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Factors influencing Irish farmers' afforestation intention

Duesberg, Stefanie; Upton, Vincent; O'Connor, Deirdre; … - In: Forest Policy and Economics 39 (2014) C, pp. 13-20

The natural conditions in Ireland have a positive influence on tree growth as the mean annual increment is twice as … farms in Ireland often does not cover the production cost. To increase forest cover, the Government in 1989 introduced a …

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Distributional effects of rising food prices in Pakistan: Evidence from HIES 2001–02 and 2005–06 survey

Mohsin, Asma; Zaman, Khalid - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 5, pp. 1986-1995

The distributional characteristic measures how evenly or unevenly commodity group is distributed over the household total expenditure. The present study investigates the distributional effects of rising food prices in Pakistan. For this purpose, this study focuses on two different household...

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LCA of second generation bioethanol: A review and some issues to be resolved for good LCA practice

Wiloso, Edi Iswanto; Heijungs, Reinout; Snoo, Geert R. de - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 7, pp. 5295-5308

This paper aims at reviewing the life cycle assessment (LCA) literature on second generation bioethanol based on lignocellulosic biomass and at identifying issues to be resolved for good LCA practice. Reviews are carried out on respective LCA studies published over the last six years. We use the...

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Minimising the harm to biodiversity of producing more food globally

Phalan, Ben; Balmford, Andrew; Green, Rhys E.; … - In: Food Policy 36 (2011) S1, pp. 62-62

Should farming and conservation policies aim broadly to separate land for nature and land for production (land sparing) or integrate production and conservation on the same land (wildlife-friendly farming)? Most studies that try to address this question suffer from flaws in sampling design,...

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Challenging the food vs. fuel dilemma: Genealogical analysis of the biofuel discourse pursued by international organizations

Kuchler, Magdalena; Linnér, Björn-Ola - In: Food Policy 37 (2012) 5, pp. 581-588

This paper looks critically at how food and agriculture-, energy security-, and climate change-oriented international … rural production. We find that the prevalent motive is an aspiration to combine the agriculture and energy markets into one … global agriculture and – contrary to the food vs. fuel perspective – calls for re-conceptualizing the biofuel debate as the …

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Integrated Landscape Initiatives for African Agriculture, Development, and Conservation: A Region-Wide Assessment

Milder, Jeffrey C.; Hart, Abigail K.; Dobie, Philip; … - In: World Development 54 (2014) C, pp. 68-80

Recent years have witnessed increased investment in African rural landscapes for agriculture and food security, poverty …

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Soybeans, Poverty and Inequality in the Brazilian Amazon

Weinhold, Diana; Killick, Evan; Reis, Eustáquio J. - In: World Development 52 (2013) C, pp. 132-143

Using a mixed-method approach of econometric and ethnographic field research, this article examines the social and economic costs and benefits of increases in soybean production in the Brazilian Amazon. Statistical analysis suggests that increased soy production both reduces poverty indicators...

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Can Public–Private Partnerships Leverage Private Investment in Agricultural Value Chains in Africa? A Preliminary Review

Poulton, Colin; Macartney, Jon - In: World Development 40 (2012) 1, pp. 96-109

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) may be one way of increasing the level of private sector investment into poorly performing agricultural value chains. This paper considers a range of PPP mechanisms that respond to different market failures affecting such chains and draws on principal–agent...

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Smallholder Irrigation as a Poverty Alleviation Tool in Sub-Saharan Africa

Burney, Jennifer A.; Naylor, Rosamond L. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 1, pp. 110-123

Promotion of smallholder irrigation is cited as a strategy for enhancing income generation and food security for sub-Saharan Africa’s poor farmers, but what makes this technology a successful poverty alleviation tool? In the short run, the technology should pave the way for increased...

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African Agriculture in 50Years: Smallholders in a Rapidly Changing World?

Collier, Paul; Dercon, Stefan - In: World Development 63 (2014) C, pp. 92-101

For economic development to succeed in Africa in the next 50years, African agriculture will have to change beyond … proportion of the population engaged in agriculture and a large move out of rural areas. The paper questions how this can be … squared with a continuing commitment to smallholder agriculture as the main route for growth in African agriculture and for …

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