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Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

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How Much Animal Product do the Chinese Consume? Empirical Evidence from Household Surveys

Wang, Ji-Min; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Yang, Jun - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)

Reliable information about animal product consumption in China is extremely important for policy formulation and … underestimated statistics affect policy making and marketing initiatives and also lead to the estimation of distorted parameters that …

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The Economics of Biotechnology (Gmos) and the Need for A Regional Policy: The Case for COMESA Countries

Minde, Isaac J.; Kizito, Mazvimavi - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

countries having varying policy stances on biotechnology, COMESA (COMESA—Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a … of shaping a regional consensus on biotechnology policy for their 20 countries between 2004 and 2006 and adopted it in …

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Groundwater markets and water use efficiency: The case of Karnataka

Deepak, S.C.; Chandrakanth, Mysore G.; Nagaraj, N. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2005

Research highlight based on a paper titled “Groundwater markets promoting efficiency in water use in agriculture in Karnataka.”

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PROCESS OF GLOBAL SHOCKS TRANSMISSION TO DOMESTIC FOOD PRICE LEVEL: CASE OF BANGLADESH

Huda, Fakir Azmal - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 2, 2

The world experienced in dramatic price surge of food commodities since mid of 2007 to 2008. It was claimed that the crisis were being mainly for backdrop of global shocks in food and energy price. But how the shocks come to domestic market from external sources is a researchable phenomenon....

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Food security based on the spatial temporal feature of grain production

He, Yan-fen; Ma, Chao-qun; Yang, Hai-juan - In: Asian Agricultural Research 1 (2009) 01

We use the mean value and variation coefficient model to analyze the spatial-temporal feature of grain production in 31 provinces from the year 1980 to 2006. Time series of grain production is divided into 3 stages according to the average yield and the variation coefficient of grain production...

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Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya

Gathungu, E.; Musyoka, M.P - 2008

hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and …

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Land Constraints in Kenya’s Densely Populated Rural Areas: Implications for Food Policy and Institutional Reform

Jayne, Thomas S.; Muyanga, Milu - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2012

concludes by exploring the nature of institutional and policy reforms needed to address these development problems. …

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IS A PUBLIC REGULATION OF FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY FEASIBLE IN AFRICA? AN ARCH APPROACH IN KENYA

Maitre d'Hotel, Elodie; le Cotty, Tristan; Jayne, Thomas S. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012

The 2007-2008 food crisis and current food price swings led economists to re-evaluate the potential for policy … policy to lower food price volatility does not depend on the nature of the policy instrument only, but also on the … tradition of public intervention, and by the persistence of highly volatile prices. The consistency of the policy use appears to …

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The future of food and farming

Beddington, Sir John - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management 01 (2011) 2

The UK Government Chief Scientist takes stock of the enormous challenges facing governments and citizens in balancing the competing pressures and demands on the global food system, not least in providing an adequate and sustainable nutrition for a rapidly-expanding population against the...

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