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The relation between water use and pesticides – Some remarks on the influence of integrated farming practices
Noack, Eva Maria; Bergmann, Holger - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Agriculture is the main user of the world’s water resources. Due to increasing concern on water quality and quantity, there is a growing interest to use the scarce water resources in the most efficient way to feed the growing world population. By employing a meta-analysis, this paper shows...
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Agricultural trade distortions during recent international price spikes: what implications for food security?
Magrini, Emiliano; Montalbano, Pierluigi; Nenci, Silvia; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
The aim of this paper is to assess the causal impact of trade policy distortions on food security. This is an hot issue since restrictions to agricultural trade have been generally applied by national governments, especially in developing countries, as a tool to insulate domestic markets from...
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Structure and Strategy, How Do They Match in the Netherlands?
Veen, Hennie B. van der; van Bommel, Karel - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
Farm organization, and the balance between the household and the farm have changed. This paper explores the relation …-man businesses and the one household partnerships more often show diversification strategies. One-man businesses are relatively more … encountered amongst the life style farmers, whilst one household partnerships are stronger present amongst rural entrepreneurs. …
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