ensuring food security in times of...

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Public school food supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of the city of Vitória (Brazil)

Coelho, Taniellen Miranda; Moscon, Julianna Zambon; De … - In: Logistics 6 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazilian public schools closed in 2020. This lockdown stopped the provision of school meals to public school students, most of whom belonged to low-income families facing food insecurity. To guarantee the students' food security during this period, food...

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Agricultural policies and technical efficiency of wheat production in Kazakhstan and Russia: Evidence from a stochastic frontier approach

Tleubayev, Alisher; Bobojonov, Ihtiyor; Götz, Linde - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 54 (2022) 3, pp. 407-421

We utilize a unique primary data set of farms in Russia and Kazakhstan to investigate the link between policy reforms and technical efficiency. These countries have heavily subsidized their domestic agricultural production over the last decade, with a total of around USD 76 billion USD and USD...

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