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This study is the first scientific attempt to calculate the size of the informal economy in agriculture. The Multiple … higher levels of informal economy in agriculture compared to the overall economy. The impact of subsidies and farm … organizations on the development of the informal economy are two important factors for these higher values in agriculture. The …
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construction benefits agriculture in the vicinity of dams, as well as in downstream areas. These positive effects are driven by …
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ending all forms of malnutrition), is not commensurate. In this paper, we advocate for a systemic approach to water …
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Economic research tends to focus on a reduced set of crops, leaving a vast array of crops under-researched. However, these 'marginal crops' have typically been farmed for centuries and are better suited for the local environment in which they are grown than crops prioritized within existing...
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This paper addresses the evolving nature of agriculture in the Danube Delta, since the 1950s and to the present day … the Delta, of the attempts to transform the Danube Delta into a significant segment of the Romanian agricultural economy …. Over time, there has been a great competition between agriculture and the main Delta resources; in this regard, fishing has …
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The global hunger indices of 2008 and 2009 (Grebmer et al. 2008, 2009) point to persistently high levels of hunger and food insecurity and a worsening of the situation due to rising crop prices. At the same time, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on the demand- and supply-side determinants...
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The global hunger indices of 2008 and 2009 (Grebmer et al. 2008, 2009) point to persistently high levels of hunger and food insecurity and a worsening of the situation due to rising crop prices. At the same time, there is a lack of empirical knowledge on the demand- and supply-side determinants...
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adjustment and stabilisation programs as well as the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. The first part discerns patterns in …/South, industry/agriculture, private/public investments, small farms/multinational corporations suggest that the effects of …
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growth in agriculture’s total factor productivity (TFP) for a panel of countries using a translog-production function. In …
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