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Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
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Agricultural Biotechnology, International Trade, General Equilibrium And Efficiency, Comlanvi Martin Konou
Agricultural Biotechnology, International Trade, General Equilibrium And Efficiency, Comlanvi Martin Konou
College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Ongoing debates about the adoption of the agricultural biotechnology in the developing countries and EU have dominated the literature in development economics and biosciences. This dissertation considers some environmental, economic and social consequences of the technology from three perspectives: 1) the impact of the ongoing pest density on the performance of the agricultural biotechnology in India; 2) trade consequences of EU restrictive trade policies towards biotech products; and 3) the adoption decision of the technology in the EU and the developing economies.
Agricultural biotechnology appears to be successful in increasing yield and reducing the use of pesticides. However, most studies …
World Food Crisis: Imperfect Markets Starving Development, A Decomposition Of Recent Food Price Increases, Christine Costello
World Food Crisis: Imperfect Markets Starving Development, A Decomposition Of Recent Food Price Increases, Christine Costello
College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The recent decade has experienced two rather substantial food price spikes. This thesis sets out to provide an in-depth look at the recent food price increases by achieving two goals: assessing the forces driving food prices, and determining the magnitude of those forces. These goals are reached by reviewing selected rhetoric on the recent food price increases, analyzing case studies, and lastly determining our modeling capabilities in decomposing food price changes. Additionally, this thesis will serve as a tool for stakeholder's to better address critical policy issues surrounding food, agriculture, and energy policies.
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