SELF SUFFICIENCY IN ANIMAL PROTEIN SUPPLY UNDER CHANGING ECONOMIC FORTUNES

Neighborhoods, Economic Self-Sufficiency, and the MTO Program

Self-Sufficiency versus Security: How Trade Protectionism Challenges the Sustainability of the Food Supply in Russia

Food security is increasingly influenced by multilateral trade systems and foreign trade policies implemented by national governments. Many of them are now concerned about the sustainability of food supply and the vulnerability of domestic food markets to price volatility, and seek to support domestic producers and protect themselves from increasing food imports. Such restrictions improve food ...

Manufacturing Supply Chain Adaptive Management under Changing Demand Conditions

The paper presents a system dynamics approach to analysis of generic manufacturing supply chain model and considers the problem of determination of adaptive effective strategy on production, supply rates and price according to inventory levels and the market situation through a demand curve estimation. The special focus lies on the investigation of the product price influences on demand and its...

Computing Efficiency, Sufficiency, and Self-sufficiency: A Model for Sustainability?

Computing is an activity that is based on natural resources like any other human activity. Technological progress has made it possible to perform more and more computations with less material and energy input. This paper looks at this development through the lens of the three concepts of efficiency, sufficiency, and self-sufficiency, asking the question of whether it could lead to a state of se...

Self Sufficiency In Plasma And Plasma Derived Medicines