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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América, América Septentrional
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América
Farmland values in the United States represent a major component of the farm sector balance sheet. The linkage between farmland values and agricultural debt has typically been ignored in the literature. This paper attempts to make two contributions to our understanding of farmland prices. First, building on established literature, this study examines the role of debt solvency and government payments in farmland valuation.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América
Forest harvest policies and regulations in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States have changed considerably across all land ownerships over the last 25 years, primarily in response to concerns over threatened and endangered species. For example, in July 2001, Washington State adopted new forest practice rules for private ownerships, which were aimed primarily at improving habitat for aquatic and riparian species.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América
Since 1992, the European Union has protected high-quality agricultural products based on geographical origin using designations of geographical indications (GIs). U.S. producers and processors can obtain a type of trademark called a certification mark, which provides similar protections to that of GIs but protects products only within the United States. In the current round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, the European Union and other countries are seeking to expand protection through GIs. If they achieve the full range of protection they are seeking, many U.S.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América
This nation-scale, watershed-level analysis focuses on the major trends and the spatial pattern of land use and the impact on watershed health. We estimate a simultaneous equation system to analyze the impact of land use on aquatic health in watersheds across the United States.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América, Samoa, Chile, Perú, Namibia, Indonesia, Australia, Reino Unido, Canadá, Islandia, Uruguay, Nueva Zelandia, Marruecos, Japón, Sudáfrica, Nicaragua, Italia, Ecuador, Noruega, Papua Nueva Guinea
In recent years, the traditional public right to fish in dital waters has been supplanted by limitations on access to the stocks, particularly for commercial fishers. This is achieved by statutory schemes establishing rights of varying natures. Where these rights are fully established, they highlight the legal characteristics of property. This study is a contribution by the FAO Development Law Service to teh discussion on rights-based systems in fisheries management from a legal perspective.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2004Rumania, Francia, Macedonia del Norte, Suiza, Estados Unidos de América, Turquía, Alemania, Italia, Bulgaria, Grecia, Hungría, Europa
The focus of this exercise was on issues connected with a possible substantial increase in the agricultural loan asset portfolio of ProCredit Bank. This summary outlines the type of client who could be targeted by the bank – the core borrowing group, the ways in which the bank could market its services to the desired core clientele, the type of loans for which a demand is clear, the enterprise types for which credit-financed investment appears to be most profitable, the regional considerations and, finally, the personnel requirements within the bank.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2004Bangladesh, Estados Unidos de América, República Dominicana, El Salvador, Alemania, China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Granada, Jamaica, Reino Unido, Pakistán, Colombia, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Filipinas, Japón, Túnez, Argentina, India, Rusia, Bahamas, Brasil
This report shows a broad range of statistics pertaining to world food and agriculture. It presents, where appropriate, the differences between developed and developing countries, continents and regions. It is hoped that managers and policy-makers dealing with international issues relating to food and agriculture will find the tables useful.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América, Canadá, Dinamarca, Italia
The current working definition of biotechnolology used by the FAO refers to any means of developing or using living organisms to produce or alter or improve a product or organism for a specified purpose (UNEP 1992; Schmidt 1997), which would include prehistoric plant and animal domestication. A more current perspective specifies biotechnology having commercial applications, featuring deliberate manipulation of the genetic components of living organisms or their products (IBPGR 1991; Iowa State University 1994).
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