Climate change is the main phenomenon that directly affects the world environment, and changes in the environment affect economic sectors differently. The most important impacts of climate change would be on enhancing the average global temperature and the decrease in precipitation. The agricultural sector is the first and most affected sector in the climate change. We examined the impact of te...

The social impacts of products and service life cycles are increasingly of interest among policy makers and stakeholders. Workers’ issues are considered to be a source of key inventory data to assess social impacts, and are crucial in moving towards social sustainability. There is a need to develop a social inventory database for evaluating social impacts of products and services. This study ai...

Although agriculture has a major role in economy, in general, and employment opportunities for unemployed population,in particular, limited ability of individuals to recognize entrepreneurial opportunities in agriculture has reduced the share ofagriculture in employment. Therefore, the enhancement of opportunity recognition skills among individuals in the agriculture sector is believed to solve...

A substantial acceleration in improving nutrition is required to eradicate malnutrition by 2030. Income growth and increased labor productivity are key realize this, but some income sources employment sectors might be more effective reducing than others. We investigate the link between rural Tanzania, using two rounds of Tanzania National Panel Survey. use both monetary non-monetary measures fo...

Work in agriculture is hard, and it about to get harder. Hired farm labor a form of highly precarious employment, due various contingencies, with significant degrees insecurity poor...

Agricultural development can contribute significantly to peace by raising incomes and employment, thereby reducing the social frustrations that give rise to violence. Agricultural growth also generates revenues for governments, allowing them to redress the grievances of disadvantaged populations. In this way, growth can be made more equitable, an effect that is enhanced if inequalities in acces...

The paper reports the first results of the EU funded Project WADI (Sustainability of European Irrigated Agriculture under Water Directive and Agenda 2000). The objective of the WADI project is to evaluate the economic, social and environmental sustainability of European irrigated farming under different scenarios concerning water policy and the Common Agricultural Policy. The methodology relies...

1. Scope of Macroeconomics 2. The Keynesian View of Unemployment 2.1 A Simple Keynesian Model 2.2 Extension of the Simple Keynesian Model: A Capital Scarce, Labor Surplus Economy 2.3 Further Extension: Industry and Agriculture 3. Money, Keynes, and the Classics 3.1 The Classical Theory of Employment 3.2 The Keynesian Revolution 3.3 Friedman’s Counter-revolution 4. New Classical Macroeconomics 4...

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