Innovative organic farming in india [PDF]
In this article general overview of research progress in the field of organic agriculture in India was given. This include revalidation of traditional organic practices, invent/discover and commercial production technology for organic inputs and research
Sharma, Arun K.
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Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges [PDF]
"This paper has been prepared in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) roundtable in Ghana. The study also takes a fresh perspective on the role of agriculture for development in light of the global food crisis.
Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.+3 more
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Structural Change in EU Agriculture and the Supply of Social Attributes [PDF]
The social attributes that agriculture is assumed to provide in its multifunctional role are analysed. Links with structural characteristics are examined and questions raised on the extent to which these are dependent on sustaining the present structure ...
Blandford, David, Hill, Berkeley
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Institutional change in the international governance of agriculture: a revised account [PDF]
The place of agriculture in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) prior to 1986 is usually described in terms of either exclusion or exemption from general trading rules.
Adrian Kay, Robert Ackrill
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A web portal to promote a sustainable agriculture, preserving biodiversity in the Indian Ocean [PDF]
The islands of the Indian Ocean are home to a unique and remarkable biodiversity. They have similar environmental conditions and are subject to common threats (e.g. global changes).
Baptiste, Micheline Marie+3 more
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More or less ambition?: modeling the development impact of U.S.–EU agricultural proposals in the Doha Round [PDF]
"What is at stake in the standoff between the United States and Europe over agriculture in the Doha Round of trade talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
Bouet, Antoine+2 more
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From Uruguay to Doha: Agricultural Trade Negotiations at the World Trade Organization [PDF]
This paper examines current agricultural trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization, with particular attention to the relationship between liberalization and developing countries’ economic growth and food security.
Beierle, Thomas
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Agricultural Dualism, Incidence of Child Labour and Subsidy Policies [PDF]
This paper purports to examine the validity of the common belief that in a developing economy the backward agricultural sector should be subsidized as poorer group of the working population are employed in this sector that send their children out to work
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit, Dwibedi, Jayanta
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OPTIMAL AGRICULTURAL LAND PRICING POLICIES UNDER MULTIPLE EXTERNALITIES IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY [PDF]
Agriculture has recently been noted as a provider of non-market environmental benefits in addition to its traditional recognition as a source of negative externalities from polluting inputs.
Peterson, Jeffrey M.
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A quantitative analysis of China’s structural transformation [PDF]
Between 1978 and 2003 the Chinese economy experienced a remarkable 5.7 percent annual growth of GDP per labor. At the same time, there has been a noticeable transformation of the economy: the share of workers in agriculture decreased from over 70 percent
Guillaume Vandenbroucke, Robert Dekle
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