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Food Supply in Java during War and Decolonisation, 1940-1950

van der Eng, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

It is readily assumed that the average level of living in Indonesia deteriorated during the hectic period 1940-1950. Much of the evidence on economic change during this period is anecdotal. It is difficult to distil a general impression from it. Per capita food consumption is an important...

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A Dynamic Model of Inflation for Kenya 1974 - 1996

Durevall, Dick; Ndung'u, Njuguna S. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 1998

This paper develops an error correction model with the aim of analysing the behaviour of prices in Kenya during 1974 -1996. In estimating the model, we first test for cointegration in the money and foreign exchange markets, using the Johansen procedure. The cointegrating vectors are then...

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Continuity of Business Plans for Animal Disease Outbreaks: Using a Logic Model Approach to Protect Animal Health, Public Health, and Our Food Supply

Moore, Kiana; Allen, Heather - In: Agriculture 3 (2013) 2, pp. 253-270

Foreign animal diseases can have a devastating impact on the American economy and agriculture system, while … animal disease outbreak aims to mitigate these agriculture-related losses by facilitating normal business operations through … framework for continuity of business planning for animal agriculture stakeholders. The logic model provides a basis for …

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Food supply in Siberia and the Far East: challenges and prospect

Rudoy, Yevgeniy; Afanasyev, Yevgeniy - In: Economy of region 1 (2010) 4, pp. 190-194

An objective to supply the population with food is specific in a number of large regions for a variety of reasons. The regions are forced to search for the ways to secure food self-sufficiency and stable supply of the population with affordable food independently. The given paper presents the...

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2012 Global Food Policy Report

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013

This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...

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Oil price, biofuels and food supply

Timilsina, Govinda R.; Mevel, Simon; Shrestha, Ashish - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 12, pp. 8098-8105

The price of oil could play a significant role in influencing the expansion of biofuels, but this issue has yet to be fully investigated in the literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, this study analyzes the impact of oil price on biofuel expansion, and...

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The Impacts of Biofuels Targets on Land-Use Change and Food Supply: A Global Cge Assessment

Timilsina, Govinda; Beghin, John C.; van der … - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2010

We analyze the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and prices, and the overall economy in various countries or regions using a multi-country, multi-sector global computable general equilibrium model augmented with an explicit land-use module and...

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Reflections on the global food crisis: How did it happen? How has it hurt? And how can we prevent the next one?

Headey, Derek; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Cheap food has been taken for granted for almost 30 years. From their peak in the 1970s crisis, real food prices steadily declined in the 1980s and 1990s and eventually reached an all-time low in the early 2000s. Rich and poor governments alike therefore saw little need to invest in agricultural...

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Developments in Global Food Prices

Rayner, Vanessa; Laing, Emily; Hall, Jamie - In: RBA Bulletin (2011) March, pp. 15-22

Global food prices have increased significantly since the early 2000s, reversing the long-run trend decline in relative food prices over previous decades. A range of supply disruptions in key food-producing countries have contributed to higher food prices, along with strong demand from...

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Entre o Declínio e a Reinvenção: atualidade das funções do sistema público atacadista de alimentos no Brasil

Cunha, Altivo Roberto Andrade de Almeida; Belik, Walter - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 50 (2012) 3

This paper presents some evidences of changes which are occurring in the apparatus of public food wholesaler in Brazil addressing the evolution, characteristics and functions of the current structure of the Brazilian wholesale supply. The paper discusses some considerations regarding the...

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