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Is there something really new about "land grab" except its extent? What is wrong with an investment contract allowing the holder to buy a farm and to export wheat to Saudi Arabia, or soybeans and maize as cattle feed to Korea, or to plant and process sugar cane and palm oil into ethanol for...
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power are restraining food prices amid limited exports. Russian food producers are seeking ways to enter external markets …
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The short-term consequences of the bans imposed in 2014 on pork imports into Russia from the countries that used to be major suppliers of meat to this country are as follows: an altered geography of import supplies, rising prices on the pork market and related markets, and plummeting consumer...
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High volumes of grain production in 2013, the devaluation of the national currency and concerns about likely disruptions in grain supplies from Ukraine allowed Russia to increase its grain export volumes in the period of 2013- 2014 MY and achieve the second highest result after record-high...
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Early in 2020, Russia adopted the new Food Security Doctrine, which included the entire range of amendments as compared …
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Building on earlier work by IIED and CCSI, this report reflects on select COVID-related developments that may result in longer-term shifts relevant to land-based investments in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Our objectives are two-fold. In the short term, monitoring developments can...
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be used (and how they should not be used) to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.The guide ….The guide covers the following:• Part I explains what responsible investment in agriculture and food systems is and who the key … responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.• Part IV discusses how to plan for, design, monitor, and evaluate …
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replacing the food crops, either via specialization or diversification for reaping the higher benefits from the horticulture …
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Innovation in farming has led to higher crop yields which, in turn, have allowed more land to be spared from farming … than would otherwise have been the case. Raising yields further to feed a growing global population will require new … biodiversity in the UK. In addition to an expansion in sustainable food and farming systems in the coming decades, technological …
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