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India's Public Distribution System: A National and International Perspective

Radhakrishna, R.; Subbarao, K.; Indrakant, S.; Ravi, C. - eSocialSciences - 2014

This study examines the impact of India's Public Distribution System (PDS) on poor households in terms of income gains, reductions in the incidence and severity of poverty, as well as nutritional improvements. The study suggests that the welfare gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very...

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Food Consumption, Pr

Punam, Judith Jones - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1990

This report presents historical data on food consumption, prices, and expenditures, and U. S. income. and popu1at.ion. A retail price-weighted quantity index put the 1988 per capita food supply up 10 percent from 1967, as consumption of crop-derived foods outpaced consumption of foods from...

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Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-95

Putnam, Judith Jones; Allshouse, Jane E. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1997

This report presents histoncal data on food consumption, prices, expenditures, and U S income and population In 1995, each American consumed, on average, 70 pounds more of commercially grown vegetables than 10 1970, 57 pounds more of grain products, 52 pounds more of fruit, 28 pounds more of...

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Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-97

Putnam, Judith Jones; Allshouse, Jane E. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1999

This report presents historical data on food consumption, prices, expenditures, and U.S. income and population. In 1997 each American consumed, on average, 81 pounds more of commercially grown vegetables the.n in 1970; 65 pounds more of grain products; 57 pounds more of fruit; 32 pounds more of...

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Inter-and intra-annual global crop acreage response to prices and price risk

Haile, Mekbib G.; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Braun, Joachim von - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

expectations. Given the seasonality of agriculture, time is of the essence for acreage response: The analysis indicates that …

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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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U.S. Food and Nutrient Demand and the Effects of Agricultural Policies

LaFrance, Jeffrey T. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1999

An econometric model of annual per capita U.S. food and nutrition demand is developed. The model is a flexible, full rank two Gorman polar form. It is strictly aggregable across income, demographic variables, and variations in micro preference parameters. Parametric conditions for global...

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Food Security

Adelman, Irma; Berck, Peter; Gordon, Kathryn - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 1983

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Integrated land and water management for food and environmental security

Penning de Vries, Frits W. T.; Acquay, H.; Molden, David; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2003

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Modern Food Sharing Networks and Community Integration in the Central Canadian Arctic

Collings, Peter; Wenzel, George; Condon, Richard - 1998

"From June 1992 to July 1993, research on wildlife harvesting and subsistence relations was conducted among a sample of householders in the Inuit community of Holman. In an earlier paper, the authors examined the involvement of younger Inuit in subsistence hunting, noting that despite the...

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