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Land Allocation Effects of the Global Ethanol Surge: Predictions from the International FAPRI Model

Beghin, John; Elobeid, Amani; Fabiosa, Jacinto F.; … - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2009

the multi-market, multi-commodity international FAPRI (Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute) model. The model … incorporates the trade-offs between biofuel, feed, and food production and consumption and international feedback effects of the …

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Land Allocation Effects of the Global Ethanol Surge: Predictions from the International FAPRI Model

Fabiosa, Jacinto F.; Beghin, John C.; Dong, Fengxia; … - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2009

, and food production and consumption and international feedback effects of the emergence through world commodity prices and …

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Cut to the Bone? Hospital Takeovers and Nurse Employment Contracts

Currie, Janet; Farsi, Mehdi; MacLeod, Bentley - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2004

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Erneute EU-Agrarreform: Umbau statt Abbau von Subventionen

Schrader, Jörg-Volker - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004

The paper discusses the decisions on the reform of the CAP from June 2003. The decisions focus on the decoupling of the direct payments to farmers from production. This will reduce production incentives and thereby improve the allocation of resources. However, payments to farmers will hardly be...

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Microbiological Safety of Chicken Litter or Chicken Litter-Based Organic Fertilizers: A Review

Chen, Zhao; Jiang, Xiuping - In: Agriculture 4 (2014) 1, pp. 1-29

contain a variety of human pathogens that can threaten humans who consume the contaminated food or water. Composting can …

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Meeting the Challenges for Agriculture

Copeland, Les - In: Agriculture 1 (2011) 1, pp. 1-3

Ensuring food security is an ongoing global challenge. Many forecasts point to a need to increase food production by at … and the general upward trend in the cost of food are indicators that global food systems are now driven by demand rather … countries; the continuing increase in world population; competition between food and bioenergy crops for land and water; low …

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Effects of Demographics and Attitudes on Willingness-to-Pay for Fuel Import Reductions through Ethanol Purchases

Jensen, Kimberly; Clark, Christopher; English, Burton; … - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 3, pp. 165-181

ethanol production on food prices. The results do suggest that consumers are willing to pay a premium for fuel blends that …

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Modelling Nitrogen Losses from Sheep Grazing Systems with Different Spatial Distributions of Excreta

Bell, Matthew J.; Cullen, Brendan R.; Johnson, Ian R.; … - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 282-294

The aim of this study was to assess the effect that the randomised versus even distribution of excreta (dung and urine) may have on modelling nitrogen (N) losses by leaching, volatilisation and denitrification from a grazing system. A range of stock densities (from 200 to 2000 sheep/ha,...

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The Policy Objectives of a Biofuel Industry in Canada: An Assessment

Roy, Danny G. Le; Klein, Kurt K. - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 436-451

Canada has a huge stock of biomass resources, which provides a basis (and a temptation) for development of a major bio-fuels industry. Both federal and provincial governments have engaged in a wide array of subsidies, mandates, and other measures to stimulate production and consumption of...

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Biofuels and the Future of Food: Competition and Complementarities

Tokgoz, Simla; Zhang, Wei; Msangi, Siwa; Bhandary, Prapti - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 414-435

and the world food situation. Our results show some of the implications that biofuels expansion has on crop area expansion …

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