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Food consumption–production response to agricultural policy and macroeconomic change in Nigeria

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021
Achieving agricultural transformation and farmer resilience in resource-dependent developing countries like Nigeria is complicated by volatile macroeconomic conditions, which disrupt agricultural supply chains through income, foreign exchange, and risk ...
O. Ecker, Patrick L. Hatzenbuehler
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts

open access: yesJournal of Development Studies, 2018
This paper uses a Preston Curve approach to test for changes over time in agriculture, nutrition and food policy, comparing national averages in Africa and elsewhere at each level of national income per capita from the 1990s to the 2010s. Our statistical
W. Masters   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Evaluation of Several Alternative Policies’ Impact on The Mandarin (Citrus Reticulata) Industry in Indonesia: A System Dynamics Analysis

open access: yesAgro Ekonomi, 2019
The increase in imports and the decline in Indonesia's production triggered the government’s intervention in the form of non-tariff barriers. This will surely make a change in Indonesia's mandarin landscape industry.
Lyli mufidah   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the World Energy and Food Commodity Prices: Implications for Global Economic Growth

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
The negative socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are widely discussed. However, relatively less attention is paid to its impact on the world commodity price formation including energy and food prices.
Szczepan Figiel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The sustainability of “local” food: a review for policy-makers

open access: yesReview of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, 2021
In the political discussion, the promotion of local food systems and short supply chains is sometimes presented as a means to increase the resilience of the food system, e.g. in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is also suggested as a means to
Alexander J. Stein, F. Santini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerating Discovery to Deployment: Argonne's Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) and Its Role in Scaling Materials Technologies for Water and Resource Solutions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this Perspective, we highlight the processing science and scale‐up capabilities of the Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, with an emphasis on practical solutions for sustainable water and critical resource recovery. We demonstrate how national laboratories bridge fundamental
Yuepeng Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

FAPRI Short-term Livestock Outlook [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
FAPRI-Missouri Livestock Update includes short-term supply and utilization outlook for U.S. beef, pork and poultry.
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fertilizer and Fuel Prices and Cost of Production [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The near term outlook for fertilizer and diesel prices would tend to support modest increases in costs from last year in addition to the potential for added volatility in the market.
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
core  

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