A two-sector Ramsey-type model of growth is developed to investigate the relationship between agricultural productivity and economy-wide growth. The framework takes into account the peculiarities of agriculture both in production (reliance on a fixed natural resource base) and in consumption...

[fre] Analyse micro-économique d'un marché des droits à produire en agriculture : application aux quotas laitiers en France, . par Xavier Delache, Catherine Goudounèche, Hervé Guyomard, Xavier Irz et Louis-Pascal Mahé.. . Dans cet article, nous utilisons les résultats de la théorie de la...

The environmental impact of food consumption depends on the type of foods consumed and the amount of food wasted. It follows that dietary change represents one means of directing food systems towards greater environmental sustainability. The difficulty, however, lies in developing ways of...

The continuous aging of the EU population poses important challenges to the sustainability of welfare states. Part of the solution is to ensure that people not only live longer but also better (i.e., can function independently while remaining free of disease and disability), which may be...