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Overseas Development Institute - Protected Livelihoods and Agricultural Growth Programme
Livelihoods and Agricultural Growth Programme Overseas Development Institute Protected Livelihoods and Agricultural Growth Programme The ODI's Protected Livelihoods and Agricultural Growth (PLAG) Programme focuses on how to ... livelihoods and growth Our work in these areas covers a number of more specific topics, including rural employment and labour markets, migration, agricultural technology ...
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Overseas Development Institute - Resources from the Protected Livelihoods and Agricultural Growth Programme
Overseas Development Institute - Resources from the Protected Livelihoods and Agricultural Growth Programme Resources: PLAG resources Opinion Papers Signed opinion pieces by ODI researchers on current development ...
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Argument - Agricultural Policy Intervention Costs
The following are a few low-cost policy measures that could be implemented to further improve China's agriculture: The privatization of agricultural land would ... It also would make sense to separate markets for urban, industrial, and agricultural water withdrawal; otherwise, the agricultural sector might have no chance to compete with capital-rich industrial ...
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January 23, 2003: Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger
Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger Janet Larsen From the beginning of agriculture until the middle of the twentieth century, increases in world food production have come largely from expanding agricultural ... to a diminutive 0.07 hectares, down from 0.17 hectares in 1950. Shifting agricultural production to higher-value crops, like fruits and vegetables, and converting farms to forest ...
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Nitrous oxide sources - Agricultural Soils
Agricultural Soils Nitrous oxide Sources - Agricultural soils Direct Sources | Indirect Sources Overview Agricultural soils represent a very large, and growing, global source of nitrous oxide. Current estimates ... -N globally. With a rapid increase in population growth, and the consequent need for more food production, both the area of agricultural soils and the intensity of their use is ...
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Argument - Trends in Agricultural Policy
Order Form Feedback What others say heilig@iiasa.ac.at Arguments - Trends Agricultural Policy China's agricultural policy since the foundation of the People's Republic has been characterized by ... also for the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Agricultural production in that period grew only slowly and barely kept up with population growth. The slow development was interrupted several times ...
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Marin Agricultural Land Trust
On properties protected by MALT agricultural conservation easements, owners also work with MALT's conservation specialists, who document and monitor ... . Natural beef is a term used to describe animals raised without the use of growth hormones or antibiotics. Several Marin ranchers raise natural beef, and many restaurants and retailers ...
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Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Through its education and outreach programs, MALT also promotes public policies that support and enhance agriculture, such as the following: Agricultural ... co-exists with ranching, at least for the time being, but as growth in eastern Marin and the Bay Area continues, sprawl, development, and ...
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Sustainable Economic Development, Smart Growth Management
Therefore, we ... Gulf Coast. Governor's Commission: Recovery, Rebuilding, Renewal Mississippi Renewal Forum Smart Growth Online Smart Growth America Sustainable Communities Network U.S. Department of Commerce MS Department of ...
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Smart Growth Versus Sprawl in California
Growth Versus Sprawl in California Smart Growth Versus Sprawl in California Inefficient low-density development - "sprawl" - consumes far more of California's unique agricultural land than is necessary to ... fees to planning decisions - skew the economics of land development against efficient "smart growth" and toward sprawl. This study looks at how public policies influence the efficiency ...
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