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Effect of Higher Energy Prices from H.R. 2454 on Missouri Crop Production Costs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This report incorporates higher energy prices estimated by CRA International under H.R. 2454 on Missouri crop production costs.Material in this publication is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service ...
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

State Support for Ethanol Use and State Demand for Ethanol Produced in the Midwest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This study examines US demand for ethanol produced in the Midwest and assesses how state policies that target ethanol demand affect biofuel and agricultural commodity markets.NC-506 Regional Sustainability of Ethanol Demand is supported by funding ...
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Security: Self–Sufficiency of Rice in Malaysia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management Studies, 2011
Malaysia’s stance on food security is largely translated in terms of achieving self-sufficiency in rice production at about 65-70% of the local consumption. Since Malaysia does not have the comparative advantage in rice production, it implements a wide
Fatimah Mohamed Arshad   +3 more
doaj  

Toward a caring and (re)productive bioeconomy? A feminist analysis of socio-technical innovations and sustainability shortcomings

open access: yesSustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
The bioeconomy is touted as an innovative economic approach to make economies more sustainable through the use of biological resources and processes. In many bioeconomy policies, the expansion of biomass is key and is enabled by new biotechnologies and ...
Sarah Hackfort, Anna Saave
doaj   +1 more source

Causes & Implications of the Food Price Surge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper analyzes the food price surge of 2005 to 2008 in order to better understand the factors causing higher and more volatile food prices during this period, to ascertain the relative importance and possible persistence of the different factors ...
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic burden of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Chinese hospitals: A 2019 analysis

open access: yesJournal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Background: The resistance rate of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) resistance rate has risen by 20% over the past 19 y in China. The socioeconomic burden of CRKP infections has rarely been estimated.
Jinjin Zhang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can information and communication technologies boost rural households’ income and narrow the rural income disparity in China?

open access: yesChina Economic Quarterly International, 2022
Using panel data from National Rural Fixed Point Survey and a supplementary survey about rural ICT projects, this paper empirically analyzes the impact of ICTs on rural households’ income and income disparity in China. The results show that ICTs promotes
Qiubo Zhu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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