In every region of the world, the intensification of crop-based agriculture has been associated with a sharp increase in the use of chemical fertilizer. Given the generally low levels of fertilizer use in Africa, there can be little doubt that fertilizer use must increase in Africa if the region...

Drylands make up about 43 percent of the region’s land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used for agriculture, and are home to about 50 percent of the population, including many poor. Involving complex interactions among many factors, vulnerability in drylands is rising,...

Agriculture and food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LAC) are rightfully recognized as among the most successful on the planet: they have fed a fast-growing population, facilitated economic development, enabled urbanization, generated substantial exports, and helped drive down...

The industrialization process in Brazil begun in the 1960s and intensified in the 1970s, however the expected productivity growth of the overall economy and structural transformation did not happen. Since the end of the 1970s, the Brazilian labor productivity has been lower than many similar...

This paper examines the empirical complexities of using linear, log-linear, and nonlinear models to test for vertical property tax inequity in residential real estate data. We apply the existing vertical inequity models to real estate data from Lubbock, Texas. Subsequently, we use Monte Carlo...

The role played by corporate entrepreneurship in afirm's strategy is explored.The corporate entrepreneurship processenables companies to regard their own products with a "healthydissatisfaction" and to revise traditional assumptions about customers'needs.Recent research concerning the events and...