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Wildlife Conservation in Bornean Timber Concessions
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Meijaard, Erik; The Nature Conservancy-East Kalimantan; emeijaard@TNC.ORG; Sheil, Douglas; Center for International Forestry Research; d.sheil@cgiar.org; Stanley, Scott A.; The Nature Conservancy-East Kalimantan; sstanley@tnc.org.
Based on an extensive review of the literature, and broad consultation with experts, we have assessed the sensitivity of Bornean vertebrates to the direct and indirect effects of timber harvest. Well-implemented selective logging has a relatively limited direct impact on wildlife populations: few species appear quite sensitive, some benefit, some decline. However, current management practices in Indonesian Borneo generally cause a decline in wildlife populations. Guidelines for sustainable forest management are primarily focused on trees, with few specific recommendations on how to sustainably manage wildlife populations in timber concessions. Based on our findings, we provide extensive wildlife management guidelines, pointing out the importance of...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Asia; Biodiversity; Borneo; Disturbance; Hunting; Sustainable forest management.
Ano: 2006

Developing Detailed Foresight Narratives: a Participatory Technique from the Mekong Region
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Foran, Tira; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; tira.foran@csiro.au; Ward, John; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; j.ward@csiro.au; Kemp-Benedict, Eric J.; Stockholm Environment Institute; erickb@sei-us.org; Smajgl, Alex; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; alex.smajgl@csiro.au.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: Asia; Mekong; Methodology; Narrative; Participation; Scenario.
Ano: 2013

Principles for Fairness and Efficiency in Enhancing Environmental Services in Asia: Payments, Compensation, or Co-Investment?
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: van Noordwijk, Meine; World Agroforestry Centre ; M.Vannoordwijk@cgiar.org; Leimona, Beria; World Agroforestry Centre; Wageningen University and Research; LBeria@cgiar.org.
The term payments for environmental services (PES) has rapidly gained popularity, with its focus on market-based mechanisms for enhancing environmental services (ES). Current use of the term, however, covers a broad spectrum of interactions between ES suppliers and beneficiaries. A broader class of mechanisms pursues ES enhancement through compensation or rewards. Such mechanisms can be analyzed on the basis of how they meet four conditions: realistic, conditional, voluntary, and pro-poor. Based on our action research in Asia in the Rewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services (RUPES) program since 2002, we examine three paradigms: commoditized ES (CES), compensation for opportunities skipped (COS), and co-investment in (environmental) stewardship...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Asia; Boundary organizations; Criteria and indicators; Livelihood; Payment for environmental services; RUPES.
Ano: 2010

Making social sense of aquaculture transitions
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Bush, Simon R.; Wageningen University; simon.bush@wur.nl; Marschke, Melissa J.; University of Ottawa; mmarschk@uottawa.ca.
Resilience deals explicitly with change and provides a middle ground between the social and the environmental sciences. However, a growing critique by social scientists questions the ability of resilience thinking to adequately examine the social dimensions of change. The question that emerges is how social scientists should engage with resilience. We addressed this question by comparing resilience with agrarian change and transitions theory, through the backdrop of the fastest growing global food sector, aquaculture. Our analysis showed that each theoretical perspective provides fundamentally different insights into social and environmental transition inherent in the aquaculture sector. Although resilience thinking is best suited to assessing the...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: Agrarian change; Aquaculture; Asia; Resilience; Social change; Transition theory.
Ano: 2014

Compensation and Rewards for Environmental Services in the Developing World:  Framing Pan-Tropical Analysis and Comparison
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Swallow, Brent M.; World Agroforestry Centre; B.Swallow@cgiar.org; Kallesoe, Mikkel F.; World Conservation Union; mfk@iucnsl.org; Iftikhar, Usman A.; World Conservation Union; usman.iftikhar@undp.org; van Noordwijk, Meine; World Agroforestry Centre; M.Vannoordwijk@cgiar.org; Bracer, Carina; Forest Trends; C.Bracer@climatefocus.com; Scherr, Sara J.; Ecoagriculture Partners; sscherr@ecoagriculture.org; Raju, K. V.; Institute for Social and Economic Change; kvraju@isec.ac.in; Duraiappah, Anantha Kumar; United Nations Environment Programme; Anantha.Duraiappah@unep.org; Ochieng, Benson O.; African Centre for Technology Studies; b.ochieg@ilegkenya.org; Mallee, Hein; International Development Research Centre; hmallee@idrc.org.sg; Rumley, Rachael; World Agroforestry Centre; r_rumley2@yahoo.com.
This is the first of a series of papers that review the state of knowledge and practice regarding compensation and rewards for environmental services in the developing world. The paper begins with an assessment of the historical development of compensation and reward mechanisms within a broader context of changing approaches to nature conservation and environmental policy. The assessment shows that greater interest in compensation and reward mechanisms has emerged within a policy context of changing approaches to nature conservation and flexible multi-stakeholder approaches to environmental management. In the developing world, an even greater variety of perspectives has emerged on the opportunities and threats for using compensation and rewards for...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Compensation; Ecosystems service; Latin America; Payment for environmental service; Rewards.
Ano: 2009

Recent developments in biotech industry outside of the USA and Western Europe: Report from BIO 2005
Provedor de dados: 69
Autores: Bourinbaiar,Aldar S.
The BIO 2005 international convention is the largest gathering of the biotech industry in the world. This year it was held on June 19-22 inside the behemoth Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia, bringing together 18,730 executives, investors, consultants, lawyers, politicians, scientists, and dreamers from 56 countries. More than 500 media representatives covered the event. Biotechnology research and findings presented by countries outside the USA and Western Europe has begun to make a significant impact on these annual BIO gatherings. The achievements of some of these countries are briefly reviewed.
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Bioindustry; Biotech; Biodefense; Eastern Europe; Latin America; Pacific; Russia.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582006000200002

Viagem de estudos a países asiáticos produtores de borracha natural. Relatório de viagem.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: GONCALVES, P. de S.
Este relatório refere-se à participação do relator em uma missão oficial de viagem a países asiáticos produtores de borracha. O principal objetivo foi o de adquirir uma visão concreta dos mais recentes trabalhos de pesquisa com a seringueira, principalmente na área de Agronomia com maior ênfase na área de Melhoramento Genético.
Tipo: Outras publicações técnicas (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Relatório; Pesquisa; Seringueira; Asia.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/673559

A revision of the Genus Scincella (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) of asia, with some notes on its evolution
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Ouboter, P.E.
Of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (sensu Greer, 1974) 337 specimens from Asia were examined for 74 characters, which were treated in a numerical-taxonomic way. The dendrogram resulting from this analysis was not stringently adhered to. Because of the wide variation in certain numerical scale characters within one taxon or even within one population, these characters (used by many authors as key characters to separate taxa) are not regarded as very important. For sympatric and parapatric species other characters, including relative size of head, body and limbs, are regarded as very important, because these characters are influenced by the way of life (niche separation). For the separation of allopatric species scale-numbers, but many other characters...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Scincidae; Scincella; Keys; New species; Numerical analysis; Evolution; Asia; Zoogeography.; 42.82.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317820

Systematic notes on Asian birds. 63. The eastern Asiatic races of Sitta europaea Linnaeus, 1758
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Red'kin, Y.; Konovalova, M.
The Asiatic subspecies of Sitta europaea form an independent group of races which differ from the European subspecies by their smaller size and bill shape. Based on substantial samples of most of these taxa the present revision distinguishes 13 recognizable subspecies in the group. We remove from the group the subspecies arctica Buturlin, 1907, which is the most distinctive of all the Asiatic forms, because there is a zone of sympatry between this and S. e. baicalensis Taczanowski, 1882, where hybrid individuals may occur but if so must be extremely rare. We therefore support the elevation of arctica to full species level.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Sitta europaea; Subspecies; Asia; Morphological characteristics; Collection specimens; 42.83.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/210078

A taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Eurasia with notes on the evolution of the family
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Weers, D.J. van.
Measurements of many hundreds of the high-crowned cheek teeth of Hystrix specimens from the Euro-Asiatic Pleistocene in the collections of European and Asiatic institutions have been compared with extant species for a revision of the genus. A review is given about the extant genera and species of the family. The number of recognisable Euro-Asiatic species in the fossil record is reduced from eight to five. The European H. (A.) vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941 is here considered to be a synonym of H. (A.) brachyura Linnaeus, 1758, and the three Asiatic species H. (H.) crassidens Lydekker, 1886, H. (H.) gigantea Van Weers, 1985 and H. (H.) magna Pei, 1987 are synonymized with H. (H.) refossa Gervais, 1852. Most of the Chinese fossil specimens are properly...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Porcupines; Asia; Evolution; Europe; Paleogeography; Pleistocene; 42.84.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/209654

Notes on the genus Amorphophallus (Araceae) — 11 New and obsolete species from East Malaysia and continental Southeast Asia
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Hetterscheid, W.L.A.; Ham, R.W.J.M. van der.
Sixteen new Amorphophallus (Araceae) species from East Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are described and figured. Moreover, six species, four of which were originally published by the first author, are synonymized.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Amorphophallus; Araceae; Asia; Malesia; Taxonomy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/524756

Southeast Asian Termitodius: a taxonomic review, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Krikken, J.; Huijbregts, J.
Four new species of the rhyparine genus Termitodius Wasmann are keyed, described and discussed: T. interruptus and monticola from Sulawesi, hammondi from Borneo, and neglectus from Sumatra. They show termitophilic adaptations; two species are microphthalmic and flightless. Notocaulus Quedenfeldt of Africa is transferred from the Rhyparinae to the Eupariini (Aphodiinae).
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Coleoptera; Scarabaeoidea; Rhyparinae; Asia; Termitodius; New species; 42.75.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317919

Systematic notes on Asian birds. 28. Taxonomic comments on some south and south-east Asian members of the family Nectariniidae
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mann, C.F.
Certain taxonomic changes made by Cheke &amp; Mann (2001) are here explained and justified. Dicaeum haematostictum Sharpe, 1876, is split from D. australe (Hermann, 1783). D. aeruginosum Bourns &amp; Worcester, 1894 is merged into D. agile (Tickell, 1833). The genus Chalcoparia Cabanis, 1851, is re-established for (Motacilla) singalensis Gmelin, 1788. The taxon Leptocoma sperata marinduquensis (duPont, 1971), is shown to be based on a specimen of Aethopyga siparaja magnifica Sharpe, 1876. Aethopyga vigorsii (Sykes, 1832) is split from A. siparaja (Raffles, 1822). Cheke &amp; Mann (op. cit.) mistakenly omitted two forms, Anthreptes malacensis erixanthus Oberholser, 1932 and Arachnothera longirostra zarhina Oberholser, 1912. Five subspecies are removed from...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Asia; Nectariniidae; Taxonomy; 42.83.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/220208

Cryptic variation and recent bipolar range expansion within the Stumped-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata across Indian and Pacific Ocean islands
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Rocha, S.; Ineich, I.; Harris, D. James.
With an impressively wide distribution, Gehyra mutilata is present on almost all Indian and Pacific Ocean islands and in large regions of Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Mitochondrial sequence data (~500 bp) from individuals covering large parts of its (mainly insular) distribution reveals deep cryptic variation and strong geographic structure, with two well differentiated lineages. Molecular data also reveals that the wide Indian and Pacific insular distribution of Gehyra is very recent and, at least across the Indian Ocean islands, most probably the result of human-aided dispersal, as no variation within this lineage was found. Further research is needed to determine geographic patterns of variation across Southeast Asia, the level of genetic variation,...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 16s rRNA; Asia; Biogeography; Gehyra insulensis; Gehyra mutilata; Indian Ocean; Introductions; Island colonisations; Oceania; 42.82.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/301369

Revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae). Part 1: Asia and Malesia
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Middleton, David J.
The genus Alyxia is revised for Continental Asia and Malesia as the first part of a complete revision of the genus. Intergeneric and infrageneric relationships are discussed, as are the morphological characters for the whole genus. Problematic species and areas in need of further study are highlighted. Keys and descriptions for the species are given. 69 species are recognised of which 12 are newly described. These new species are Alyxia celebica, A. globosa, A. graciliflora, A. kwalotabaa, A. lackii, A. longiloba, A. manusiana, A. minutiflora, A. muguma, A. papuana, A. uniflora and A. vera.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Alyxia; Apocynaceae; Asia; Malesia; Taxonomic revision.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/524688

Comparison of Neogene low-crowned Hystrix species (Mammalia, Porcupines, Rodentia) from Europe, West and Southeast Asia
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Weers, D.J. van.
The low-crowned Hystrix species known of the Neogene from Europe and Asia and some new finds from Shihuiba near Lufeng, South China, are compared on the basis of numerical data. The taxonomical allocation of the seven species recognised thus far is maintained. The occurrences of two coeval Eurasian late Turolian species is discussed. The material from Lufeng is described and allocated to Hystrix primigenia (Wagner, 1848), implicating an area of distribution of this species from S.E. Europe to S.E. Asia in the Turolian. In the northern Chinese Hystricidae the increase of the cheek tooth height is more advanced than in the the West Asiatic and European representatives. The difference in ecological environment of Hystrix gansuensis Wang &amp; Qiu, 2002 (North...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Hystrix; Neogene; Europe; Asia; Shihuiba; Lufeng; Gansu; China.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505143

A revision of the genus Actephila (Phyllanthaceae) in the Malesian region
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Heijkoop, M.; Welzen, P.C. van.
The genus Actephila (Phyllanthaceae) is distributed from India in the north-west to Thailand and via Malesia to the Melanesian Islands and Australia in the south-east. Eleven species are recognized of which three are newly described, A. discoidea with long leaf apices and a fleshy nectar discs, A. emarginata with an emarginate leaf base, and A. stipularis with large stipules. Further, A. javanica is synonymized with A. excelsa; and a former synonym or separate variety, A. excelsa var. acuminata, is recognized as distinct species, but had to be synonymized under A. subsessilis. Actephila puberula, not present in Malesia, but often synonymized with A. excelsa, is kept separate because of the hairy ovary and different base of the leaf blades.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Actephila; Asia; Malesia; Phyllanthaceae; Revision; Taxonomy.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/623378

Type-specific PCR assays for Babesia bovis msa-1 genotypes in Asia: Revisiting the genetic diversity in Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 19
Autores: Liyanagunawardena, Nilukshi; Sivakumar, Thillaiampalam; Kothalawala, Hemal; Silva, Seekkuge Susil Priyantha; Battsetseg, Badgar; Dinh Thi Bich Lan; Inoue, Noboru; Igarashi, Ikuo; Yokoyama, Naoaki.
Babesia bovis is the most virulent Babesia organism, resulting in a high mortality rate in cattle. The genetic diversity of B. bovis merozoite surface antigens (MSAs), such as MSA-1, MSA-2b, and MSA-2c, might be linked to altered immune profiles in the host animals. The present study aimed to develop type-specific PCR assays for Asian msa-1 genotypes, thereby re-analyzing the genetic diversity of msa-1 in Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Vietnam. Specific primers were designed for nine Asian msa-1 genotypes, which had been detected based on the phylogeny constructed using msa-1 gene sequences retrieved from the GenBank database. Specificity of the type-specific PCR assays was confirmed using plasmids containing the inserts of msa-1 gene fragments that represent...
Palavras-chave: Asia; Babesia bovis; Genetic diversity; Msa-1; Type-specific PCR.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4489

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2014
Provedor de dados: 21
Organic agriculture is practiced in 164 countries, and more than 37.5 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by 1.9 million farmers.  The global sales of organic food and drink reached almost 64 billion US dollars in 2012.  The 15th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, specific information about land use in organic systems, numbers of farms and other operator types as well as selected market data.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Africa; Asia; Latin America; North America; World; Europe.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/25172/1/willer-lernoud-2014-world-of-organic.pdf

Changes in Organic Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in Northern Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Tu Tuyet, Nhung; Whitney, Cory W.
Organic Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) may be on important contribution to Organic 3.0. The way that PGS systems are managed can be a major determinant of their success. In Northern Vietnam differing management of PGS systems can determine their level of social and ecological success, as well as the impressions of farmers and retailers. Nevertheless, more farmers’ groups are turning to individual management and this may have negative consequences for the future of PGS in the region.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Systems research and participatory research; Assessment of impacts and risks; Social aspects; Consumer issues; Asia.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/32375/1/Tu%20Tuyet%20%26%20Whitney%202017.pdf

Atlas of Organics: Four maps of the world of organic agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John; Hennig, Benjamin.
This paper presents four maps of the world of organic agriculture. Density equalising maps (cartograms) have previously been published of the world of organic agriculture based on the reported hectares of certified organically managed agriculture land. The four maps in the present atlas of organic agriculture are visual presentations of current global organics data: (a) certified organic agriculture hectares; (b) certified organic wildculture hectares; (c) total certified organic production hectares (organic agriculture plus wildculture plus forestry plus aquaculture); (d) certified organic producers. Australia dominates in the world map of the organic agriculture hectares, Europe is strongly represented, and Africa is weakly represented. Finland dominates...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Africa; Asia; Australia; China; European Union; India; Latin America; North America; United Kingdom; United States; World; Knowledge management; Europe.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30187/1/PaullHennig2016.OAMaps.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2012: Global Indices of Leadership in  Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
One hundred and sixty countries now practice organic agriculture. But where are the pockets of excellence? The Organics Olympiad 2012 presents twelve indices of organics leadership with awards medals of gold, silver and bronze in each category. Twenty seven countries score medals in the Organics Olympiad 2012. Germany leads with four medals, India takes second position with one gold and one silver, and Switzerland and USA are equal third on the medal tally, each with one gold and one bronze medal .
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Africa; Asia; Australia; Austria; Brazil; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Switzerland; United States; Knowledge management; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/22527/7/22527.pdf

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2015
Provedor de dados: 21
This book documents recent developments in organic agriculture worldwide and presents the latest data on organic areas, producers and domestic markets.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Australia; Canada; European Union; North America; United States; World.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/28168/1/willer-lernoud-2015-master-document-PDF.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2007 - Perspectives on the Global State of Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Organic food has been described as the world’s fastest growing food sector, and many countries have now set targets for conversion to Organic Agriculture. The stated goal of the organic movement is the adoption worldwide of Organic Agriculture. That task has a long path to travel, with Organic Agriculture currently accounting for 1.8% of worldwide agricultural land. One strategy for success in any endeavour, is: find out who "the winners” are, identify what they are doing, and do that; and there is a corollary to this maxim. Which countries are leaders in the adoption of Organic Agriculture? In the absence of a single comprehensive index of organic-ness, this paper identifies 12 indices of organic-ness, and presents the leadership by country, for each of...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: United States; Australia; History of organics; World; Europe; Africa; China; "Organics" in general; Markets and trade; European Union; Asia.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://orgprints.org/12892/1/12892.pdf

Benign Environment and Safe Food
Provedor de dados: 21
The proceedings give an overview of the current status of organic agriculture and organic agriculture research in Asia.
Tipo: Proceedings
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Asia.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://orgprints.org/4700/1/ifoam%2Dasia%2D2004%2Dproceedings.pdf

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2016
Provedor de dados: 21
The 17th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture, published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International, provides a comprehensive review of recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover area under organic management, specific information about land use in organic systems, numbers of farms and other operator types as well as selected market data.    The book also contains information on the global market for organic food, information on standards and regulations, organic policy, as well as insights into current and emerging trends in organic...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Australia; Latin America; North America; United States; World; Europe.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/31151/1/willer-lernoud-2016-world-of-organic.pdf

Organic Agriculture Movement at a Crossroad: a Comparative Study of Denmark and Japan
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Fomsgaard, Saki Ichihara.
Along with apparent institutionalisation of organic agriculture that took place in the last couple of decades, the role of organic agriculture organisations as a social movement actor has increasingly being put into question. Under this circumstance, there can be observed an evidence  of “division” among these organisations at being foe or ally to this trend of institutionalisation.  Why have such competing trajectories existed in this social movement field? And how have different trajectories evolved throughout the time? Through a comparative study of two organisations related to organic agriculture in Denmark and Japan, it argues that a cause of the discrepancy can be found in fundamentally different formulations of the concepts of organic agriculture...
Tipo: Working paper
Palavras-chave: Asia; Denmark; History of organics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/26800/7/26800.pdf

Entrepreneurial Culture And Capability of Organic Farmers’ Organizations in the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Buena, Maria Rowena; Whitney, Cory W.
The entrepreneurial culture of farmers’ organizations of Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag- unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) in the Philippines is a contribution to Organic 3.0. The mechanisms necessary to reinforce an entrepreneurial culture for the Organic farmers’ organizations of MASIPAG are described. Different PGS groups have similar entrepreneurial capabilities yet dissimilar competitive success and organizational cultural dimensions. Much work is needed to develop the entrepreneurial capabilities, we recommend that farmers actively participate in marketing activities within their localities, improve production, and take advantage of expanding markets; farmers’ organizations leaders should encourage members to increase production and entice...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Systems research and participatory research; Social aspects; Asia.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/32376/1/Buena%20%26%20Whitney%202017%20810.pdf

Bhutan's plans to go 100% organic make progress
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Bhutan's Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Pema Gyamtsho, confirmed aspirations for his country to be the world's first country to go 100% organic. Certifying a whole country as organic would set a new challenge for certifiers. At the 2013 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit held this month in India, Gyamtsho stated: "Ours is a mountainous terrain. When we use chemicals they don't stay where we use them, they impact the water and plants. We say that we need to consider all the environment. Most of our farm practices are traditional farming, so we are largely organic anyway". The Bhutan Minister added that "we are Buddhists, too, and we believe in living in harmony with nature. Animals have the right to live, we like to to see plants happy and...
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Asia; Country reports.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/24671/7/24671.pdf

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2019
Provedor de dados: 21
Organic agriculture is practiced in 181 countries, and 69.8 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by approximately 2.9 Million farmers. The global sales of organic food and drink reached 97 billion US Dollars in 2017, according to Ecovia Intelligence.  The 20th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture, published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture(FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International, provides a comprehensive review of recent developments in global organic agriculture.  It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector around the world and presents detailed organic farming statistics that cover the area under organic management, specific information about land use in  organic systems, the...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Australia; Latin America; North America; United States; World; Europe.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/34570/10/WILLER-LERNOUD-2018-final-PDF-low.pdf

Rehabilitation Approach for quick and sustainable regain in cocoa production in declining full sun plantations
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Kaegi, Nora; Milz, Joachim; Weibel, Franco; Vanhoudt, Niels; Cobo Borrero, Juan Guillermo; Anselmi, Cinzia; Schneider, Monika.
In Malaysia an intensively managed high input full sun cocoa plantation can reach high yields of 1.5 to 2 t dry beans per ha. Following a high production period of 10 years the yields often decrease markedly. Focusing on leading depleted cacao plantations sustainably back to full production a research project was initiated in June 2011 using a diversification approach with agroforestry systems. The experimental site is located on a large commercial farm in the humid tropical lowlands of peninsular Malaysia, in the region of Kuala Lipis. In a field trial with a strip-split-plot design, three different production systems, mainly characterised by diversification levels (mono culture to high diversity agroforestry) and accordingly different external input...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Asia.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/25276/1/Kaegi_etal_Tropentag2013.pdf

Institutionalisation of Social Movements: A Comparative Perspective on Organic Agriculture Organisations in Denmark and Japan
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Fomsgaard, Saki Ichihara.
This study deals with competing strategic orientations of the organic agriculture movement toward institutionalisation: a division in whether organic agriculture should develop within the prevailing system (pro-institutional strategy) or preserve its alternativeness compared to conventional agriculture (anti-institutional strategy). It aims to investigate development and reasons of the specific strategies and evaluate their impact on the organic agriculture movement as a social movement. This aim is pursued by a comparative study of the leading organic agriculture organisations in Denmark and Japan: The former as a typical pro-institutional case and the latter as an anti-institutional case.  The inquiry overall takes an integrative framework based on...
Tipo: Thesis
Palavras-chave: Asia; Denmark; History of organics.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/26799/7/26799.pdf

Four New Strategies to Grow the Organic Agriculture Sector
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
This paper presents four new strategies for growing the organic agriculture sector. Globally there are 51 million hectares of certified organic agriculture land and a further 39 million hectares of wild culture land. For the past two decades organic agriculture has been growing at 11.9% per annum, thereby doubling the size of the sector every six years. Nevertheless, despite ten decades of advocacy for organics, only 1.1% of the world’s agricultural land is certified organic. From the outset, the strategy has been to advance the sector ‘one farm at a time’. This strategy has left the organics sector well short of the vision of the pioneers of organics who saw organic farming as a universal solution and a practice suited for all farmers and all agriculture....
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Asia; Australia; China; India; World.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/32351/1/Paull2017.AGROFOR2%283%29.pdf

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2018
Provedor de dados: 21
Organic agriculture is practiced in 178 countries, and 57.8 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by approximately 2.7 million farmers.  The global sales of organic food and drink reached almost 90 billion US Dollars in 2016, according to Ecovia Intelligence.  The 19th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture, published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International, provides a comprehensive review of recent developments in global organic agriculture.  It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector around the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover the area under organic management, specific information about land use in organic...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Africa; Asia; Latin America; North America; World; Europe.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34669/1/WILLER-LERNOUD-2018-final-PDF-low.pdf

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2018
Provedor de dados: 21
Organic agriculture is practiced in 178 countries, and 57.8 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by approximately 2.7 million farmers.  The global sales of organic food and drink reached almost 90 billion US Dollars in 2016, according to Ecovia Intelligence.    The 19th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture, published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International, provides a comprehensive review of recent developments in global organic agriculture.    It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector around the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover the area under organic management, speci�c information about land use in organic...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Australia; Latin America; North America; United States; World; Europe.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/34569/10/WILLER-LERNOUD-2018-final-PDF-low.pdf

Permanent Agriculture: Precursor to Organic Farming
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
The concept of Permanent Agriculture predates Organic Agriculture by thirty years. Following a clash with the USDA over the theory of soil fertility, American soil scientist Franklin King wrote "Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan" (1911). Permanent Agriculture and Organic Agriculture share many ideas. The founder of Organic Agriculture described Franklin's work as a "classic" which "no student of farming or social science can afford to ignore".
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: United States; "Organics" in general; History of organics; Soil; Asia.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/10237/1/10237.pdf

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2017
Provedor de dados: 21
The 18th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture, published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International, provides a comprehensive review of recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector around the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover the area under organic management, specific information about land use in organic systems, the number of  farms and other operator types, and selected market data.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Australia; Latin America; North America; United States; World; Europe.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/34568/7/willer-lernoud-2017-02-12-v1-4.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2016: Global Indices of Leadership in Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Organic production (including agriculture, wild culture, forestry and aquaculture) is a worldwide phenomenon that is practiced in at least 172 countries. The Organics Olympiad presents 14 indices of global organics leadership, each at three levels (Gold, Silver and Bronze). The Organics Olympiad of 2016 yields 29 countries as global organics leaders, and confirms that organics leadership is diversely distributed across countries, large and small, rich and poor, developed and less so, and cuts across linguistic, ethnic and cultural boundaries. Australia continues to lead the world in organic agriculture hectares. Australia also leads in the increase of organic hectares over the past four years (since the Organics Olympiad 2012) and in the number of WWOOF...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Food systems; Africa; Asia; Australia; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Lithuania; Switzerland; Tunisia; United States; World; Knowledge management; Europe; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30369/1/Paull2016.OlympiadJSDS.pdf

PGS experience in Kyrgyzstan
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Alymkulov, Saparbek.
The message is about the first PGS experience in Kyrgyzstan, which started in one village last year as an organic area (we call it organic aimak). Having no experience and based only on knowledge gained from IFOAM papers solely and OLC trainings, on enthusiasm of Federation and Bio Service staff, the project was not a success in the first year. In 2014, the FOD started organic aimak project in 3 ore villages. But there are lots of problems and challenges that shall be addressed to IFOAM and organic experts. These are: fertilizers and biological preparations for pest and disease management, relations of organic producers with consumers, PGS certification.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Asia.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/23758/7/23758.pdf

Organic agricultural systems for cassava crops in upland soil of Thailand.
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Junrungreang, Miss Supaporn; Nakapraves, Mr. Pracha; Shinon, Miss Sirinapa.
A study was carried out in upland soil during 2003-2005 in the central part of Thailand where the soil is classified as a sandy loam with a low inherent fertility. The design of the trial comprised of a completely randomized block design with ten treatments in three replication which were as follows; control, conventional method, the combination of using of Canavalia sp as green manure and mulching with Vigna sp Crotolaria sp  as green manure, mulching with Vigna sp and Canavalia sp as green manure and mulching with Vigna sp. The another four treatments were Canavalia sp and Crotolaria sp as green manures and mulching with Vigna sp incorporated with liquid fertilizer, Crotolaria sp and Vigna sp as green manure mulching with Canavalia sp incorporated with...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Asia; Soil quality.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/7091/1/Organic_agricultural_system_for_cassava_crop_in_upland_soil_of_Thailand.doc

The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2013
Provedor de dados: 21
The 14th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics that cover surface area under organic management, specific information about land use in organic systems, numbers of farms and other operator types  as well as selected market data.    The book also contains information on the global market for organic food, the latest developments in organic certification, information on standards and regulations as well as insights into current and emerging trends for organic agriculture in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania.  In...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; European Union; North America; World.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/25188/1/1606-organic-world-2013.pdf

Successful rehabilitation approach for sustainable regain in cocoa production systems in South-East Asia
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Kaegi, Nora; Milz, Joachim; Weibel, Franco; Vanhoudt, Niels; Cobo Borrero, Juan Guillermo; Anselmi, Cinzia; Schneider, Monika.
In Malaysia an intensively managed high input full sun cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) plantation can reach high yields of 1.5 to 2 t dry beans per ha. Following a high production period of 10 years the yields often decrease markedly. Focusing on leading depleted cacao plantations sustainably back to full production a research project was initiated in June 2011 using a diversification approach with agroforestry systems. The experimental site is located on a large commercial farm in the humid tropical lowlands of peninsular Malaysia, in the region of Kuala Lipis. In a field trial with a strip-split-plot design, three different production systems are compared under two tree age conditions: newly planted and old rehabilitated cacao trees, after the removal of the...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Asia.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/25277/1/Kaegi_etal_Abstract_MICC2013.pdf

Organic system in low rainfall areas for climate resilience and returns
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Sharma, Arun K.
A study was conduted during 2008-2011 at the certified organic farm of Central Arid Zone Research Institute,Jodhpur,India to study the feasibility and economic viability of organic system in the  low rainfall areas.Due to low use of fertilisers and pesticides in low raifnall areas and prevelent agroforestry system, organic farming system has been found most suitable for sustaining the production uder climatic variations and by growing high value crops retun of these systems also enhanced.Besides, improvement in soil health and agrodiversity was also observed.
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions; Soil biology; Social aspects; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Research methodology and philosophy; Asia; Farm nutrient management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://orgprints.org/20805/3/20805.pdf

China-Australia: Organic opportunities
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
A century ago, China’s sustainable agricultural practices were documented and praised by US Professor of Agriculture, Franklin King, for the successful stewardship of agricultural land over four millennia. Over the past decade, Australia and China have converted more land to organic agriculture than any other of the 160 countries reporting organic agriculture statistics (for Australia, 4.3 m newly converted hectares, and for China, 1.8 m hectares). Australia accounts for about a third of the world’s certified organic agriculture hectares. China’s ‘economic miracle’ has been at the great cost of environmental degradation. There is a role for the development of organic agriculture in China to help achieve a clean green future. Added to this, consumers want...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Asia; Australia; China.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/24757/21/24757.pdf

Papers presented at the Session "Global Organic Market Overview"
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Luttikholt, Louise; Batcha, Laura; Willer, Helga; Xing, Jianping; Flores, Patricia; Menon, Manoj; Sahota, Amarjit.
The global organic market develops dynamically. Organic 3.0  postulates further growth, inclusiveness and  rientation towards a more differentiated sustainability products market. At this session, the  market information from the IFOAM – Organics International/FiBL statistics book was deepened to reflect about trends and strategic market positioning.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Africa; Asia; Latin America; North America; World; Europe.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/34608/1/Amudavi-2019-Biofach-2019.pdf

The making of an agricultural classic: Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan, 1911-2011
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Few agriculture books achieve the status of ‘classic’. F. H. King’s book Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan was privately published in Wisconsin, USA, in 1911. The book had an in-auspicious start, and the longevity and acclaim that this book has since achieved must have been, then, barely conceivable. The author was dead, the book was incomplete, and there was no commercial publisher. Yet through a combination of perhaps luck and circumstance the book was ‘resurrected’ in 1927 by a London publisher, Jonathan Cape, who then kept it in print for more than two decades. The London issue of King’s book was favorably cited in the 1930s and 1940s by leading agriculture and organic agriculture writers including: Lord...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Asia; China; History of organics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://orgprints.org/22530/1/Paull2011King.AgSciAbstract.pdf

The global feed market: Asian perspectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Zhang-Yue.
Global demand for feed, especially cereal feed, is expected to increase in the decades to come. At the global level, demand for cereal feed will be met by the supply. There are, however, disparities between regions. As a result of strong livestock industry development, the Asian region as a whole will have a shortage of cereal feed and will become a major cereal feed importer. This paper examines existing projections of feed demand and supply in the Asian region. It also sheds light on the implications of the feed demand and the livestock industry development in the Asian region for the Australian rural industries.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Feed market; Demand and supply; Asia; Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120920

QUANTIFYING REGULATORY BARRIERS TO ASIAN-U.S. FOOD TRADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caswell,   Julie A.; Wang,   Joanne.
Data on U.S. Food and Drug Administration import detentions and alerts are used to quantify regulatory barriers experienced by Asian food products entering the United States. These data offer the only comprehensive means of assessing regulatory barriers without relying on expert opinion, although they fall short of placing a dollar value on the volume of trade affected. The data show that meeting food regulations is a significant barrier to Asian food products entering the United States, especially for products originating in developing and newly industrialized countries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asia; Food products; Regulatory standards; Trade; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14696

Economic Effects of Oil and Food Price Shocks in Asia and Pacific Countries: An Application of SVAR Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alom,   Fardous.
This study investigates the economic effects of external oil and food price shocks in the context of selected Asia and Pacific countries including Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Thailand. The study is conducted within the framework of SVAR model using quarterly data over the period 1980 to 2010 although start date varies based on availability of data. The study reveals that resource poor countries that specialize in heavy manufacturing industries like Korea and Taiwan are highly affected by international oil price shocks. Oil price shocks negatively affect industrial output growth and exchange rate and positively affect inflation and interest rates. On the other hand, oil poor nations such as Australia and New...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Oil price; Food price; Shocks; Economic effects; Asia; Pacific; SVAR; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115346

Agricultural Development in Traditional Asian Economies: Observations Prompted by a Livestock Study in Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
China began its economic reforms in 1979 and Vietnam followed in 1986. Since then both countries have experienced rapid economic growth, falling poverty rates and significant rises in per capita income. At the same time, substantial restructuring of their economies has occurred, a feature of which has been a decline in the relative contribution of agriculture to total employment and output. These changes are outlined. Significant changes have also occurred in the agricultural sectors of China and Vietnam and these are reviewed. In both countries, the livestock sector has grown in relative importance. Households are the main contributors to agricultural production but their individual holdings of land are small and households keeping livestock mostly only...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural development; Asia; China; Economic transition; Farm employment; Land reforms; Land rights; Livestock; Non-farm employment; Structural change; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Q10; Q15; Q18; O2.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90629

The Asian Maize Biotechnology Network (AMBIONET): A Model for Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pray,   Carl E.
This report reviews the impacts of the Asian Maize Biotechnology Network (AMBIONET), organized by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) with funding from the Asian Development Bank to strengthen the capacity of public maize research institutions in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam to produce high-yielding, disease resistant, stress tolerant maize cultivars. It was found that, during its lifetime (1998-2005), AMBIONET clearly benefited researchers and institutions in participating countries, as well as CIMMYT. In addition, there was good progress toward developing improved cultivars. Asian farmers are just beginning to gain from the work, but their future benefits will likely pay for AMBIONET’s relatively...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Zea mays; Plant breeding; Biotechnology; Breeding methods; Research methods; Disease resistance; Yield increases; Research institutions; China; India; Indonesia; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam; Asia; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; F30; F01.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56103

WASPA Asia: wastewater agriculture and sanitation for poverty alleviation in Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Wastewater irrigation; Health hazards; Poverty; Sanitation; Development projects; Asia; Kolkata; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91467

Natural Protection from International Competition in the Livestock Industry: Analysis, Examples and Vietnam's Pork Market as a Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Lapar,   Ma. Lucila A.; Staal,   Steven J.; Que,   Nguyen Ngoc.
In some countries, local agricultural products (particularly livestock products) are shielded from international competition by ‘natural’ factors influencing the purchase of products. These factors include strong local tastes (or preferences) that favour the local product and the absence (or relative absence) of complementary retail outlets or home appliances suitable for storing and preparing potential imported substitutes. The desire for fresh meat rather than chilled or frozen meat, the absence or limited accessibility of supermarket outlets and limited refrigeration possibilities in homes can limit imports into developed countries of meat supplied by developed countries. From consumer’s perspectives these fresh or raw products are significantly...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policies; Asia; Economies of scale; Farm sizes; Household agriculture; Industrial agriculture; Pigs; Vietnam; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Q1; Q11; Q12; Q15; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90628

Conflicts over natural resources and the environment: Economics and Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Clevo; Tisdell,   Clement A.
None
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Natural Resource conflict; Economic security; Shared resources; Asia; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/145100

The Survival of Small-scale Agricultural Producers in Asia, particularly Vietnam: General Issues Illustrated by Vietnam's Agricultural Sector, especially its Pig Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Economic growth in more developed countries has resulted in farms increasing their scale of production and becoming more specialized in their production. The sizes of farms have tended to increase, agricultural production has become more capital-intensive, and the percentage of the workforce employed in agriculture has shown a falling trend. This process has been brought about by the operation of market systems and has reduced the number of small-scale agricultural producers. Asia still has a huge number of small-scale agricultural producers. As Asian countries experience economic growth and as market systems become more established in Asia, the survival of Asia’s small-scale agricultural producers is likely to be threatened. Since these producers are...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policies; Asia; Economies of scale; Farm sizes; Household agriculture; Industrial agriculture; Pigs; Vietnam; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Q1; Q11; Q12; Q15; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90625

Conflicts over Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics and Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Clevo; Tisdell,   Clement A.
None
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Natural Resource Conflict; Shared Natural Resources; Asia; Economic Security; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48967

Determinants of off-farm employment in eastern rural Nepal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kayastha,   P.; Rauniyar,   Ganesh P.; Parker,   W.J.
Stagnant agricultural productivity and low returns in farming have led rural residents in Nepal to look elsewhere for alternative or supplemental income opportunities, primarily though off-farm employment. Off-farm employment provides supplemental income to support household expenditure. This study examined the contribution of off-farm employment to total household income for two ecologically distinct districts of Eastern Nepal and identified factors differentiating households with on-farm, off-farm and, both on-and off-farm labour. Variables that differentiated wage labour, skilled labour and trade employment were determined. Participatory rural appraisal workshops (n=6), key informant interviews (n=9) and household socio-economic surveys (n=150) were...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asia; Nepal; Off-farm employment; PRA; Household sustainability; Labour market.; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123825

Environmental Security and its Implications for China’s Foreign Relations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mochizuki,   Junko; Zhang,   ZhongXiang.
China’s emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the twenty-first century, and is thus perceived by the international community to have greater capacities, capabilities and responsibilities. At the same time, environmental stresses caused by China’s energy and resources demands have become increasingly evident in recent years, urging China to cultivate delicate diplomatic relations with its neighbors and strategic partners. Tensions have been seen in areas such as transboundary air pollution, cross-border water resources management and resources exploitation, and more recently...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Acid Rain; Climate Change; Energy; Environmental Security; Transboundary Air Pollution; Water Resource Management; Asia; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q25; Q34; Q48; Q42; Q53; Q54; Q56; Q58; O13; P28.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102508

Dairy Markets in Asia: An Overview of Recent Findings and Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beghin,   John C.
This paper is an overview of important findings regarding the ongoing evolution of Asian dairy markets based on a series of new economic investigations. These investigations provide systematic empirical foundations for assessing Asian dairy markets with their new consumption patterns, changing industries, and trade prospects under different domestic and trade policy regimes. The findings are drawn from four case studies (China, India, Japan, and Korea), as well as a prospective analysis of future regional patterns of consumption and a policy analysis of trade liberalization of Asian dairy markets. The overview distills the findings of these new investigations and integrates them in the earlier economic literature; it draws policy implications and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Asia; China; Dairy; India; Japan; Korea; Liberalization; Trade integration; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18303

Genetically Modified Food and International Trade: The Case of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruere,   Guillaume P.; Bouet,   Antoine; Mevel,   Simon.
Genetically modified (GM) food crops have the potential to raise agricultural productivity in Asian countries, but they are also associated with the risk of market access losses in sensitive importing countries. We study the potential effects of introducing GM food crops in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade-related regulations of GM food in major importers. We focus on GM field crops (rice, wheat, maize, soybeans, and cotton) resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, such as drought-resistant rice, and use a multi-country, multi-sector computable general equilibrium model. We build on previous international simulation models by improving the representation of the productivity shocks associated with GM crops, and by...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified food; International trade; Segregation; Asia; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42359

Poverty, Poverty Reforms for Resource-use and Economic Efficiency: Neglected Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
It is widely believed that in developing countries, open-access to natural resources, inadequate private property rights, and lack of development of market systems adds to the incidence of poverty. Increased economic efficiency is seen as a powerful force for reducing the extent of poverty in developing countries in the long run. While this may be so, it ignores the depth and incidence of poverty that can be generated during adjustments to policy reforms. This possibility constrains policy choices as is shown theoretically for natural resource policies and for agricultural adjustment policies giving Asian examples. Social, behavioral and institutional features are also considered that may result in poverty lock-in of some groups. It is essential to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Adjustment to policy change; Agricultural policy; Asia; Economic efficiencies; Institutionalism; Market reforms; Natural resource policies; Poverty.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55100

Demand for fish in Asia: a cross-country analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dey,   Madan Mohan; Garcia,   Yolanda T.; Kumar,   Praduman; Piumsombun,   Somying; Haque,   Muhammad Sirajul; Li,   Luping; Radam,   Alias; Senaratne,   Athula; Khiem,   Nguyen Tri; Koeshendrajana,   Sonny.
Fish demand patterns in nine Asian countries were investigated using a multistage budgeting framework allowing a disaggregated approach to analysing fish consumption. This paper highlights the heterogeneity of fisheries products in terms of species, sources and cultural responses of consumers, factors that are important in fish demand under the Asian setting. Specifically, fish demand by income groups were compared to determine how the low- and high-income households respond to price and income changes. Results showed that the estimated price and income elasticities of all fish types included in the study were relatively more elastic among the poorer households.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Asia; Fish demand; Inverse Mills ratio; Multistage budgeting framework; Price and income elasticity; Quadratic AIDS model.; Demand and Price Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118546

Economic Growth and Transition in Vietnam and China and its Consequences for their Agricultural Sectors: Policy and Agricultural Adjustment Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Secondary data are used to discuss and compare the consequences for agriculture of economic growth and transition in Vietnam and China. It is found that China and Vietnam have experienced similar adjustments in their agricultural sectors and face at this time, similar agricultural policy problems. China began its economic reforms in 1979 and Vietnam followed in 1986. Since then both countries have experienced rapid economic growth, falling poverty rates and significant rises in per capita income. At the same time, substantial restructuring of their economies has occurred, a feature of which has been a decline in the relative contribution of agriculture to total employment and output. These changes are outlined. Significant changes have also occurred within...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural development; Asia; China; Economic transition; Farm employment; Land reforms; Land rights; Livestock; Non-farm employment; Structural change.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; O25; O5; P32; Q1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94305

Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in Asian Countries: Evidence from Panel Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Jaehyuk; Nadolnyak,   Denis A.; Hartarska,   Valentina M.
We analyze the impact of climate change on agricultural production in 13 Asian countries for 1998-2007 estimating country-level FE panel model using climate variables. Higher summer temperature and rainfall increase production, higher fall temperature decreases it in Southeast Asia, and increase in annual temperature decreases agricultural production in Asian countries.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Production; Food security; Asia; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119808

Direct and Indirect Determinants of Obesity: The Case of Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Romling,   Cornelia; Qaim,   Matin.
Overweight and obesity are becoming serious issues in many developing countries. Since undernutrition is not completely eradicated yet, these countries face a dual burden that obstructs economic development. We analyze the nutrition transition in Indonesia using longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family and Life Survey, covering the period between 1993 and 2007. Obesity has been increasing remarkably across all population groups, including rural and low income strata. Prevalence rates are particularly high for women. We also develop a framework to analyze direct and indirect determinants of body mass index. This differentiation has rarely been made in previous research, but appears useful for policy making purposes. Regression models show that changing...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Obesity; Overweight; Nutrition Transition; Asia; Indonesia; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; I10; O12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108350

Asymmetric Response of Nutrient Intakes to Cereal Price Changes among the Poor in China: Implications for the Effect of Cereal Price Subsidies on the Poor’s Nutrient Intakes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shimokawa,   Satoru.
Previous studies commonly assume that the effects of introducing and ending cereal price subsidies on the poor’s nutrient intakes are symmetric. We question the assumption of symmetry and show that the poor’s nutrient intakes respond asymmetrically to declines and increases in the price of cereal in China. Our results imply that introducing cereal price subsidies can increase the poor’s total energy intake by increasing their calorie intakes from fat and protein, and that ending such subsidies would insignificantly affect the poor’s total energy intake; however, it may further increase their calorie intakes from fat and protein.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food price subsidy; Nutrition; Poverty; Asia; China; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; I38; O12; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51661

Comparative Levels of Food Safety Regulations in Three U.S.-Asian Trading Groups
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Yuan; Caswell,   Julie A.
U.S.-Asian trade currently represents about 35% of the total value of U.S. agricultural and food trade. Country-by-country comparisons show significant differences in level of food safety regulations in the U.S., Japan, newly industrialized countries in Asia, and Asian developing countries. These disparities result in significantly different import requirements that may impede trade in agricultural and food products.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asia; Food safety regulation; International food trade; Nontariff trade barriers; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90439

Land reform and farm performance in Europe and Central Asia: a 20 year perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi.
The rural sector in nearly all the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has undergone a shift from predominantly collective to more individualized agriculture. At the same time, most of the land in the region has shifted from state to private ownership. These two shifts – a shift in tenure and a shift in ownership – were part of the transition from a centrally planned economy to a more marketoriented economy that began around 1990 in the huge post-Soviet space stretching from Prague to Vladivostok. The transition reforms in the region were unprecedented in their scope and pace. Some 150 million hectares of agricultural land transferred ownership in these countries in just one decade of reform...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Land reform; Farm performance; Europe; Asia; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120260

Groups, Networks, and Social Capital in the Philippine Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Godquin,   Marie; Quisumbing,   Agnes R.
This paper explores the determinants of group membership and social networks of rural households using a unique longitudinal data set from the rural Philippines. We investigate two types of social capital: membership in groups (production, credit, burial, religious and civic groups), or “formal” social capital, and size of trust-based networks or “informal” social capital. Because men and women may have different propensities to invest in social capital, we analyze the determinants of group membership both at the household level and for men and women separately. We also disaggregate the analysis by type of group. The paper examines the determinants of the density of social capital, proxied by the number of groups and the number of network members. Finally,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Groups; Network; Social capital; Gender; Philippines; Asia; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42507

Demand for High-value Secondary Crops in Developing Countries: The Case of Potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouis,   Howarth E.; Scott,   Gregory.
Secondary crops are of increasing interest to policymakers and planners in developing countries because of a desire to diversify economic activities and because of their proven potential to raise farm incomes and rural employment. To assess this potential, basic information on the demand characteristics for these crops is required. But, given the large number of possible crops to be studied, policy analysts require an estimation procedure that is less data-intensive and time-intensive than standard econometric estimation procedures. In this paper, a relatively new, low-cost procedure, based on demand for food characteristics, is applied, illustrating its usefulness for analysis of demand for potatoes in Bangladesh and Pakistan. In Asia, the potato should...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economics; Methodology; Pakistan; Potatoes; Economic aspects; Crop diversification; Price Maintenance; Asia; Bangladesh; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97300

Have Recent Increases in International Cereal Prices Been Transmitted to Domestic Economies? The Experience in Seven Large Asian Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dawe,   David.
International cereal prices (in US dollar terms) have been increasing since 2003, but it is domestic prices that affect food consumption and production. This paper analyzes, for seven large Asian countries, the extent to which domestic prices have increased since 2003 and presents several conclusions. First, the data show that the increases in world cereal prices have been accompanied by a real depreciation of the US dollar. For many countries (but not all), this depreciation has neutralized a substantial proportion of the increase in world prices. Second, domestic commodity specific policies in several of these Asian countries have further stabilized domestic prices relative to the change in world prices. This has been especially true for rice, the main...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Asia; Price transmission; Rice; Cereals; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; F10; Q10.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37087

Yen of Yuan? China's Role in the Future of Asian Monetary Integration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hefeker,   Carsten; Nabor,   Andreas.
Most proposals for Asian monetary cooperation assign a special role to the Japanese yen as an anchor currency. We focus instead on the potential role of the Chinese renminbi. It becomes increasingly clear that China will assume the role of the dominant economy in the region, and that it will become a more important destination for Asian products than Japan in as little as five years. This development should assign a special role to the Chinese currency and its exchange rate to the other Asian currencies. It is rather unlikely that the renminbi will assume a dominant role immediately but by drawing comparisons with the European monetary integration process, it seems possible to design a system in which most of the present currencies have a role, but where...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: China; Asia; Monetary Integration; Exchange Rate Regimes.; Financial Economics; F3; F4.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26125

Public Disclosure of Industrial Pollution: The PROPER Approach for Indonesia?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez,   Jorge Garcia; Sterner,   Thomas; Afsah,   Shakeb.
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the Program for Pollution Control Evaluation and Rating (PROPER) in Indonesia. PROPER, the first major public disclosure program in the developing world, was launched in June 1995; though it collapsed in 1998 with the Asian financial crisis, it is currently being revived. There have been claims of success for this pioneering scheme, yet little formal analysis has been undertaken. We analyze changes in emissions concentrations (mg/L) using panel data techniques with plant-level data for participating firms and a control group. The results show that there was indeed a positive response to PROPER, especially among firms with poor environmental compliance records. The response was immediate, and firms pursued further...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental policy; Pollution control; Public disclosure; Asia; Indonesia; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10482

Asian Rice Policies and WTO Commitments on Domestic Support Under Existing and Proposed Doha Round Provisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Min-Hsien; Blandford,   David.
We examine current rice policies in four major Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan), their relationship to current WTO disciplines, and to those proposed under the Doha negotiations. WTO disciplines have prompted some changes in rice policies, but disciplines of domestic support are unlikely to impose serious constraints in the future. Using the example of Taiwan, we examine how existing support policies could be changed to reduce domestic distortions and satisfy WTO commitments. Changing from existing amber box payments to those that would likely qualify for inclusion under the blue or green boxes could allow greater market orientation in Taiwan’s rice market, while satisfying food security and farm income support objectives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Domestic support; Rice; WTO; Taiwan; Asia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103665

Tropical and Subtropical Maize in Asia: Production Systems, Constraints, and Research Priorities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerpacio,   Roberta V.; Pingali,   Prabhu L.
This book examines future technological and policy prospects for the sustainable intensification of rainfed upland maize production in Asia, and derives R&amp;D priorities for specific maize production environments and markets. Village-level and farmer-group surveys were conducted to characterize upland maize production environments and systems in China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Survey findings, particularly farmer-identified constraints to maize production, complemented with other relevant data, were used in country-level, R&amp;D priority-setting workshops. High on the list of farmer constraints was drought, estimated to affect three production environments that are home to about 48 million rural poor and produce...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Maize; Agricultural development; Farming systems; Production policies; Environmental factors; Cropping systems; Research projects; Project management; Asia; Crop Production/Industries; E10.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56107

Integrated Report of the Project “Identification of Pulling Factors for Enhancing the Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sugino,   Tomohide; Yonekura,   Hitoshi; Hutagaol,   Parulian.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Research; Asia; International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96502

CIMMYT maize activities in Asia
Provedor de dados: 106
Autores: Fishcher, K.S.
4 tables
Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; CIMMYT; Activities; Germplasm improvement; Production research; Training; Asia; ข้าวโพด; ซิมมิท; การปรับปรุงเชื้อพันธุกรรม; การวิจัยการผลิต; การฝึกอบรม.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4041

Round table discussion on the level of corn production technology in Asia
Provedor de dados: 106
Autores: Smeltzer, Dale G.
Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Production; Production technology; Agronomy research; Soil management; Physiological limits; Plant diseases; Asia; ข้าวโพด; การผลิต; การวิจัยด้านเขตกรรม; การวิจัยดิน.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3913

Pioneers experience in Asia
Provedor de dados: 106
Autores: Mishra, Ken N.
Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Hybrids; Asia; ข้าวโพด; บริษัทไพโอเนียร์ ไฮเบรด; เมล็ดพันธุ์; พันธุ์ลูกผสม.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4074

Early Trends, Current Status and Future Prospects of Farm Mechanization in Asia
Provedor de dados: 111
Autores: Rehman, Tanzeel; Khan, Muhammad Usman.
During the last five decades Asia has made considerable development in the field of agricultural machinery. During the year 1960 the condition of mechanization was very poor and most of the farm operations were performed manually. A positive correlation between the farm power availability and the productivity was observed during past 3 decades for several Asian nations including China, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. The previous trends have shown that the Pakistan, India and Bangladesh have experienced only the selective farm mechanization which was found to be initially limited to the use of heavy tractors only. In addition to the full-scale tractors, China, India and Bangladesh have adopted the power tillers and small-scale tractors to co-op with the...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Farm mechanization; Asia; Agriculture; Agricultural machinery; Mechanization strategy.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/5437