Essays about: "food business 1999"

Found 4 essays containing the words food business 1999.

  1. 1. Adverse Impacts - An Empirical Examination of the Impact of Climate Extremes on Inequality in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Lindelöw; [2020]
    Keywords : India; Inequality; Climate change; Climate extremes; Fixed-Effects model.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Climate change is receiving more attention; the public debate has started to note its significance, and the consequences have started to show. How societies are interlinked with their environment is as evident in the 21st century as ever before. This study is an attempt to examine the relationship between climate change and inequality in India. READ MORE

  3. 2. Has Brazilian Ethanol Production Displaced Food Crops?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anders Littorin; [2009]
    Keywords : Brazil; sugar; Bioethanol; Acreage allocation; Ethanol; Proalcool; Supply response; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this thesis a first order differential supply response model, the Linear Approximate Acreage Allocation Model (Holt, 1999), is used to analyze the competition between ethanol (sugarcane) and food crops (soy, corn, cotton, rice and orange) in Brazil. In this linear multi-crop supply response model total land is assumed to exogenous, leaving the shares to be estimated along with elasticities between the crops. READ MORE

  4. 3. Green feed in the marine fish farming : how to communicate water benchmarks to stakeholders

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Therese A.M. Jansson; [2009]
    Keywords : Aquaculture; Sustainability; Communication; Benchmarketing ; Waterquality;

    Abstract : Global catch fishery is said to been oppressed to its limit (Boyd & Schmittou, 1999), further implying aquaculture might be the only solution to the world demand for fishery products. The applied term aquaculture in this paper refers to the one used by NOAA (2008); breeding, rearing, and harvesting of plants and animals in all kind of water environments, including but not limited to ponds, rivers, lakes, and the ocean. READ MORE

  5. 4. Market Participation and Poverty - Smallholders on the Ugandan Maize Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emil Persson; [2009]
    Keywords : poverty; Uganda; Market participation; Maize; UNHS 1999 00; Asset threshold; Probit model; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Food grain markets are special in the sense that farmers will, likely, be consumers of the crops they produce. This study examines smallholder market participation on the Ugandan maize market, and, furthermore, explores possible connections to rural poverty. READ MORE