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Agricultural price policy in Nepal
In: Asian Development Bank economic staff paper 35
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Vaclav Smil: Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature
In: Population and development review, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 539-541
ISSN: 1728-4457
The perfect storm: food security and nutrition under climate change
When politicians fail to agree, very often it is the poorest who suffer most. More than 25 million additional children could go hungry through the failure of Copenhagen, says Gerald C. Nelson of the International Food Policy Research Institute. As crop yields decline, the calories available per person in sub-Saharan Africa will decline by 21%.
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Are Biofuels the Best Use of Sunlight?
In: Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy, S. 15-25
Labor intensity, employment growth and technical change
In: Journal of development economics, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 111-117
ISSN: 0304-3878
Green Gold or Green Wash: Environmental Consequences of Biofuels in the Developing World*
In: Review of agricultural economics: RAE, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 517-529
ISSN: 1467-9353
U.S. Regulatory Oversight of Agricultural and Food-Related Biotechnology
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 350-377
ISSN: 1552-3381
Genetic engineering has both risks and the potential to provide significant benefits. The Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology relies on existing federal laws and agencies to assure that genetically engineered products are safe. The goal is to balance the need for safety with the need to avoid impeding the biotech industry. This article reviews U.S. laws of greatest significance to agricultural and food-related biotechnology, and the regulatory roles of the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. It concludes that consumers, farmers, and the environment are well protected by that system. However, because of the rapid development of biotechnology the regulatory system should be improved, and its underlying strengths better communicated to the public.
U.S. Regulatory Oversight of Agricultural and Food-Related Biotechnology
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 350-377
ISSN: 0002-7642
Political feasibility of structural adjustment in africa: an application of SAM mixed multipliers
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 25, Heft 12, S. 2105-2114
Political Feasibility of Structural Adjustment in Africa: An Application of SAM Mixed Multipliers
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 25, Heft 12, S. 2105
ISSN: 0305-750X
East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is expected to grow at least through mid-century. The region will also see income growth. Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate change makes the challenges greater. East Africa is already experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and increasing extreme events. Without attention to adaptation, the poor will suffer.Through the use of hundreds of scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, the editors and contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050. They also offer recommendations to national governments and regional economic agencies already dealing with the vulnerabilities of climate change and deviations in environment. Decisionmakers and researchers will find East African Agriculture and Climate Change a vital tool for shaping policy and studying the various and likely consequences of climate change.
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Consequences of climate change
In: Development and cooperation: D+C, Band 36, Heft 10, S. 362-381
ISSN: 0723-6980
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AECONIntro
In: The Economic Journal, Band 100, Heft 403, S. 1403