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| Author | : Enoch Kikulwe, Ekin Birol, Justus Wesseler, José Falck-Zepeda |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
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| Genre | : Social Science |
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| Author | : Ivar Virgin |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2016-08-25 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 131759441X |
The growing global demand for food, feed and bio-based renewable material is changing the conditions for agricultural production worldwide. At the same time, revolutionary achievements in the field of biosciences are contributing to a transition whereby bio-based alternatives for energy and materials are becoming more competitive. Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies explores the prospects for biosciences and how its innovation has the potential to help countries in the North (Europe) and the South (Africa) to move towards resource efficient agriculture and sustainable bioeconomies. Throughout the book, the situations of Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa will be compared and contrasted, and opportunities for mutual learning and collaboration are explored. The chapters have been written by high profile authors and deal with a wide range of issues affecting the development of bioeconomies on both continents. This book compares and contrasts the situations of these two regions as they endeavour to develop knowledge based bioeconomies. This volume is suitable for those who are interested in ecological economics, development economics and environmental economics. It also provides action plans assisting policy-makers in both areas to support the transition to knowledge based and sustainable bioeconomies.
| Author | : Bingxin Yu, Shenggen Fan |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Social Science |
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| Author | : Akramov, Kamiljon T. |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Social Science |
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The substantial differences in agricultural productivity between Asia and Africa can be largely explained by differences in use of modern inputs. The evidence suggests that better access to infrastructure (such as roads and irrigation) and agricultural services has given Asian farmers significantly better access to modern inputs, while Sub-Saharan African farmers without such an access are not able to fully exploit the benefits of modern agricultural inputs. This brief discusses the relationship between agricultural service provision and modern input use by farmers in Nigeria, with a focus on the differences among states and local government areas (LGA).
| Author | : Bryce Cooke |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Social Science |
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From 2006 to mid-2008 the international prices of agricultural commodities increased considerably, by a factor larger than two. This upward trend in agricultural prices captured the world's attention as a new food crisis was emerging. Several explanations for these movements in prices, ranging from demand-driven forces to supply shocks, have been provided by analysts, researchers, and development institutions. This paper is an attempt to empirically validate these explanations using time series econometrics and data at monthly frequency. We focus on the international price of corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans. First, we identify variables associated with the factors mentioned as causing the increase in these agricultural commodities prices. Second, we use time series analysis to try to quantitatively validate those explanations. The empirical work presented here includes first difference models and rolling Granger causality tests. Overall, our empirical analysis mainly provides evidence that financial activity in futures markets and proxies for speculation can help explain the observed change in food prices; any other explanation is not well supported by our time series analysis.
| Author | : Shanjun Li, Yanyan Liu, Klaus Deininger |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 28 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Social Science |
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| Author | : Jayson Lusk |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2016-03-22 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1250074304 |
Unnaturally Delicious is the story of today's innovators who are shaping the future of food. You'll meet an ex-farmer entrepreneur whose software is being used on farms all over the world; egg producers who've created housing systems that affordably improve hen welfare; scientists who are growing meat without the cos; and college students who are coaxing bacteria to help improve food quality and fight obesity. Nutrient-enhanced sweet potatoes are being used to solve malnutrition in the developing world, and we may soon have tasty 3-D printed food delivered by a robotic chef. In Unnaturally Delicious, Jayson Lusk offers optimism for the future, showing how science and technology can help solve the world's largest food and farming problems.--INSIDE FLAP.
| Author | : Stuart J. Smyth |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 881 |
| Release | : 2014-03-28 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0857938355 |
This book is a compendium of knowledge, experience and insight on agriculture, biotechnology and development. Beginning with an account of GM crop adoptions and attitudes towards them, the book assesses numerous crucial processes, concluding with detai
| Author | : Chambers, Judith A. |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2014-09-29 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order to better understand its current status, issues, constraints, and opportunities for Africa. Agricultural biotechnology comprises several scientific techniques (genetic engineering, molecular marker-assisted breeding, the use of molecular diagnostics and vaccines, and tissue culture) that are used to improve plants, animals, and microorganisms. However, in preparing this desktop analysis, IFPRI has focused on genetic modification (GM) technologies in particular and on the agricultural context in which they are being applied, because GM technologies are at the center of the controversy about biotechnologys role in Africa. In addition, because we have attempted to focus our review on peer-reviewed evidence and documented examples, the preponderance of data presented in the report is focused on genetically modified (also abbreviated GM) crops in use and under development, although we recognize the potential of the technology for livestock, fisheries, and forestry.
| Author | : Ekin Birol, Eric Rayn Villalba, and Melinda Smale |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : |
