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Price Volatility in Agricultural Markets - Evidence, impact on food security and policy responses

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations; … - 2010

world food security. A new Policy Brief of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization argues that countries should improve …

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On the Growth Performance of Sub-Saharan African Countries

Busse, Matthias - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 11 (2010) 2

The article discusses some of the most important reasons for the poor growth performance of most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. While high protection levels in high-income countries in Europe and North America for agricultural trade have been cited as a major impediment for the development of...

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The image of Agriculture in Portugal

Moreira, Cristina; Côrte-Real, Ana; Lencastre, Paulo - Faculdade de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Católica … - 2010

studying a sector of the economy, in this case Agriculture, according to the brand concept would be an added value. Agriculture … important its part on territory order and environment protection. Starting from the importance Agriculture has in any country … characterize the image of Agriculture in Portugal, based on the associations it provokes. Associations are the purest way of …

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Designing Impact Evaluations for Agricultural Projects

Maffioli, Alessandro; Winters, Paul; Salazar, Lina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

The purpose of this guideline is to provide suggestions on designing impact evaluations for agricultural projects, particularly projects that directly target farmers, and seek to improve agricultural production, productivity and profitability. Specific issues in evaluating agricultural projects...

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Revisiting the Global Food Architecture. Lessons from the 2008 Food Crisis

Christiaensen, Luc - In: Review of Business and Economics LIV (2009) 3, pp. 3345-361

functioning and policymaking need to be addressed. First, governments should reinvest in agriculture with a focus on public goods …

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Interaction and Non-neutral Effects of Factors in Chinese Wheat Production

Selim, Sheikh; Parvin, Naima; Patel, Vasita - Economics Section, Cardiff Business School - 2010

In this paper we examine the role of the interaction between labour productivity and the use of factors in explaining the recent (1998-2007) 11% decline in wheat production in China. We employ a non-neutral stochastic production frontier approach that enables us to identify the interaction and...

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Agriculture-Industry Interlinkages: Some Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Indian Context

Saikia, Dilip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The inter-relationship between agriculture and industry has been a long debated issue in most of the developing … pattern of growth of agriculture, industry and services sector in the post reforms period is likely to appear substantial …-relationship between agriculture and industry. The present paper tries to address some of the theoretical and methodological issues in …

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Human resource management on dairy farms: Does investing in people matter?

Hyde, Jeffrey; Cornelisse, Sarah A.; Holden, Lisa A. - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 1, pp. 208-217

As farm businesses grow larger, their organizational charts become more complex and typically deeeper, with middle managers being added. Human resource management practices, such as training, job descriptions, and standard operating procedures, may help employees become better, thereby...

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Will Biofuel Mandates Raise Food Prices?

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Hélène; moreaux, … - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - 2011

Biofuels have received a lot of attention as a substitute for gasoline in transportation. They have also been blamed for recent increases in food prices. Both the United States and the European Union have adopted mandatory blending policies that require a sharp increase in the use of biofuels....

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Positioning a research agenda on the social economy: The new capitalist expansion and its impact on worker conditions in a changing South African agricultural setting

Swart, Ignatius; Orsmond, Edward - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) October, pp. 900-922

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the theoretical and ideological foundations for a research agenda on the social economy in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The paper combines relevant literature research and case study work in a selected geographical region in...

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