We present a global agricultural greenhouse gas model that assesses emissions from land-use change. In addition to evaluating shifts in and out of crop production, we develop a pasture model to assess extensification and intensification of global livestock production based on herd size and…
We present a global agricultural greenhouse gas model that assesses emissions from land-use change. In addition to evaluating shifts in and out of crop production, we develop a pasture model to assess extensification and intensification of global livestock production based on herd size and…
* Rodrigo López Sánchez
Entrevista a Alberto Acosta acerca de la situación de los países en Sudamérica, la propuesta post extractivista y el desafío de la integración regional sudamericana para enfrentar el Cambio Climático.
Alberto Acosta, economista, presidente de la Asamblea…
The beneficiaries of technology adoption in agriculture and biofuels markets in the United States are heavily influenced by domestic biofuel policies and market context. Biofuel mandates, one of the key pillars of domestic biofuel policies, may significantly alter theelasticity of demand for…
Paper removed temporarily by author 8/19/11.
In the last three decades, European Union (EU) agriculture has been characterized by major exit of farming households from agriculture. In some areas the share of exit has been as high as 40%. Similar pattern has also been observed in the United…
La definición y puesta en práctica de políticas que tengan como su eje a la soberanía alimentaria, implica comprender adecuadamente las condiciones de existencia de las economías campesinas. Ya no se trata solamente de la redistribución de la tierra, sino de potencializar la multifuncionalidad…
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*Instituto Para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica - IPDRS
En los dos primeros meses del año, Chile y Haití, dos países hermanos fueron azotados por movimientos sísmicos de enorme magnitud, causando entre su población daños tangibles e intangibles y planteando…
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) region in southern China has experienced rapid urbanization and dramatic economic growth in last 25 years. Using identical observed meteorology for lateral boundary conditions, two one-month simulations were conducted: one using the original United States Geological…
Automobiles are a major source of CO2 emissions. Because there is no immediate technological fix to reduce these emissions, the most promising current strategy is to promote less automobile use. In the United States, this is difficult because federal programs such as the interstate highway…
Since the United States imposed antidumping and countervailing duties totaling 14.16 percent on imports of Canadian hard red spring (HRS) wheat, Canadian exports to the United States have nearly stopped. This study examines the impact of the decreased HRS wheat imports from Canada on U.S. wheat…
There is evidence of an increase in market concentration and in the importanceof private plant breeding in the seed industry following the widespreadadoption of Intellectual Property Rights regimes for the industry in thedeveloped world. We use data from the US Patent and Trademark Office,…
The paper reveals that ever since the 1950s, after the first land reform of distributing landownership (or possession under public ownership) to small farmers, the irrational and polyopolisticland use by able-bodied part-time and absent small farmers earning higher off-farm income butunwilling…