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From:OECD Economic Surveys - TurkeyAt the heart of past fiscal excess, and hence the source of inflation and weak growth, has been the pervasive involvement of the government in the economy. Structural reforms to unwind this presence will entail a public...
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From:OECD Economic Surveys - SwitzerlandWhile Switzerland is still one of the richest countries in the world, the lead over the European Union has dwindled during the last twenty years, and the negative gap with respect to the United States has widened. Part...
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From:OECD Economic Surveys - Canada (Vol. 2008, Issue 11)The agricultural sector in Canada is relatively large, compared to those in most other G7 countries. In recent years, the federal and provincial governments have undertaken a number of sectoral reforms to meet the...
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From:OECD Economic Surveys - Turkey (Vol. 2006)The productivity and competitiveness of Turkish agriculture have been constrained by socio-economic weaknesses in rural areas and a protective trade and subsidy regime, which has created a status quo of highly...
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From:Journal of Risk and Insurance (Vol. 78, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Farmers face a particular set of risks that complicate the decision to borrow. We use a randomized experiment to investigate (1) the role of crop-price risk in reducing demand for credit among farmers and...
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From:The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (Issue 58) Peer-ReviewedSince the mid-1990s, private sustainability standards and certification schemes have aimed to introduce a new paradigm in the trade of agricultural commodities. However, there is still a lot of uncertainty about the...
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From:Nature (Vol. 466, Issue 7305) Peer-ReviewedAction on Europe's GM crops: The European Commission plans to let European Union (EU) member states decide for themselves whether to grow or ban any genetically modified (GM) crop that has been approved as safe for...
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From:Crop Science (Vol. 42, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedEarly generation testing as a breeding procedure for autogamous crops consists of testing heterogeneous families, followed by selection of homozygous lines from superior families. Although early generation testing has...
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From:The Ecologist (Vol. 30, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSUE BRANFORD AND NICOLE FRERIS REPORT FROM BRAZIL ON THE LATEST THREAT TO THE AMAZON RAINFOREST -- SOYA CULTIVATION SOYA -- USED MAINLY to produce animal feed for the world's growing legion of industrial meat...
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From:The Ecologist (Vol. 30, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedModern agriculture is in crises and the alternative is clear -- a move towards sustainable farming. But is this any more than a pipe dream? Definitely, says John Zarb -- because across the world, it is already...
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From:EPRI Journal (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA chemical byproduct resulting from amplified agricultural production processes is posing a threat to drinking water supplies. Nitrate, a fertilizer compound, leaches into the soil and can progress to nearby reservoirs....
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From:Crop Science (Vol. 39, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedRapid expansion of dairy herds in the southwestern USA has increased the need for high-quality alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) forage in the region. Enhancing mineral balance in alfalfa forage could benefit both plant and...
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From:Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 48, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe concept of whole-farm planning, more than mere soil erosion control, is an attempt at conservation planning that deals with water, air, plants and animals, and their relationship in a natural or managed system. While...
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From:Nature Biotechnology (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAlthough a few arable crops and agronomic traits will likely dominate commercial varieties for the foreseeable future, with many being stacked together, more quality traits and specialty crops are being introduced into...
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From:Managing Office Technology (Vol. 40, Issue 8)The Andersons Management Corp. urgently needed to shift to electronic recordkeeping because its existing accounting systems could no longer cope with the 1.7 million pieces of paper that the company processes annually....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Pia E. Lentini 1 , 2 , * , Philip Gibbons 1 , Joern Fischer 3 , Brad Law 4 , Jan Hanspach 3 , Tara G. Martin 5 Introduction Agricultural intensification and associated habitat fragmentation are key...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Gianmarco Alberti 1,*, Reuben Grima 2, Nicholas C. Vella 1 Introduction The study of past landscapes and the way they have evolved over long periods of time is key to understanding the changing...
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From:International Trade Forum (Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedJohn Ndegwa of Kiambu County, central Kenya, sells water bottles for a living. He is now looking to use water to cultivate a different kind of business. 'I got this piece of land about two or three years ago,' says...
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From:Journal of Development Communication (Vol. 21, Issue 1)Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has been broadly viewed as those technologies that facilitates the communication process and enhances the processing and transmission of information by electronic means...
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From:International Trade Forum (Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDorothy Eriksson and her husband Rolf have been co-owners of the Chankwakwa farm in Kabwe, Zambia, for 40 years. Over the years, they have met many milestones, but one memory stands out in her mind: the day their...