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Food security in China at 2050: a global CGE exercise
Journal of Economic Structures, 2018 Since 2010, China has changed its position in the world grain market from a net exporter to a net importer. The total grain trade deficit was $420 million in 2010.
Kakali Mukhopadhyay +2 more
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The effects of adaptation to climate change on income of households in rural Ethiopia
Pastoralism, 2017 Climate change is one of the most serious impediments to agricultural prosperity in Ethiopia, especially where livestock is concerned. In particular, rural farming communities in the drylands of the Afar region are severely exposed to the impacts of ...
Melaku Berhe +6 more
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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023 Due to its significance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), food security has gained considerable attention from governments and policymakers worldwide.
Behnaz Saboori +2 more
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Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth [PDF]
, 1995 One of the surprising features of modern economic growth is that economies with abundant natural resources have tended to grow less rapidly than natural-resource-scarce economies. In this paper we show that economies with a high ratio of natural resource exports to GDP in 1971 (the base year) tended have low growth rates during the subsequent period ...
Sachs, Jeffrey D., Warner, Andrew M.
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Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2023 Climate change undeniably impacts agriculture and natural resources, enterprises and markets. For informed decision making, there is a need for information on climate change adaptation possibilities and mitigation alternatives.
Chengcheng J. Fei, B. McCarl
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Port Development and the Environment: External Costs from Dredge Disposal and Air Pollution [PDF]
Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 2004 This paper analyzes two external costs often associated with port development, cost to fisheries from marine dredge disposal and damages from air pollution, using estimates of development and operation for a proposed (but since cancelled) container port ...
Thomas Grigalunas +4 more
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Remittances, natural resource rent and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2021 Despite the established link between oil rent fluctuations and remittances received, its plausible joint effect on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains unexplored.
P. Ofori, D. Grechyna
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Heliyon, 2022 Soil fertility is the ability of the soil to provide favorable chemical, physical and biological characteristics to sustain plant growth. Its physicochemical properties are greatly influenced by altitude and farmer wealth status.
Abiyot Mebrate +3 more
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Sustainable Environment, 2023 Communal land-based resources are an essential source of livelihood in the rural economy of Ethiopia. In particular, the dependence of the landless people on the direct use of communal natural resources for their livelihoods jeopardizes both the ...
Haftu Etsay +3 more
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The International Economics of Natural Resources and Growth [PDF]
Minerals & Energy - Raw Materials Report, 2007 This article is in three parts. First, it briefly describes the contribution of natural resources to economic growth around the world, pondering the question whether an abundance of natural resources is a blessing or a curse. Secondly, an attempt is made to provide a glimpse of recent empirical evidence that can be brought to bear on this question ...
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