agriculture production growth Articles
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Genetically modified crops, factor endowments, biased technological change, wages and poverty reduction
Genetically Modified (GM), Herbicide Tolerant (HT) white maize, developed in the USA to save labour, is being grown by smallholders in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. This paper uses panel data for Africa, Asia and Latin America to investigate the effects of factor endowments and biased technological change on productivity growth, labour incomes and poverty reduction. Preliminary results show that ...
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Gomselmash At Agrosalon 2016: Summarizing The Results
As we wrote earlier, from 4 to 7 October VI International Specialized Exhibition of agricultural machinery and equipment AGROSALON 2016 took place in the exhibition center "Crocus Expo" (Moscow). More than 500 companies from 26 countries represented their innovative and advanced products and the flagship machinery. Joint exhibition stand of "Gomselmash" with its lead partner in Russia – ...
By Gomselmash
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Why does the modern agricultural sector need to use smart switches
With the rapid development of technology, smart technology has gradually penetrated into various areas of our lives, and the modern agricultural sector is no exception. As an important part of smart technology, the application of smart switches in modern agriculture is increasingly widespread. So, why does the modern agricultural sector need to use smart switches? 1. Improve agricultural ...
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Plan B 4.0 by the numbers - data highlights on the global food supply
World agriculture today faces pressure from many sources. On the production side, the amount of unused arable and worldwide has dwindled. Overworked soils are becoming eroded and degraded, and overpumped aquifers are being depleted. Meanwhile, as the global population grows and increasing biofuel production converts grain into fuel for cars, demand for food continues to climb. In Chapters 2 and 9 ...
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Why land rights should be on the Rio+20 agenda
As government leaders prepare for next month’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil, one issue is conspicuously absent from the agenda: land rights. Strong property rights—the rights for people to access, control, transfer, and exclude others from land and natural resources—create incentives to invest in sound land management and help protect land from ...
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